Ondrej Holzman Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi inqwaba yemikhiqizo ehlukene isetshenzwa kumalebhu akwa-Apple. Ama-prototypes ayadalwa, ubuchwepheshe obusha buyahlolwa, izinqubo ezintsha ziyahlolwa, kodwa idlanzana langempela lamaphrojekthi ekugcineni lithola ukukhanya okuluhlaza ukuze ekugcineni lifinyelele ezandleni zamakhasimende. Kepha ngokusho kolwazi lwakamuva, u-Tim Cook manje usenikeze ukukhanya okuluhlaza kuphrojekthi entsha, eyisisekelo: i-Apple Car.
Daisuke Wakabayashi from The Wall Street Journal uyabhala, ukuthi ukwakha imoto kagesi manje sekuyinkinga kwa-Apple ezoqala ukuthola izinsiza ezengeziwe kanye neqembu elikhulu, ngenhloso yokukhiqiza i-Apple Car ngo-2019.
Kodwa-ke, unyaka ka-2019 akulona usuku oluthile nhlobo, uma kucatshangelwa zonke izimo, kungcono nje usuku oluyinkomba, futhi ngesikhathi sokuthuthukiswa kwephrojekthi ebanzi njengoba imoto ngokungangabazeki injalo, kungase kube nokubambezeleka. Phela lokhu sikubona mihla namalanga nezinye izinkampani zezimoto ezinesipiliyoni seminyaka eminingi ekukhiqizeni izimoto.
Okuluhlaza kuthiwa nguTim Cook kanye no-co. banikeze eyabo imoto ngemuva kokuchitha isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka becwaninga ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthola i-Apple Car emgwaqeni. ECalifornia, ngokwesibonelo, bahlangana nabameleli bakahulumeni, abaxoxa nabo ngokuthuthukiswa kwemoto ezimele, kanjani ukwaziswa The Guardian, kodwa ngokwemithombo I-WSJ "imoto engashayeli" ohlelweni lwe-Cupertino giant kuphela esikhathini esizayo.
Uma sithola imoto kwa-Apple, kufanele ekuqaleni ibe "kuphela" kagesi, hhayi ezimele. Abaphathi bephrojekthi ebizwa nge-Titan kuthiwa sebeyinikiwe imvume yokuphinda kathathu iqembu elikhona njengamanje elinabadlali abangu-600 ukuze baqhubekisele phambili intuthuko.
Kusenemibuzo eminingi engaphenduleki kunezimpendulo mayelana nokuthi u-Apple uhlela kanjani ukungena emakethe yezimoto. Akukacaci ukuthi i-Apple ifuna ukuthuthukisa imoto yayo kusukela ekuqaleni, ukuxhumana nenye inkampani yezimoto noma, ngokwesibonelo, inikeze omunye umuntu ubuchwepheshe bayo.
Uma ucabangela ulwazi oluncane lwe-giant Californian nomhlaba wezimoto, kungase kubonakale kuwukubambisana okunengqondo nenye yemikhiqizo esungulwe, nokho, i-Apple ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula. useqalile ngendlela ephawulekayo qasha ochwepheshe abanolwazi nababalulekile, ngakolunye uhlangothi, abanolwazi olunzulu ngezimoto nezici ezahlukahlukene zentuthuko.
Unyaka ka-2019 okukhulunywe ngawo yimithombo kaWakabayashi nakanjani unesifiso esikhulu, futhi kusenjalo. unyaka ngaphambi kwalokho obekucatshangwa ngaphambilini, ukuthi i-Apple Car ingafika. Kepha uma singacabanga okuthile, iqiniso lokuthi i-Apple cishe izophuthelwa yilesi sikhathi sokugcina. Kukhona nombuzo wokuthi empeleni kusho ukuthini unyaka oshiwo njengamanje ka-2019. Lokhu akulona ngempela usuku lapho umsebenzisi wokuqala ezokwazi ukuthenga imoto ye-Apple.
Kulokhu akwanele ukuthi i-Apple ivele iklame futhi ikhiqize umkhiqizo. Izimoto zilawulwa kakhulu futhi zihlolwe, ngakho imoto entsha kuzodingeka ukuthi ihlolwe uchungechunge futhi ithole imvume kuma-ejensi kahulumeni. Lokhu kungenzeka futhi kuphuce i-Apple imfihlo enkulu yephrojekthi, kodwa lokhu kufanele kulindelwe.
Iqiniso lokuthi inentshisekelo yokuhlola izimoto zayo kufakazelwa nawumbiko wango-Agasti, lapho kuvela ukuthi i-Apple wabuza indawo yangaphambili yezempi ye-GoMentum eduze kwase-San Francisco, lapho ezinye izinkampani zezimoto sezivele zihlola izimoto zazo. Yize uTim Cook ngesonto eledlule ohlelweni lwethelevishini noStephen Colbert wathi ngemoto "sibhekana nezinto eziningi, kodwa sinquma ukubeka amandla ethu kwezimbalwa zazo", mhlawumbe wayeseyazi ukuthi i-Apple Car iphrojekthi ayezonikela kuyo amandla akhe.
Ngiyazibuza ukuthi i-apula izobhekana kanjani nokuthengisa izimoto zabo ezintsha ngokuzayo.
Ngabe uzokwakha indaba entsha ye-apula autosalon ukuze agcwalise umbono "wolwazi lomsebenzisi"?
Uma sicabangela iqiniso lokuthi ngisho "into ye-banal" efana newashi le-apula ayithengiswa yonke indawo, ngisho nasesitolo sewebhu se-apula esisemthethweni, ngenxa yalesi "sipiliyoni somsebenzisi", kuyoba mnandi kakhulu ukubona ukuthi kuphi. imoto enjalo izotholakala yonke indawo. Kuyangicacela ukuthi ngeke kwenzeke lapha futhi intengo cishe izoba ngokwezinkanyezi :-)