U-Apple Ujoyina Ikomidi Elisha Lezokuthutha loMnyango Wezokuxhumana wase-US.

ULisa Jackson, iphini likamongameli we-Apple we-Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, ubalwe njengomunye wamalungu angama-25 ajoyine iKomidi Elisha Lezokuthutha laseMelika (DOT). Lokhu kusho ukuthi umenzi we-iPhone uzodlala indima ebonakalayo ekuqapheleni izimoto ezizishayelayo nokusiza ekwakheni ikusasa lezokuthutha.

Ngaphambi kokujoyina i-Apple ngo-2013 ukuhola izinhlelo zemvelo, ULisa Jackson wasebenza njengoMphathi we-United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Ngokusho kwe- Ukukhishwa kwabezindaba kwe-DOT, Ikomidi elisha lokweluleka kuhlelwe ukuthi libambe umhlangano wokuqala ngoJanuwari 16 ukuqala ngokushesha ukusebenza "kwezinye zezinkinga ezicindezela kakhulu nezifanele ezibhekene nokuhamba namuhla," kufaka phakathi ukuthuthukiswa nokuthunyelwa kwezimoto ezizenzakalelayo.

"Ngesikhathi ngisebenza kulo Mnyango, sigqugquzele ezinye zezinguquko ezibaluleke kakhulu kwezobuchwepheshe ezihlobene nokuhamba kodwa sigxile kakhulu ekuphepheni kwabantu baseMelika," kusho uNobhala Wezokuthutha wase-United States u-Anthony Foxx.

"Leli komidi elisha elizosebenza lizosebenzela ukuthuthukisa izindlela ezintsha zokuthuthukisa umnotho wethu nokwenza inethiwekhi yezokuthutha yethu ibe ngethembekile, ithembeke futhi isebenze kahle."

Ikomidi linamalungu aphezulu avela ezinkampanini njenge-Amazon, i-FedEx, i-Zipcar, i-Hyperloop Uno, i-Uber, i-National Safety Council, ne-Lyft, kanye noMongameli we-General Motors kanye ne-CEO uMaria Barra, iMeya yase Los Angeles u-Eric Garrett, kanye no-Professor of University of California Engineering. UChris Gerdes.

NgoNovemba, U-Apple ubhalele i-US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), maqondana nezinqubomgomo zezimoto ezizimele, ngomzamo wokusiza ukuchaza izindlela ezihamba phambili embonini.

"Sihlinzeke ngempendulo ku-NHTSA, njengoba i-Apple itshala imali kakhulu ekufundeni komshini nasezinhlelweni ezizimele," kusho okhulumela inkampani ngaleso sikhathi.

Ukuthuthuka kwanamuhla kuthakazelisa ikakhulukazi ngenxa yemfihlo yakwa-Apple, iProject Titan, esanda kusuka ekwakheni imoto kagesi kuye ukuthuthukiswa kwesoftware ezimele yokushayela.