Report: 'Apple Electric Car, Inc' Shows Up In Granted Patents

According to Patently Apple, there was an "odd-ball" entry in Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) granted patent list.

Patently Apple on Tuesday discovered a granted patent associated with the name Apple Electric Car, Inc. However, Apple and car enthusiasts shouldn't get overly excited just yet as the patent relates to a computer system for an electric golf cart.

Patently Apple adds, "The granted patent associated with this name Apple Electric Car, Inc. could have been acquired, as one of the inventors that is listed as being associated with the invention has no connection to Apple Electric Car, Inc."

Bottom line, Patently Apple suggests that patent discovery doesn't offer proof that the company is entering the electric car business.

"Yet there it was in black and white this morning and so we're simply passing it along as a point of interest at this point in time," the publication wrote. "Will this possible clue lead to something more substantive down the road? Only time will tell."