It is true that Apple would be able to patent even the air its employees breathe, but in this case the Apple Car would not make sense for these patents published by Appleinsider and in which you can see, for example, seats that adapt to each user or a personalized screen.
The truth is that the patent shows a seat with a drawing that you can see above these lines and they show a person who is in a driving position in which he would adjust without touching anything, simply when each user enters. We imagine that this is something similar to the profiles that we can record in cars (in some high-end brands) that they automatically adjust to each driver.
In this case, these types of patents are not explained if "the Apple car is behind" them. The iPhone would be the bridge between these types of seat adjustments and it really is something interesting. Recognizing the person by the iPhone is feasible and We imagine that they will have thought about what happens as soon as two or more people enter with an Apple device in this supposed car.
The Apple car has a tail these months and it seems that all the patents would be showing that it really exists. We already know what happens with these patents and we are also clear that no matter how much drawing of a car or a man driving appears in it, it does not mean that they are going to manufacture a car. Be that as it may, you have to let the months go by and wait to see if the forecasts of analysts such as Ming-Chi Kuo who warn of this car for 4 or 5 years are fulfilled. Of course patents of this type indicate that they may be working on it, we'll see.