Ngo-Ephreli 2019, sashicilela indatshana lapho sakwazisa khona nge ukusayinwa kukaMichael Schwekutsch wakwaTesla. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, ngokusho kwe-CNBC, uShwekutsch usebuyekeze iphrofayili yakhe ye LindekIn ekhomba ini Akasebenzi ku-Apple Car, kodwa u-Archer.
I-Archer yinkampani yasemkhathini eyakha indiza kagesi esuke iqonde phezulu futhi ehlala phansi eyenzelwe amadolobha. Lokhu kukhanselwa kwengeza kulokhu esikumemezele izinsuku ezimbalwa ezedlule futhi lokho kwengeza kulawo amenyezelwe ngaphambilini. Uma ngabe iphrojekthi ye-Apple yokwakha imoto ingakafi, iyantula kancane kakhulu.
Njengoba ngike ngaxoxa, uMichael Schwekutsch wajoyina i-Apple ngoMashi 2019 njengoMqondisi Omkhulu Wezobunjiniyela eqenjini lamaphrojekthi akhethekile, elaziwa nge-Apple Car, evela kuTesla, lapho asebenza khona njengephini likamongameli wobunjiniyela benkampani ka-Elon Musk.
Iphrojekthi ye-Apple Car ibone izinguquko eziqhubekayo kubaphathi ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula. Ngo-September, i isekela likamongameli wamaphrojekthi akhethekile UDoug Field ushiye i-Apple waya kwaFord ngemuva kweminyaka emithathu ebambe izintambo zokuthuthukiswa kwe-Apple Car.
Okwamanje, inhloko ye-Artificial Intelligence, UJohn giannandrea, i-Apple eyasayinda kwa-Google, iyaqhubeka nokwengamela le phrojekthi ngaphansi kokuqondisa kuka-Kevin Lynch, oqhubeke nokusebenza kulo msebenzi njengo. Isikhulu Esiphezulu ngemuva kokuhamba kukaDoug Field.
Ngokusho kwamahemuhemu ahlukahlukene, umbono ka-Apple bekuwukwethula i-Apple Car, imoto yokushayela ezimele ngokugcwele ngo-2025. Kodwa-ke, ngemva kokundiza okungapheli konjiniyela, le dethi enethemba ingase ibambezeleke okungenani iminyaka embalwa eyengeziwe.
