Njengoko sisazi, ukhuseleko belusoloko luyenye yeeflegi zakwaVolvo. Ngo-1959, i-brand yaseSweden yayinelungelo elilodwa lomenzi webhanti lesihlalo elinamanqaku amathathu, elathi laba sisinyanzelo kuzo zonke ii-Amazons zeVolvo, into engazange yaviwa ngelo xesha. Ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1960, iVolvo iphinde yaba nguvulindlela kwisahluko sokhuseleko lomntwana, yaba ngumenzi wemoto wokuqala ukusebenzisa izihlalo zabantwana kuvavanyo lokuntlitheka.
Kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, ngo-1972, iVolvo yaqala ukwenza isihlalo somntwana esijonge ngasemva. Umgaqo-siseko osemva kophuhliso lwayo yaba, njengoosomajukujuku ababengqengqe ngomqolo ngexesha lokunduluka ukuze balinganise amandla, ukusasazwa komthwalo ongcono ukunciphisa ukonzakala.
Ngo-1976, iVolvo yaphinda yenza izinto ezintsha kunye nesihlalo sokukhuthaza umntwana kwaye, kwakhona ngo-1990, nesitulo se-booster esidityaniswe kwisihlalo. Okwangoku, uphawu lwaseSweden luthengisa isizukulwana esitsha sezihlalo zabantwana, eziphuhliswe ngokubambisana neBritax-Römer kwaye ezivavanywa kwiZiko loKhuseleko lweemoto zeVolvo eGothenburg.
“Injongo yethu kukuqinisekisa ukuba abantwana bayakwazi ukuhamba ngeyona ndlela ifanelekileyo, ngokuxhomekeke kwiminyaka nobukhulu babo. Oku kuthetha ukuba bajonge ngasemva de babe neminyaka emi-3 ukuya kwemi-4 ubudala kwaye, emva koko, kwizitulo ezinezitulo ezixhasayo de bafikelele kwi-140 cm ubude njengoko izibonelelo zokhuseleko zingathandabuzeki”.
Lotta Jakobsson, Volvo Cars Safety Centre
Umthombo: Volvo Portugal