David Hanak I-Project Titan yinto wonke umlandeli we-Apple ake wezwa ngayo okungenani kanye. Lena iphrojekthi inhloso yayo bekuwukwakha imoto yayo ezimele, ezovela ngokuphelele ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ze-Apple. Bekufanele kube "into enkulu" elandelayo kanye nephrojekthi elandelayo yempumelelo inkampani yeCupertino ezoqhamuka nayo. Kodwa-ke, ngokusho kolwazi lwakamuva, kubonakala sengathi yonke iphrojekthi ingase ihluke kunalokho obekulindelwe ekuqaleni. Ayikho imoto eyenziwe kwa-Apple ezofika.
I-Project Titan sekukhulunywe ngayo iminyaka eminingana. Esokuqala sisho ukuthi i-Apple ingase ilungiselele imoto ezimele ibuyele ku-2014. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, inkampani iye yaqasha inqwaba yochwepheshe, bobabili abavela embonini yezimoto nasemikhakheni egxile kubuhlakani bokwenziwa, ukufunda ngomshini kanye nobuchwepheshe bokushayela . Kodwa-ke, ngesikhathi sokuthuthukiswa kwephrojekthi, izinguquko ezimbalwa eziyisisekelo zenzeka, eziqondise isiqondiso sayo yonke imizamo ngendlela ehluke ngokuphelele.
Izolo, i-New York Times ilethe ulwazi oluthakazelisayo abanalo kuqala. Bakwazile ukuthinta onjiniyela abahlanu abebesebenza noma abasasebenza kulo msebenzi. Yebo, zivela ngokungaziwa, kodwa indaba yazo nolwazi kunengqondo.
Umbono wokuqala weProjekthi Titan wawucacile. I-Apple izoqhamuka nemoto yayo ezimele, ukuthuthukiswa nokukhiqizwa kwayo kuzolawulwa ngokuphelele yi-Apple. Alukho usizo lokukhiqiza oluvela kubakhiqizi bendabuko, akukho ukukhishwa kwemisebenzi. Kodwa-ke, njengoba kwenzeka kamuva esigabeni sephrojekthi, ukukhiqizwa kwemoto akujabulisi, naphezu kokuthi inkampani ikwazile ukuthola amakhono amakhulu emikhakheni enentshisekelo. Ngokusho konjiniyela abavela ku-Apple, iphrojekthi yehlulekile ekuqaleni, lapho kwakungenakwenzeka ukuchaza ngokugcwele umgomo.
Kwaqhudelana imibono emibili kwase kunqoba owodwa kuphela. Eyokuqala yayilindele ukuthuthukiswa kwayo yonke imoto, ezimele ngokugcwele. Kusukela ku-chassis kuya ophahleni, okuhlanganisa zonke izinto zikagesi zangaphakathi, amasistimu ahlakaniphile, njll. Umbono wesibili wawufuna ukugxila kakhulu ezinhlelweni zokushayela ezizimele, kodwa ezazizovumela ukungenelela komshayeli, futhi okwakuzosetshenziswa kamuva ezimotweni "zangaphandle". Ukungabi nasinqumo mayelana nendlela iphrojekthi okufanele iyithathe nokuthi yini okufanele isetshenziswe kulo mklamo empeleni kwamkhubaza. Konke kuholele ekuhambeni komqondisi wephrojekthi wokuqala, uSteve Zadesky, owama nombono wakhe "ngokumelene nawo wonke umuntu", ikakhulukazi ithimba labaklami bezimboni, kubandakanya noJohny Ive.
U-Bob Mansfield wathatha indawo yakhe futhi wonke umsebenzi waba nokuhlelwa kabusha okubalulekile. Izinhlelo zokukhiqiza imoto kanjalo zashanelwa etafuleni futhi yonke into yaqala ukuzungeza izinhlelo ezizimele ngokwazo (okusolwa ukuthi kukhona uhlobo olusebenzayo lwe-carOS). Ingxenye yeqembu lokuqala yachithwa (noma yayiswa kwezinye izindawo) njengoba sasingasekho isicelo sabo. Inkampani ikwazile ukuthola ochwepheshe abaningi abasha.
Akukho okuningi okushiwo mayelana nephrojekthi kusukela ukuzamazama komhlaba, kodwa kungacatshangwa ukuthi umsebenzi wenziwa ngenkuthalo eCupertino. Umbuzo uthi kuzothatha isikhathi esingakanani i-Apple ukuthi iphumele obala ngale phrojekthi. Okuqinisekile ukuthi akuyona ukuphela kwenkampani eSilicon Valley esebenza ngokushayela ngokuzenzakalelayo, ngokuphambene nalokho.
Njengamanje, izivivinyo ezithile sezivele ziqhubeka, ngosizo lwezimoto ezintathu ze-SUV, lapho i-Apple ihlola khona ama-prototypes okushayela okuzimele. Esikhathini esizayo esiseduze, inkampani kulindeleke ukuthi yethule olayini bamabhasi abazothutha abasebenzi ezindaweni eziyinhloko eCupertino nasePalo Alto, futhi ezozibusa ngokugcwele. Cishe sizobona ukushayela okuhlakaniphile nokuzimele okuvela kwa-Apple. Kodwa-ke, kuzofanela siphuphe ngemoto yakwa-Apple...
Umthombo: NY Times
