I-Apple kungenzeka ikhathele ukukhulumisana nabenzi bezimoto banamuhla ukuyakha I-Apple Car, futhi niyakhe ngaphandle kosizo lwalowo. Kungagcina sekwenziwe yiFoxconn, ehambisana nayo njengentelezi futhi ibilokhu ihlanganisa amadivayisi we-Apple iminyaka eminingi, kanti enye kuzoba iMagna, inkampani enkulu kunazo zonke yokukhipha izimoto emhlabeni.
I-Apple isetshenziselwa ukuxoxisana nabakhiqizi endaweni ephezulu. "Ngifuna ungenzele lokhu, ngaleli xabiso, uma kungenjalo, ngiyali-oda komunye umuntu," yisiqubulo sakhe. Ngenkathi eqala ukwakha ukuxhumana nabakhiqizi bezimoto ezinkulu ukwenza i-Apple Car yakhe ayiphuphile, wabona ukuthi isikhundla sakhe asiseyona esivelele, futhi wayengakuthandi lokho.
IBloomberg isanda kushicilela i- umbiko lapho echaza khona ukuthi i-Apple ifinyelele kubenzi bendabuko abaningi ezinyangeni ezedlule, kufaka phakathi Hyundai y I-Nissan. Kodwa-ke, lezi zingxoxo zikhombisile ukuthi aziphumelelanga, njengoba abakhiqizi bezimoto benqena impela ukwakha imoto 'ngokufunwa'.
Ngenkathi i-Apple isebenze ngokwesiko nabakhiqizi abahlukene bemikhiqizo yabo njengama-iPhones, ama-iPads nama-Mac athengiswa ngaphansi komkhiqizo we-Apple okhethekile. Kodwa-ke, abenzi bezimoto bakhombise ukungazimiseli ukungena kuleyo mpi, futhi baba yilokho okuba ngumkhiqizi oqashwe ngumkhiqizo wesithathu ukwenza "isifiso" senkampani efana Apple.
Ngenyanga edlule bengivele ngiphawule nge noticia eyani Foxconn Uzoqala ukwenzela uHenrik Fisker izimoto zikagesi, kanti ngenkathi enza lokho, ubecabanga ukuthi angaqokelwa futhi ukuba enze i-Apple Car. UFoxconn no-Apple basebenze ndawonye iminyaka eminingi futhi bayazwana ngokumangalisayo.
IMagna izoyenza isikhathi eside ngaphambi kweFoxconn
IMagna inezitshalo eziningi zokuhlanganisa izimoto emhlabeni jikelele.
Omunye ozongenela ukhetho uzoba ngumkhiqizi wezimoto omkhulu. U-Apple waqala ukungena ezingxoxweni zokwenza iphrojekthi yakhe ye-Apple Car ibe ngokoqobo noMagna eminyakeni emihlanu eyedlule, lapho abantu baseCupertino base besola ukuthi bangakha imoto yabo kagesi. UBloomberg uchaza ukuthi iMagna inolwazi oluningi lokwakha izimoto ezijwayelekile, ukuhlanganisa izimoto zikanokusho ezinkampanini ezinjengeBMW, iDaimler AG, neJaguar Land Rover.
Konke kuncike ekutheni i-Apple ishesha kangakanani. Inketho kaMagna iyona enengqondo kakhulu futhi esheshayo ukuqhutshwa. Unolwazi oluningi ekwenziweni kwezimoto, futhi ujwayele ukwenza amamodeli okunethezeka uku-oda izinhlobo ezahlukahlukene, ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zamakhasimende akhe.
NgeFoxconn i-Apple "inomuzwa" omkhulu, kepha kuyikhabe ukuvula. Akakaze azihlanganise izimoto. Isivele inesitshalo sokuhlangana sezithuthuthu zikagesi, i- «Vusa«, Futhi manje uzokwakha isitshalo esisha sokuhlanganisa imodeli entsha e-Fisker. Uma ukhetha iFoxconn, ngokungangabazeki kuzothatha isikhathi eside ukubona i-Apple Car emgwaqweni, hhayi ukunikezwa okulula ezikrinini njengamanje.