I-Apple iqashe uchwepheshe we-drone ukuthi anxenxe uhulumeni wase-US ukuthi athole izintshisekelo zenkampani

I-Apple ayibonakali njengenye yalezo zinkampani ezisebenzisa ama-lobbyists ukuthuthukisa izintshisekelo zabo emhlabeni kahulumeni. Noma kunjalo, inkampani yawenza umsebenzi wayobinamabhasi, futhi okungeziwe kwakamuva kakhulu kuleli qembu elincane labantu ngu-Lisa Ellman.

Lo mmeli usebenzela uHogan Lovells futhi ugxile kakhulu ezimotweni zasemoyeni ezingenamuntu, což kungase kubonise ukuthi i-Apple ihlela ukungena emhlabeni wama-drones ngezinga elithile. Lokhu akusho ukuthi inkampani izothengisa ama-drones ayo, kodwa kungasho isibonelo. kuyaukuthi uyabafuna qala ukusebenzisa, ngokwesibonelo, ukuvikela amahhovisi akho namakhempasi noma ukuskena umhlaba ku-Apple Maps. Ngemuva kwakho konke, i-Apple isivele ikwenzile lokhoce 2016.

U-Ellman uphinde wasungula i-Commercial Drone Alliance futhi usebenza ukukhulisa imakethe yama-drones ezentengiselwano, ngokusho kwe-bio yakhe. Uphinde wasebenzela uMongameli uBarack Obama kanye noMnyango Wezobulungiswa. Uchwepheshe wezomthetho waqala ukuvikela izintshisekelo zika-Apple phambi kukahulumeni wase-US ngasekupheleni kuka-2019, yena kanye nomphakathi Nokho, u-Apple wenqabay phawula ngaleli qiniso ngokuningiliziwe.

Kodwa inkampani isivele yahlangana nabalawuli ngoDisemba ngenxa yomthetho ogunyaziwe wezimpawu zomgwaqo ezibonakalayo zama-drones. I-Apple nayo iyathakathabi-oval mayelana nemishini endizayo ezimele ekuqaleni kuka-2017, futhi ngemva konyaka iphinde yengeza izimoto ezizimele esinyathelweni sayo.

Ngokusho kwemibhalo ekhishwe uhulumeni wase-US, i-Apple isebenzise ama- $ 2019 wezigidi ezingxenyeni ezintathu zokuqala zika-5,5 kuphela, ngakho-ke ngaphansi kakhulu kune-Facebook ne-Google. Apple lobi-boval ezigabeni ezifana nentela, amalungelo okushicilela umculo, ubumfihlo, ukuncintisana, ukuthuthela kwelinye izwe kanye nobuchwepheshe bezezimali.

Isithombe: DJI

Umthombo: Bloomberg