Ngokwimithombo ekufutshane nenkampani, kwaye njengoko kutyhilwe yiThe Wall Street Journal, lowo ixesha elide wayengomnye wabaphathi abaphambili be-Apple, uBob Mansfield, ngoku ukusukela ngoku ukujonga iprojekthi yebhongo ebizwa ngokuba yi "Apple Car", ekubonakala ukuba, iya kukubona ukukhanya kamva kunokuba uninzi lwethu lungathanda, ngo-2021.
UBob Mansfield, owayesakuba ngumphathi we-Apple owayebambe, phakathi kwabanye, isikhundla sokuba liSekela Mongameli oPhezulu weeTekhnoloji, ethathe umhlala-phantsi kwinkampani ngoJuni 2012, nangona kwiinyanga ezimbalwa kamva, ubuyile njengomcebisi olawulayo. Ukusukela ngoko, uye wabonwa amaxesha ngamaxesha ejikeleze ikhampasi yeApple kwaye wenza ukubonakala esidlangalaleni. Akukho mntu wayesazi ukuba angayichaza njani kakuhle indima yakhe kwinkampani, kude kube namhlanje.
Akukho mfihlo iApple sele inayo ixesha lokuqesha amakhulu eenjineli ezivela kwiinkampani eziphambili kwicandelo yecandelo leemoto ezinje ngeTesla, iFord kunye neMG, enye enye, ukuze babenakho ukubumba igama labo «Project Titan». Ukusukela ngoku ukuya phambili, siyalazi igama elifanelekileyo lomququzeleli wale projekthi inamabhongo.
Umzobo weApple Car, oya kuthi ulibaziseke ubuncinci kude kube ngu-2021.
UMansfield wajoyina iApple ngo-1999 kwaye ukusukela ngoko, uyeyona nto iphambili kwinkampani, Ukongamela uphuhliso loyilo lokuqala ye-MacBook Air, i-iPhone kunye ne-iPad. Abanye bade bacinge ukuba ibalulekile kuyilo lwe-Apple Watch. Ngoku, ungene ezihlangwini zikaSteve Zadesky, isikhundla esiphakamileyo ebesibandakanyeka kwiprojekthi yeApple Car ukusukela ngo2014 noshiye inkampani ekuqaleni konyaka ngezizathu zobuqu.
Siyathemba ukuba oku kuhamba phambili yenye yezinto ezininzi ekufuneka zenziwe kule minyaka yophuhliso kwimveliso yombane kwinkampani yeCupertino, kwaye Amaxesha aqikelelweyo athe imithombo ngokwayo izise ekukhanyeni ayancitshiswa kangangoko.