Uma ulandela okwenzeka ezungeze i-Apple futhi ugxile ekuguquguqukeni kwe-Project Titan (eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Apple Car), imicimbi ibilokhu ishintshashintsha njenge-see-saw eminyakeni emibili edlule. Ekuqaleni kubukeka sengathi i-Apple yakha imoto yonke, kwaze kwadingeka ukuthi yonke iphrojekthi ihlelwe kabusha ngokuphelele, yehliswe, futhi kuphume inqwaba yezisebenzi. Kodwa-ke, lokhu kuyashintsha ezinyangeni ezedlule, futhi i-Apple iyaphumelela ukuqasha abantu abasha nabanekhono kakhulu embonini yezimoto.
Umbiko wakamuva uthi lowo owayeyiphini likamongameli likaTesla kwezokucwaninga nokuthuthukiswa kwe-powertrain ujoyina i-Apple. Lezi zindaba aziwenzi umqondo omkhulu kumongo wemicimbi edlule, njengoba i-Apple bekufanele iwushiye kudala umqondo wokuthuthukisa imoto ephelele. Kodwa-ke, uma inkampani yayizothuthukisa izinhlelo zokulawula ezizimele kuphela ezingase zisetshenziswe ezimotweni ezivela ekukhiqizeni okuvamile, akunangqondo ukuletha uchwepheshe wezinhlelo zokushayela imoto kagesi "ebhodini".
Kodwa-ke, uMichael Schwekutsch ushiye uTesla ngenyanga edlule futhi, ngokusho kwemithombo yangaphandle, manje useyingxenye ye-Apple Special Projects Group, lapho umsebenzi wephrojekthi ye- "Titan" uqhubeka khona. U-Schwekutsch une-CV ehloniphekile futhi uhlu lwamaphrojekthi abambe iqhaza kuwo luyamangalisa. Ngandlela thize, ube nesandla ekuthuthukisweni kwamayunithi kagesi ezimotweni ezifana neBMW i8, Fiat 500eV, Volvo XC90 noma iPorsche 918 Spyder hypersport.
Nokho akulona lodwa “imbuka” obekufanele ashintshe umbala wejezi emasontweni edlule. Abantu abaningi kakhulu abebesebenza enkampanini ka-Elon Musk ngaphansi kophiko lwalowo owayeyiphini likamongameli we-Mac hardware engineering, uDoug Field, kuthiwa basuka eTesla baya e-Apple. Yena, kanye nabambalwa ababengaphansi kwakhe, babuyela e-Apple ngemva kweminyaka eminingana.
Izinkampani sezineminyaka eminingi zidlulisela abasebenzi ngale ndlela. U-Elon Musk ngokwakhe wake wachaza i-Apple njengendawo yokungcwaba yamathalenta kaTesla. Amazwibela olwazi ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula asikisela ukuthi i-Apple kungenzeka ivuselele umqondo wokudala imoto yayo egcwele kagesi. Maqondana nalokhu, amalungelo obunikazi amaningana avele, futhi ukuthutheleka kwabantu okukhulunywe ngenhla akukhona lokho kuphela.
Umthombo: Appleinsider
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