Ngo-Epreli ka-2019, sapapasha inqaku apho sakwazisa khona nge ukutyikitya kukaMichael Schwekutsch ovela eTesla. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, ngokutsho kwe-CNBC, uShwekutsch uye wahlaziya iprofayile yakhe LindekIn ekhomba entweni Akasebenzi kwi-Apple Car, kodwa u-Archer.
I-Archer yinkampani ye-aerospace ephuhlisa inqwelomoya yokusuka ngokuthe nkqo kunye nokumisa inqwelomoya yombane eyenzelwe izixeko. Oku kurhoxiswa kongezwa kwesi sibhengeze ezimbalwa iintsuku ezidlulileyo kwaye loo nto yongezelela kwezo zazibhengezwe ngaphambili. Ukuba iprojekthi ye-Apple yokwenza isithuthi ayizukufa, iswele kakhulu.
Njengoko benditshilo, uMichael Schwekutsch wajoyina i-Apple ngoMatshi ka-2019 njengoMlawuli oMkhulu wezobuNjineli kwiqela leeprojekthi ezikhethekileyo, ezaziwa ngokuba yiApple Car, evela eTesla, apho wayesebenza njengomongameli wobunjineli kwinkampani ka-Elon Musk.
Iprojekthi ye-Apple Car ibone utshintsho oluqhubekayo kulawulo kwiinyanga zamva nje. NgoSeptemba, i usekela mongameli weeprojekthi ezizodwa UDoug Field ushiye iApple waya eFord emva kweminyaka emithathu ebambe intambo yophuhliso lwe-Apple Car.
Okwangoku, intloko yeArtificial Intelligence, UJohn giannandrea, apho i-Apple isayinwe kuGoogle, iyaqhubeka nokujonga le projekthi phantsi kweliso likaKevin Lynch, oye waqhubeka nokusebenza kule projekthi njenge IGosa eliLawulayo eliyiNtloko emva kokuhamba kweDoug Field.
Ngokutsho kwamahemuhemu ahlukeneyo, umbono ka-Apple yayikukusungula i-Apple Car, isithuthi sokuqhuba esizimela ngokupheleleyo ngo-2025. Nangona kunjalo, emva kokubhabha okungapheliyo kweenjineli, lo mhla wethemba unokulibaziseka ubuncinci iminyaka embalwa engaphezulu.
