Patrik Siwek Nakuba sasazi kuphela izimoto ezizishayelayo ezivela kumafilimu e-sci-fi eminyakeni embalwa edlule, eminyakeni yamuva nje ziba ngokoqobo kancane kodwa ngokuqinisekile. Ngakho-ke akumangazi ukuthi iziqhwaga ezinkulu kwezobuchwepheshe zigijimela ukuzithuthukisa futhi zizama ukukhombisa ukuthi yizo ezingaguqula lo mbono owawungenangqondo phambilini ube ngokoqobo. Futhi yisidlakela seCupertino esilwela le ndawo yokuqala.
Njengoba i-Apple ngokwayo iqinisekisile ngamazwi ka-CEO u-Tim Cook, izimoto ezizimele ziyindaba yokuthuthukiswa nokucwaninga kwayo. Lokhu akukhona ukuthuthukiswa kwezimoto ngokwazo kanjalo, kodwa esikhundleni salokho i-Apple igxile kubuchwepheshe okufanele butholakale ezimotweni zezinkampani zangaphandle njengezinsiza ozikhethela zona. Cishe i-Apple izokwazi ukuzakhela imoto yayo, kodwa imfuneko yezezimali yokwakha inethiwekhi esebenzayo yabadayisi nezinsizakalo ibaluleke kakhulu kangangokuba ingahle ingasebenzi ku-Apple. Ngisho noma imali esele kuma-akhawunti enkampani isondele ezinkulungwaneni ezingamakhulu amabili zamaRandi aseMelika, ukutshalwa kwezimali okuhlobene nokudayiswa nokusebenza kwezimoto zayo kungase kungaqali ukubuya esikhathini esizayo esibonakalayo, futhi i-Apple izosebenzisa ingxenye yemali yayo kuphela. .
U-Tim Cook ukuqinisekisile intshisekelo yakhe embonini yezimoto ngoJuni ngonyaka odlule, futhi i-Apple ngokwayo iqondise kuyo. UTim Cook uthe ngokwezwi nezwi i-Apple isebenza ezinhlelweni ezizimele zezimoto. Ngo-2016, inkampani yahlehlisa izinhlelo zayo zokuvelela zangaphambili, lapho yayifuna ngempela isikhundla eduze kwabakhiqizi bezimoto abanjengoTesla, futhi yacabanga kabusha ngokuthuthukiswa kwayo yonke imoto ukuthuthukisa izinhlelo zezimoto ezizimele. Kodwa-ke, asifundanga okwengeziwe ku-Tim Cook nanoma ubani omunye kwa-Apple.
Nokho, muva nje, ngenxa yokubhaliswa kwezimoto, siyazi ukuthi i-Apple ikhulise izimoto zayo ezintathu zokuhlola ezishayela eCalifornia zisuka kwamanye ama-Lexus RX24hs angu-450 i-Apple ewabhalisele ukuhlolwa kwezimoto ezizimele ngqo noMnyango Wezokuthutha. Nakuba i-California ivulekele ukuhlola ubuchwepheshe obusha, ngakolunye uhlangothi, noma iyiphi inkampani enentshisekelo yokuhlola kufanele ihlangabezane nemibandela yokuphepha eqinile futhi ibhalise izimoto zayo ngokuqondile nomnyango. Yiqiniso, lokhu kuyasebenza naku-Apple. Lo magazini wakuthola ngokokubhaliswa Bloomberg, ukuthi njengamanje kunezimoto ezingama-27 ezihlola izinhlelo ezizimele ze-Apple emigwaqweni yaseCalifornia. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Apple ayinawo ngokuqondile ama-Lexuse acishe abe ngamashumi amathathu, kodwa iwaqasha enkampanini eyaziwayo i-Hertz Global Holding, engomunye wabadlali abakhulu emhlabeni emkhakheni wokuqashwa kwezimoto.
Kodwa-ke, i-Apple kuzofanele iqhamuke nohlelo oluguquguqukayo ngempela olungajabulisa abenzi bezimoto kangangokuthi bazimisele ukuluhlanganisa ezimotweni zabo. Ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe bokushayela ngokuzihambela akunakekelwa kuphela yizinkampani ezifana noTesla, Google noma Waymo, kodwa nayizinkampani zezimoto zendabuko ezifana neVolkswagen. Isibonelo, i-Audi A8 entsha inikeza i-Level 3 ukushayela okuzenzakalelayo, okusho ukuthi isistimu ingakwazi ukulawula imoto ngokuphelele ngesivinini esifika ku-60 km/h futhi ayidingi ukungenelela komshayeli. Isistimu efanayo kakhulu inikezwa yi-BMW noma, isibonelo, i-Mercedes kumamodeli abo amasha angu-5. Kodwa-ke lezi zinhlelo zisadinga ukubonwa futhi kufanele sikubeke ukuthi nezinkampani zezimoto ngokwazo ziyazethula ngale ndlela, okwenza ukushayela kube mnandi. Asetshenziswa kakhulu kuma-convoy uma umshayeli engahlali enyathela phakathi kwebhuleki ne-gas, kodwa izimoto zisuke ziqale, zime bese ziqala kabusha ngokwesimo samanje. Isibonelo, izimoto ezintsha ezivela kwaMercedes zingakwazi ngisho nokuhlola isimo ku-convoy futhi zisuke zisuka kulayini ziye komunye.
Ngakho-ke i-Apple kuzofanele inikeze okuthile okuzoshintsha kakhulu ngempela, kodwa umbuzo uhlala uyini. Isofthiwe ngokwayo ayibizi kakhulu ukuyifaka, futhi abakhiqizi bezimoto bangakwazi ukuyihlanganisa cishe kunoma iyiphi imoto emhlabeni. Kodwa-ke, inkinga iwukuthi izimoto eziningi ezishibhile azinayo inombolo eyanele yama-radar, izinzwa, amakhamera nezinye izidingo ezidingekayo ekushayeleni okuzimele okungenani izinga le-3, okuyinto kakade umsizi othakazelisayo ngempela. Ngakho-ke kuzoba nzima ukuthi i-Apple inikeze kuphela isoftware efana neCarPlay, ebingenza Fabia yaphenduka imoto ezimele. Kodwa-ke, ukucabanga ukuthi i-Apple izohlinzeka abenzi bezimoto izinzwa nezinye izinto ezidingekayo ukuze kwakhiwe imoto ezimele nakho kuyaxaka. Ngakho-ke sizobona ukuthi yonke iphrojekthi yezimoto ezizimele izoba kanjani nokuthi yini esizohlangana nayo ngqo emigwaqweni ngenxa yalokho.
