UMikhal Marek Kuleli sonto, i-ejensi ye-Reuters ishicilele imininingwane yokuthi abaphathi be-Apple bahlangane nabamele abakhi bezimoto baseJalimane i-BMW. Kubikwa ukuthi u-Tim Cook uvakashele indlunkulu yakwa-BMW ngonyaka odlule futhi efektri e-Leipzig, kanye nabanye abamele abaphathi be-Apple, wayenentshisekelo yemoto kagesi ebukeka njengekusasa enegama elithi BMW i3. Indoda ephezulu yenkampani evela eCalifornia ngokusho kweReuters phakathi kwezinye izinto, wayenesithakazelo enqubweni yokukhiqiza lapho le moto ye-carbon fiber idalwe khona.
Umagazini othile nawo wabhala ngomhlangano ofanayo ngesonto eledlule Ingozi, obike ukuthi i-Apple inentshisekelo emotweni ye-i3 ngoba ingathanda ukuyisebenzisa njengesisekelo semoto yayo kagesi, ezoyicebisa kakhulu nge-software. Njengoba idayari ibhale The Wall Street Journal kakade ngoFebhuwari I-Apple ikhiphe amakhulu ezisebenzi zayo kuphrojekthi ekhethekile okuthiwa inikezelwe emotweni kagesi yesikhathi esizayo, okungenzeka - okungenani ingxenye - ivele ngokuqondile eshabhu lonjiniyela be-Cupertino.
Izingxoxo phakathi kwamaqembu amabili ngokusho Umagazini weManger kugcine kungavumelananga futhi kubonakala kungaphumeleli ebudlelwaneni. Isiqalo samanje kuthiwa iBMW ifuna “ukuzitholela amathuba okuthuthukisa imoto yabagibeli ngendlela yayo”. Okwamanje, uhlelo olungenzeka lwe-Apple lokubambisana nenkampani yezimoto esizinzile futhi ngaleyo ndlela kuqedwe izinkinga kanye nezindleko ezidlulele zasekuqaleni okufanele zenzeke ngokwemvelo ngokukhiqiza enkampanini engenawo ulwazi lokukhiqiza izimoto lehlulekile.
Iqiniso lokuthi asikho isivumelwano phakathi kwe-Apple ne-BMW esizophothulwa esikhathini esizayo esiseduze kuboniswa nezinguquko zakamuva ekuphathweni kwenkampani yezimoto yakwa-BMW. Umkhiqizi waseJalimane sekuyisikhathi eside efihla futhi eqaphile mayelana nokwabelana ngolwazi mayelana nezinqubo zakhe zokukhiqiza. Nokho ngokubika kweReuters, isikhulu esisha sale nkampani, uHarald Krueger, othathe izintambo zokuphatha le nkampani yezimoto ngoMeyi, akasavuleleki kakhulu emiqhudelwaneni. Indoda igxile kakhulu ezinhlosweni zenkampani futhi imemezela ukuthi ubudlelwano obusha namadili okungenzeka kulinde.
