Seputembala watha, Lotus Esprit wosafa mu 007 - Irresitible Agent, adagulitsidwa pamtengo wodabwitsa wa € 728,000. Wogula? Elon Musk, CEO wa Tesla Motors.
Miliyoni Elon Musk ali ndi magawo m'makampani monga Paypal ndi SpaceX, kampani yoyamba kugulitsa ndege zamwezi. Kuphatikiza pa makampani awiriwa, Elon Musk ndi CEO wa Tesla Motors, kampani yomwe idzachita nawo kusintha kwa James Bond submersible Lotus Esprit.
Mtundu woyambira wa sitima yapamadzi ndi Lotus Esprit. Idawonetsedwa ngati lingaliro ku salon ya Turin mu 1972 ndipo idapangidwa ndi Gioretto Giugiaro, inali imodzi mwama "mapepala opindidwa" opangidwa ku Italy. Mtundu wopanga udawonetsedwa ku Paris Salon ya 1975, ndikusintha pang'ono pamachitidwe ophunzirira. Chabwino, koma kulibwino kuyimirira apa, tiyeni tisiye nkhani ya imodzi mwamagalimoto apamwamba kwambiri apakati pazaka za 70s pagawo lathu la Makina Akale.
Kaya ndinu okonda mafilimu a 007 kapena ayi, wodziwika bwino kwambiri wachinsinsi wa ku Britain, ndithudi chifaniziro cha Lotus woyera pansi pa madzi ndi zipsepse zinayi sizodabwitsa. Komabe, ndipo posafuna kuwononga malingaliro a mwanayo mkati mwa aliyense, zoona zake n’zakuti Lotus amene anasandulika kukhala sitima yapamadzi ndi kusindikiza kosavuta kwa batani, analibedi luso limenelo. Galimoto yapansi pamadzi inalidi thupi la Lotus lokhala ndi zosintha zina za hydrodynamic ndi ma thrusters anayi amagetsi. Mkati mwake munalibe madzi moti woyendetsa ndegeyo ankafunika kukhala ndi zida zothawira pansi.
Monga mwana yemwe amazindikira kuti Santa Claus si weniweni, Elon Musk adakhumudwitsidwa ndi Lotus Esprit yochokera ku 007, komabe, chuma chake chimamulola kuti asinthe zokhumudwitsa zina kukhala maloto, kotero Tesla Motors adzakonzekeretsa sitima yapamadzi ndi zonse zofunika sinthani kuti ikhale yogwira ntchito (m'lingaliro lenileni la mawuwo) galimoto yosakanizidwa.
