iapile, ngokutsho kwamahemuhemu amva nje, isebenza kwimoto yayo yokuziqhubela, ebhalwe ngaphakathi ngaphakathi "Iprojekthi yeTitan". Kuyabonakala ukuba inkampani yaqala ukusebenza kule projekthi ngo-2014, kwaye kutshanje kukho amarhe okuba iteknoloji yokuziqhuba yenkampani iza kuqala kungekudala. Nangona kunjalo, i-CEO yakwaVolkswagen akakholelwa okwangoku ukuba esi sisoyikiso sangoko.
Ngokwengxelo MacRumors, abaphathi abaphezulu be-automaker bathi "ayiyoyiki" Apple Car. Isigebenga se-Cupertino kunye nemoto yaso ezayo eziqhubayo ayizukuphumelela i-US $2 yetriliyoni yeshishini lemoto ngobusuku nje, ngokutsho kweCEO uHerbert Diess. Ngelixa i-Apple ingekaqinisekisi ukuba ngokwenene isebenza kwimoto, uDiess ukholelwa ukuba amahemuhemu kunye neengxelo "zisengqiqweni." Umenzi we-iPhone sele enabo ubuchwephesha kwitekhnoloji yebhetri, isoftware kunye noyilo.
Ukongeza, ngokutsho kwe-CEO yeVolkswagen, i-OEM inokusebenzisa ngempumelelo ubuchule bayo kwezi ndawo ukwenza imoto. Isigebenga seemoto sesinye sezona nkampani zikhulu zokwenza iimoto kwihlabathi naseYurophu, ezinze eJamani. Ukwanalo nodumo olubalulekileyo kushishino. Kodwa igosa alikhathazeki ngokungena kwe-Apple kwimarike kwaye likholelwa ukuba oku akuyi kuthintela isikhundla sayo kwimarike.
Kwabo bangaziyo, kutsha nje kuye kwaxelwa ngokubanzi ukuba i-Apple Car yayisaphuhliswa. Nangona kunjalo, ikhonkco lokubonelela ngenkampani langoku alijoliswanga kwiimoto. Ekuqaleni, kwakukho amahemuhemu okuba uphawu luya kusebenzisana nabavelisi beemoto ezifana ne-Hyundai kunye ne-subsidiary yayo i-Kia Motors. Nangona kunjalo, kuye kwaqinisekiswa ukuba oku akunjalo. Nangona kunjalo, abahlalutyi bakholelwa ukuba i-Apple Car inokukhutshwa kwiminyaka emihlanu ukuya kwesixhenxe ezayo.
