Lapho kubonakala sengathi i-Apple isiphinde yavuselela iphrojekthi yayo yokuvelela yokukhiqiza eyokuqala I-Apple Car, ukuhlehliswa okusha kuvela ku-Cupertino. Omunye wezinhloko eziphambili zephrojekthi, uSoonho Ahn, ushiya inkampani ukuze ajoyine iVolkswagen.
U-Ahn wayengumqondisi wokuthuthukiswa kwebhethri kuphrojekthi ye-Apple Car, futhi namuhla ukushiya kwakhe kule nkampani kwenziwa esidlangalaleni ukuze ajoyine ukwakhiwa nokukhiqizwa kwezinhlobonhlobo zezimoto zikagesi zefemu yaseJalimane. Volkswagen.
Ngokushesha ahn, ngaphandle kokuba negama elingashiwongo, kuze kube manje ubengumqondisi wokuthuthukiswa kwamabhethri emoto elandelayo i-Apple.. Iqiniso wukuthi manje sekwaziwa ukuthi uphuma ehhovisi lakhe e-Apple Park, wathatha amapotimende ukuze athuthele. EJalimane. Lapho, ulindelwe umsebenzi omusha endlunkulu yakwaVolkswagen.
Iqiniso liwukuthi isizathu sangempela asaziwa, kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi u-Ahn akazange ahlale isikhathi eside esikhundleni sakhe esihlanganiswe kuphrojekthi yemoto ye-Apple. Ngo-2018 weza e-Apple Park kusuka kubaphathi abaphezulu be-Samsung. Futhi wathatha izintambo zomhlaba wonke zokuthuthukiswa kwebhethri ye-Apple Car.
Iphrojekthi yeVolkswagen "yangempela" kakhulu
Kungase kube yizizathu ezimbili ezenze u-Ahn wanquma ukushiya eCalifornia efudumele ngenxa yamakhaza aseJalimane. Esokuqala, ngokusobala esomnotho. Kepha kungaba yinqaba kakhulu, ngoba umholo wakhe kwa-Apple ubungeke ube yinto engasho lutho. Mhlawumbe isizathu sangempela ukuthi wayengaqinisekanga kakhulu Iphrojekthi yeTitan ye-Apple, futhi ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukuthuthukiswa kwezimoto zikagesi kungenzeka kakhulu futhi kungokoqobo enkampanini esivele ikhiqiza izimoto, njengeVolkswagen.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iVolkswagen inomsebenzi wokuvelela ukwakha izimboni zamabhethri eziyisithupha ezimotweni zikagesi eYurophu ekupheleni kwale minyaka eyishumi. Umqondo wamaJalimane ukwedlula uTesla njengomholi womhlaba ezimotweni zikagesi. Kanye no-Ahn, imboni yaseBavaria iphinde yaqasha uchwepheshe wamaseli wombuso oqinile u-Jörg Hoffmann wakwa-BMW. Ngaphandle kokungabaza, iphrojekthi eqine kakhulu futhi yangempela kunaleyo eyethulwe yi-Apple ngombono wayo wokwenza imoto kagesi.
