Ukuqamba okusha okuphazamisayo kuvame ukuthi yi-Silicon Valley buzzword hhayi eyodwa evame ukuhlotshaniswa nezingxoxo zezimakethe zikaphethiloli.1 Nokho iminyaka embalwa edlule e-China ibone ukuvela kwesiphazamisi esingase sibe khona: izimoto zikagesi ezinesivinini esiphansi (LSEVs).Lezi zimoto ezincane ngokuvamile azikho ukukhanga kobuhle be-Tesla, kodwa zivikela abashayeli ezintweni ezingcono kunesithuthuthu, ziyashesha kunebhayisikili noma i-e-bike, kulula ukupaka nokushaja, futhi mhlawumbe athandeka kakhulu kubathengi abasafufusa, kuthengwa ngemali encane efinyelela ku-$3,000 (futhi kwezinye izimo, ngaphansi).2 Ngokubheka ukubaluleka kweShayina ezimakethe zikawoyela zomhlaba, lokhu kuhlaziya kuhlola indima engase ibanjwe ama-LSEV ekwehliseni ukukhula kwesidingo sikaphethiloli wezwe.
I-International Energy Agency (IEA) ilinganisele imikhumbi ye-LSEV yase-China ezimotweni eziyizigidi ezi-4 kusukela maphakathi nonyaka wezi-2018.3 Nakuba incane, lokhu kakade sekulingana cishe no-2% wezimoto zabagibeli zase-China.Ukuthengiswa kwe-LSEV e-China kubonakala kwehle ngo-2018, kodwa abakhiqizi be-LSEV basadayise izimoto ezicishe zibe yizigidi ezingu-1.5, cishe amayunithi angama-30% ngaphezu kwabakhiqizi bezimoto ezijwayelekile zikagesi (EV).4 Kuye ngokuthi imithetho kahulumeni ehlongozwayo yomkhakha yenzeke kanjani ngo-2019 kanye ngale, ukuthengiswa kungase kukhuphuke kakhulu njengoba ama-LSEV engena ajula ezimakethe ezisezingeni eliphansi lapho izithuthuthu namabhayisikili kuhlala kuyizokuthutha ezivamile, kanye nasezindaweni zasemadolobheni ezigcwala abantu abaningi lapho indawo ibiza kakhulu futhi izakhamuzi eziningi zisengakwazi ukukhokhela izimoto ezinkulu.
Ama-LSEV asedayiswe kuphela ngezikali—okusho ukuthi ayizigidi ezingu-1 kanye namayunithi ngonyaka—iminyaka embalwa, ngakho akukakacaci noma abanikazi bawo bazogcina bethuthukele ezimotweni ezinkulu ezisebenzisa uphethiloli.Kodwa uma le mishini elingana nekalishi yegalofu isiza abanikazi bayo ukuthi bakhethe ukuhamba ngogesi futhi ibe yinto abathengi abanamathela kuyo isikhathi eside, imiphumela yokufunwa kukaphethiloli ingaba nkulu.Lapho abathengi besuka ezithuthuthu baye emotweni esebenzisa uphethiloli, ukusebenzisa kwabo uwoyela kungase kweqe cishe ngomthamo owodwa noma ngaphezulu.Kulabo abasebenzisa amabhayisikili noma ama-e-bikes, ukweqa ekusetshenzisweni kwe-petroleum kungaba okubaluleke nakakhulu.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jan-16-2023