Ngo-2013, imoto ye-Apple yabona ukukhanya kosuku. Ukuthi awukhumbuli noma iyiphi imoto evela ekukhiqizeni inkampani yama-apula? Bekungeyona ngempela imoto yakwa-Apple, kodwa umphumela wokusebenzisana phakathi kwe-Apple neVolkswagen.
I-Apple isendleleni
IVolkswagen iBeetle bekuyimoto obekumele "ifakwe isitayela" ne-Apple - ukusuka emibalabala kuye esiteshini esakhelwe ngaphakathi se-iPhone. Kodwa futhi yayihlanganisa, ngokwesibonelo, izinhlelo zokusebenza ezikhethekile ngosizo abasebenzisi ababengakwazi ukulawula imisebenzi yemoto. I-iBeetle yethulwa ngo-2013 embukisweni wezimoto iShanghai Auto Show. Ngaleso sikhathi, kwaqondana, kwakukhona ukuqagela okungenzeka ukuthi kungenzeka i-Apple Car - okungukuthi, imoto ehlakaniphile ekhiqizwe i-Apple.
Kodwa bekungekhona okokuqala ukuthi inkampani yama-apula ifune ukuhogela imboni yezimoto. Ngo-1980, i-Apple yaxhasa iPorsche emjahweni wokukhuthazela wamahora angama-953 weLe Mans. Imoto yabe ishayelwa u-Allan Moffat, uBobby Rahal noBob Garretson. BekuyiPorsche 3 K800 enenjini enamasilinda ayisithupha enamandla angu-XNUMX. Naphezu kwemishini ehloniphekile, "i-iCar yokuqala" yavutha umlilo - ngenxa yepiston encibilikile, iqembu kudingeke ukuthi lihoxe emjahweni weLe Mans, emijahweni eyalandela lavikela "kuphela" indawo yesithathu neyesikhombisa.
Ukuhlanganiswa kwe-apula
Yini elandelayo?
Namuhla, ochwepheshe babheka i-iBeetle njengethuba elichithiwe. Noma kunjalo, isasasa le-Apple embonini yezimoto isaqhubeka - njengoba kufakazelwa ukuthuthukiswa kweplatifomu yeCarPlay, ngokwesibonelo. Ngonyaka odlule, i-CEO ye-Apple u-Tim Cook waqinisekisa kwenye yezingxoxo zakhe ukuthi inkampani yakhe isebenzisana nezinhlelo ezizimele kanye nobuhlakani bokwenziwa. Imoto ezishayelayo evela kwa-Apple yaxoxwa kakhulu ngo-2014, lapho inkampani yama-apula iqasha inqwaba yochwepheshe abasha ukubhekana nobuchwepheshe obufanele, kodwa kamuva "ithimba le-Apple Car" lahlakazwa. Kepha izinhlelo ze-Apple zisazimisele kakhulu futhi singamangala ukuthi bazoletha muphi umphumela.