Ekupheleni kukaSeptemba, iphephandaba iFinancial Times laxela ukuba uApple wayecinga ngokufumana inxenye yomenzi wezithuthi waseBritish Formula 1 uMcLaren, ukuyifumana ngokupheleleyo okanye ukwenza utyalomali ngobuchule kulowo nalowo ekusungulweni kweApple Car. eyona nto iphakathi, njengoko iThe New York Times neBloomberg zatsho njalo U-Apple ebekhe wathetha neenkampani zaseBritane kangangexesha elithile kwaye endaweni yokuyithenga, inkampani esekwe eCupertino iya kwenza utyalo-mali olukhulu endaweni yokuyithenga, njengoko ixabiso lentengiso lenkampani liya kudlula kude neenjongo zika-Apple kwicandelo lezemoto.
Kwiiveki ezimbalwa kamva, uApple wayishiya ngokupheleleyo iprojekthi yokuqalisa isithuthi sayo, iprojekthi ebinyanzelwe Ukukhubazeka ngenxa yeengxaki eziqhubekayo ezazidibana nazo kuphuhliso olufanayo, iingxaki amanye amagosa enkampani yeemoto ebesele ezilumkisile ngazo.
Kwiinyanga ezimbini kamva, intloko yenkampani yathi kudliwanondlebe wanika iReuters ukuba UMcLaren Automotive wayencokola noApple kodwa khange badlulele kwisindululo esichazayo. Ukongeza, ukwalela ukuba kungabikho nto ithengwayo yi-Apple.
Xa amarhe obambiswano phakathi kweenkampani ezimbini aqala ukusasazeka, Isithethi sikaMcLaren bathi bebengathethathethani noApple. Intatheli ethe yaveza ezi ndaba, yaqinisekisa ukuba iingxelo zikaMcLaren zazingeyonyani kwaye zombini ezi nkampani zazihleli etafileni enye amaxesha amaninzi ukuzama ukufikelela kwisivumelwano esiza kwanelisa omabini amaqela.
UMcLaren wenza izithuthi ezili-1.654 ngonyaka ngamnye, Ukusebenza kweemoto zemidlalo ephezulu ezinempawu ezifanayo kwiimodeli zeFomula 1. Ezi zithuthi zixabiswa kwi-1 yezigidi zeedola inye. Ngokuchanekileyo igosa eliyintloko lentengiso le-Apple, uPhil Schiller, uxele izihlandlo ezininzi ukuba phakathi kwezithuthi zakhe nguMcLaren.
