Bentley ntabwo ifunga imiryango igitekerezo cyo gukoresha lisansi yubukorikori mugihe kizaza, kugirango moteri ikongerwe imbere, ikirenge cya Porsche. Irimo kwitegura kubyara, ifatanije na Siemens Energy, ibicanwa biva muri Chili guhera umwaka utaha.
Ibi byavuzwe na Matthias Rabe, umuyobozi ushinzwe ubwubatsi mu ruganda rukorera i Crewe, mu Bwongereza, aganira na Autocar agira ati: “Turimo gushakisha byinshi ku bicanwa birambye, byaba ibihimbano cyangwa ibinyabuzima. Turatekereza ko moteri yo gutwika imbere izamara igihe kitari gito, kandi niba aribyo, turatekereza ko hashobora kubaho inyungu zikomeye ku bidukikije ku bicanwa bya sintetike. ”
Ati: "Turizera cyane ko e-lisansi ari indi ntambwe irenze amashanyarazi. Birashoboka ko tuzatanga ibisobanuro birambuye kubyerekeye ejo hazaza. Ibiciro biracyari byinshi kandi tugomba guteza imbere inzira zimwe na zimwe, ariko mu gihe kirekire, kuki bitabaye? ”, Rabe yashimangiye.
Ibitekerezo byatanzwe n’umuyobozi ushinzwe ubwubatsi muri Bentley bibaye nyuma yiminsi mike Michael Steiner ushinzwe ubushakashatsi n’iterambere muri Porsche, avuze - byavuzwe n’ikinyamakuru cyo mu Bwongereza - ko gukoresha ibicanwa bya sintetike bishobora gutuma ikirango cya Stuttgart gikomeza kugurisha imodoka zifite imbere moteri yo gutwika imyaka myinshi.
Bentley azinjira muri Porsche?
Wibuke ko nkuko byavuzwe haruguru, Porsche yifatanije nigihangange cyikoranabuhanga Siemens gufungura uruganda muri Chili kubyara lisansi yubukorikori guhera 2022.
Mu cyiciro cy’icyitegererezo cya “Haru Oni”, nkuko umushinga uzwi, hazakorwa litiro ibihumbi 130 by’ibicanwa bitagira aho bibogamiye, ariko izo ndangagaciro zizamuka cyane mu byiciro bibiri biri imbere. Rero, mu 2024, ubushobozi bwo kubyaza umusaruro buzaba litiro miliyoni 55 za e-lisansi, naho 2026, bukaba bwikubye inshuro 10, ni ukuvuga litiro miliyoni 550.
Nta, ariko, nta kigaragaza ko Bentley ashobora kwinjira muri uyu mushinga, kubera ko kuva ku ya 1 Werurwe uyu mwaka, Audi yatangiye “kwiringira” ikirango cy'Ubwongereza, aho kuba Porsche nk'uko byari bimeze kugeza ubu.
Ibicanwa bya sintetike byari hypothesis mbere
Ntabwo aribwo bwa mbere Bentley yerekanye ko ashishikajwe n’ibicanwa. Nko muri 2019, Werner Tietz, uwabanjirije Matthias Rabe, yari yabwiye Autocar ati: "Turimo kureba ibintu bitandukanye, ariko ntituzi neza ko bateri y'amashanyarazi ari inzira igana imbere".
Ariko kuri ubu, ikintu kimwe gusa ni cyo: moderi zose ziranga Ubwongereza zizaba amashanyarazi 100% muri 2030 no mu 2026, imodoka ya mbere ya Bentley yamashanyarazi yose izashyirwa ahagaragara, ishingiye kuri platform ya Artemis, irimo gutunganywa na Audi.