BTW the government regulations alone on vehicles are stacks and stacks more than on cell phones.
Since you’re not a member of the Apple-hater cult group, I’m not a member of the Apple cult group ... :-) ...
Now that we got that part out of the way, it’s more than verified in our free enterprise system that the market has WILDLY ACCEPTED these Apple products. It would appear, if nothing else, you’re simply OUT OF TOUCH with the consumer market.
AND THEN ... how do you know Apple is getting into the automobile manufacturing market?
iPhone debuted on January 9, 2007. Android's first multitouch screen smartphone came out on January 4, 2010, THREE YEARS after the iPhone. . . Samsung was using a 128 page internal document on "how to copy the iPhone" when it released its first smartphone.
A specifications sheet does not make a better phone. Just tossing in the kitchen sink does not make a "more robust hardware platform" or a better user interface. I doubt you have used an iPhone or iPad for any length of time. Geeks like Android. . . because they can tweak them. But the vast majority of people are not geeks.