AbakwaHyundai Motor bakuqinisekisile ngenyanga edlule ukuthi inkampani ixoxa ne-Apple ngomsebenzi omkhulu wale nkampani yezobuchwepheshe yokwakha imoto ezishayelayo, manje ebizwa nge-Apple Car.
Lezi zinkampani zombili bekulindeleke ukuthi ziphothule isivumelwano sokwenza i-Apple Car ekupheleni kukaMashi nonyaka. Kepha ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, bekukhona imininingwane yokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi izinkampani zimise izingxoxo.
AbakwaHyundai nabakwaKia sebekuqinisekisile ukuthi inkampani isiziphothulile izingxoxo nabakwa-Apple ukuze bakhiqize i-Apple Car, okuyimoto ezimele yesikhathi esizayo yale nkampani yezobuchwepheshe. Emafayilini okulawula, iHyundai neKia bathe zombili lezi zinkampani zithole izicelo ezinhlakeni eziningi zokuthi zenze imoto esebenza ngogesi ezishayelayo, kodwa asikho isinqumo esithathiwe njengoba izingxoxo bezisekusha.
Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka izingxoxo, bekucatshangwa ukuthi abakwaHyundai bazothuthela umkhiqizo e-United States, basebenzise isitshalo esilawulwa yiKia eGeorgia ngenhloso yokukhiqiza izimoto eziyizi-100 000 ngonyaka ka-2024. Kungenzeka futhi ukuthi ihlobene nokutshalwa kwezimali okungama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3,6 kwe-Apple ukwenza iphrojekthi ibe ngokoqobo.
Yize izingxoxo neHyundai neKia ziphele ngaphandle kwesivumelwano, isimo sezingxoxo nezinye izinkampani nazo Apple akukaziwa. Phambilini kubikwe ukuthi lesi sikhondlakhondla senkampani yezobuchwepheshe esizinze e-US sikhulume okungenani nezimoto eziyisithupha zaseJapan ngasikhathi sinye.
Ngokuya ngemibiko yangaphambilini, i-Apple ihlela ukukhiqiza izimoto ezithengisayo ngonyaka ka-2024, kodwa lelo hlelo libukeka linolaka futhi selivele labuzwa abaningi, kubandakanya nomhlaziyi odumile we-Apple uMing-Chi Kuo. Eminye imibiko ikhombisa ukuthi i-Apple Car izoqala ukukhiqizwa cishe eminyakeni engu-5-7.
