Yawan alamun da suka yanke shawarar watsi da Formula E yana ci gaba da girma kuma Mercedes-Benz shine sabuwar a cikin jerin da aka riga aka gabatar da sunaye kamar Audi da BMW.
Bayan 'yan kwanaki bayan Mercedes-EQ ya lashe lambar yabo ta duniya don direbobi (tare da Nyck de Vries) da masana'antun, "gidan uwa", Mercedes-Benz, ya sanar da cewa zai yi watsi da Formula E a karshen kakar wasa ta gaba, kafin zuwan sabon ƙarni na masu zama guda ɗaya, Gen3.
A cewar tambarin Jamusanci, an ɗauki wannan shawarar ne "a cikin yanayin sake fasalin dabarun haɓaka motocin lantarki", tare da amfani da kuɗin da aka yi amfani da shi a cikin Formula E don haɓaka samfuran lantarki 100% don haɓaka haɓakar ci gaba. na sababbi. shawarwari.
Daya daga cikin ayyukan da za su ci gajiyar wannan sauyin dabarun shi ne samar da sabbin na’urorin lantarki guda uku da za a kaddamar a shekarar 2025.
Fare akan Formula 1 ya rage
A daidai lokacin da ta sanar da tashi daga Formula E, Mercedes-Benz ta yi amfani da damar wajen karfafa alkawarinta na Formula 1, wani nau'in da zai mayar da hankali kan kokarin da kamfanin na Jamus ke yi kan wasannin motsa jiki da ake gani a matsayin "dakunan gwaje-gwaje don bunkasawa da kuma ci gaba. gwajin fasahar don dorewar makoma”.
Game da wannan tashi, Markus Schäfer, memba na kwamitin gudanarwa na Daimler AG da Mercedes-Benz AG da kuma shugaban Daimler Group Research da darektan ayyuka na Mercedes-Benz Cars, ya ce: "Formula E ya kasance mai kyau mataki don tabbatar da kuma gwada iyawarmu kuma kafa alamar Mercedes-EQ. A nan gaba, za mu ci gaba da haɓaka ci gaban fasaha - musamman a fannin injiniyoyin lantarki - tare da mai da hankali kan Formula 1 ".
Bettina Fetzer, Mataimakin Shugaban Kasuwanci a Mercedes-Benz AG, ya tuna: "A cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata, Formula E ta sanar da Mercedes-EQ (...) duk da haka, Mercedes-AMG na dabara za a sanya shi a matsayin alamarmu ta mayar da hankali kan aikin. ta hanyar haɗin gwiwa da ƙungiyarmu ta Formula 1, kuma wannan rukunin zai zama abin da muka fi mayar da hankali a kan motorsport na shekaru masu zuwa. "
A karshe, Toto Wolff, shugaban Mercedes-Benz Motorsport kuma babban darektan kungiyar Mercedes-EQ Formula E, ya tuna cewa: "za mu iya yin alfahari da abin da muka samu, musamman gasa biyu da muka ci kuma za su shiga tarihi." .