Izingqapheli eziningi zibikezela ukuthi ukushintshela emhlabeni ezimotweni zikagesi kuzokwenzeka ngokushesha kakhulu kunalokho obekulindelwe. Manje, i-BBC nayo ijoyina ingxabano. "Okwenza ukuphela kwenjini evuthayo yangaphakathi kungenakugwenywa inguquko kwezobuchwepheshe. Futhi izinguquko kwezobuchwepheshe zivame ukwenzeka ngokushesha ... [futhi] lokhu kuguquka kuzoba ngogesi," kubika uJustin Rowlett we-BBC.
U-Rowlett ukhomba ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-90s njengesibonelo. "Kulabo ababengakangeni ngemvume [ku-inthanethi] konke kwakubonakala kujabulisa futhi kuthakazelisa kodwa kungenamsebenzi - kungaba usizo kangakanani ukuxhumana ngekhompyutha? Phela, sinawo amafoni! Kodwa i-inthanethi, njengabo bonke ubuchwepheshe obusha obuphumelelayo, ayizange ilandele indlela eqondile yokubusa umhlaba. ... Ukukhula kwayo kwakuqhuma futhi kuphazamisa," kuphawula u-Rowlett.
Ngakho-ke izimoto zikagesi ze-EEC zizohamba ngokushesha kangakanani? "Impendulo ishesha kakhulu. Njenge-inthanethi ngeminyaka yawo-'90s, imakethe yezimoto zikagesi egunyazwa yi-EEC isivele ikhula kakhulu. Ukuthengiswa kwezimoto zikagesi emhlabeni wonke kwaqhubekela phambili ngo-2020, kukhuphuke ngo-43% kwafinyelela ku-3.2m isiyonke, naphezu kokuthi ukuthengiswa kwezimoto kukonke kwehle ngengxenye yesihlanu ngesikhathi sobhadane lwe-coronavirus," kubika i-BBC.
NgokukaRowlett, “Siphakathi nenguquko enkulu kunazo zonke kwezokuthutha kusukela ulayini wokuqala kaHenry Ford wokukhiqiza waqala ukubuyela emuva ngo-1913.”
Ufuna ubufakazi obengeziwe? “Abakhiqizi bezimoto ezinkulu emhlabeni bacabanga kanjalo…. AbakwaGeneral Motors bathi bazokwakha izimoto zikagesi kuphela ngo-2035, abakwaFord bathi zonke izimoto ezidayiswa e-Europe zizobe sezisebenza ngogesi ngo-2030 kanti kwaVW bathi u-70% wezinto ezithengiswayo zizobe sezisebenza ngogesi ngo-2030.”
Abakhiqizi bezimoto emhlabeni nabo bayangena kulesi senzo: “I-Jaguar ihlela ukudayisa izimoto zikagesi kuphela kusukela ngo-2025, iVolvo kusukela ngo-2030 futhi [kamuva] inkampani yezimoto zezemidlalo yaseBrithani iLotus ithe izolandela lesi sigameko, ithengise izinhlobo zikagesi kuphela kusukela ngo-2028.”
U-Rowlett ukhulume nomsakazi wangaphambili we-Top Gear u-Quentin Wilson ukuthola umbono wakhe ngoguquko lukagesi. Wake wagxeka izimoto zikagesi, uWilson uyayithanda i-Tesla Model 3 yakhe entsha, ephawula, "Intofontofo ngokwedlulele, inomoya, iyakhanya. Kuyinjabulo nje ephelele. Futhi ngingasho ngokungananazi kuwe manje ukuthi ngeke ngiphinde ngibuyele emuva."
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jul-20-2021