Ekupheleni kukaSepthemba, iphephandaba iFinancial Times libike ukuthi abakwa-Apple bacabanga ukuthola ingxenye yabakhiqizi bezimoto iBritish Formula 1, uMcLaren, ukuyithola ngokuphelele noma ukwenza utshalomali lwamasu ngalunye ngesikhathi kwethulwa i-Apple Car. okuwukuphela kwendlela, njengoba bobabili iThe New York Times neBloomberg basho lokho U-Apple ubekade exoxa nenkampani yaseBrithani isikhathi esithile nokuthi esikhundleni sokuyithenga, inkampani ezinze eCupertino ingenza utshalomali olukhulu esikhundleni sokuyithenga, njengoba intengo yemakethe yenkampani izodlula kude izinhloso zika-Apple emkhakheni wezimoto.
Emasontweni ambalwa kamuva, i-Apple yashiya ngokuphelele iphrojekthi yokwethula imoto yayo, iphrojekthi eyayiphoqelelwe ukuyenza khubazeka ngenxa yezinkinga eziqhubekayo ebibhekene nazo ekukhuleni okufanayo, izinkinga ezinye izikhulu zenkampani yezimoto ezazivele zixwayise inkampani ngazo.
Ezinyangeni ezimbili kamuva, umphathi wenkampani wathi kwinhlolokhono ayinika iReuters ukuthi IMcLaren Automotive ibisezingxoxweni ne-Apple kodwa ayizange ithuthuke iye esiphakamisweni esicacile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uphinde wakhipha noma yimiphi imizamo yokuthenga eyenziwe yi-Apple.
Lapho amahemuhemu okubambisana okungenzeka phakathi kwalezi zinkampani ezimbili aqala ukusabalala, Okhulumela uMcLaren uthi bebengaxoxisani ne-Apple. Intatheli eveze lezi zindaba, ikuqinisekisile ukuthi izitatimende zikaMcLaren azilona iqiniso nokuthi zombili izinkampani zihlale etafuleni elilodwa izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa ukuzama ukufinyelela esivumelwaneni esenelisa izinhlangothi zombili.
UMcLaren wenza izimoto eziyi-1.654 unyaka nonyaka, izimoto zezemidlalo ezisebenza kahle ezinezici ezifanayo kumamodeli weFomula 1. Lezi zimoto zibiza u- $ 1 million ngayinye. Ngokuyinhloko umphathi wezokukhangisa wakwa-Apple, uPhil Schiller, usho kaningana ukuthi phakathi kwezimoto zakhe kukhona iMcLaren.
