Okwamanje futhi okungenani unyaka wonke, kubonakala sengathi inkampani eseCupertino izinto azimhambeli kahle kuphrojekthi yeTitan, ngaphansi kwayo ukwakhiwa kwe-Apple Car.Kwakuqala konyaka inhloko yephrojekthi yashiya, ngokusobala ngenxa yokwehluka kobuciko noJony Ive. Le mashi ibiyisitobha esibalulekile ekwakhiweni kwale phrojekthi, okusobala futhi ngokusho kwamahlebezi wakamuva angeke esabona ukukhanya kosuku ngo-2020, kepha ibizobambezeleka kuze kube ngu-2021.
Lolu lwazi lukhishwe yiThe Information ngemuva kokukhuluma nalo abazalwane abathathu abasebenza kuphrojekthi yemoto kagesi evela enkampanini yakwa-Apple. UBrian, uKevin noMichael Summer abake basebenza eqenjini lokuthuthukisa iSiri, njengamanje basebenza kuphrojekthi yeTitan, futhi ngokusobala ngenxa yezinkinga ezahlukahlukene ezihlangabezane nazo ekuthuthukisweni kwephrojekthi kulo nyaka wonke, ukwethulwa kuhlelelwe unyaka ka-2021, unyaka owodwa ngaphambi kwesikhathi.
Kusesekuseni kakhulu ukwazi ukuthi le moto izohamba ngamanani entengo, kodwa ezinye abahlaziyi bathi intengo yemodeli eyisisekelo ingaba ngama- $ 75.000, into ngokuqinisekile engeke isize abasebenzisi abajwayelekile bemikhiqizo yayo ukuyithola, noma ngabe bangakanani abathandi bezimoto zikagesi.
Ngokunembile uTesla umemezele ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule imodeli entsha yemoto ezongena emakethe ngo- $ 30.000, intengo engaphezu kokufanelekile yemoto kagesi evela kumkhiqizo manje engafinyelela emphakathini jikelele. U-Elon Musk uphinde wathi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule ukuthi i-Apple isalele emuva kule phrojekthi, lapho njengamanje abakhiqizi abaningi baseYurophu nabaseMelika sebenezimoto zikagesi ngokugcwele ngamanani aphansi kakhulu kunabahlaziyi ababikezela i-Apple Car.