Singaphezu kokusetyenziselwa izikhundla eziphikisanayo kunye nezibhengezo ezinesibindi zenjongo ngu-Elon Musk, umlawuli olawulayo kunye ne "technoking" eTesla, kodwa usomashishini waseMzantsi Afrika usakwazi ukumangalisa.
Ngexesha lokubhengezwa kweziphumo zekota yokuqala yonyaka, uMusk wabonisa ukuba Imodeli kaTesla Y iya kuba yeyona moto ithengiswa kakhulu kwihlabathi.
Uphawu lwaseMelika aluzange lubonakalise ukuthengiswa komntu ngamnye kwiimodeli zalo, kodwa kwesi siganeko siqinisekisile ukuba sithengise iikopi ze-182,780 ze-Model Y kunye ne-Model 3 kwikota yokuqala ye-2021.
Ecatshulwe nguFox Business, uMusk uveze ukuba iModel Y inokuphumelela isithsaba sezona moto zithengiswa kakhulu kwihlabathi “mhlawumbi kulo nyaka uzayo”, kodwa wathi kwakhona: “Andiqinisekanga nge-100% ukuba iya kuba ngunyaka ozayo, kodwa ndicinga ukuba kakhulu kunokwenzeka".
Ukuba sithathela ingqalelo ukuba ngo-2020 eyona moto ithengiswa kakhulu emhlabeni yayiyiToyota Corolla, eneekopi ezingaphezulu kwesigidi esi-1.1 ezithengisiweyo-yehle nge-10.5% xa kuthelekiswa no-2019, ngenxa yobhubhane-kwaye ngo-2020. I-Tesla ithengise "kuphela" iimoto ze-499 550 (zibandakanya lonke uluhlu lwe-brand), saqonda ngokukhawuleza ukuba akuyi kuba lula ukuqinisekiswa kwesi sithembiso sikaMusk.
I-Tesla iqikelela ukukhula konyaka kwimveliso ye-50%, leyo, ukuba iqinisekisiwe, iya kumela malunga neemoto ze-750 000 kwi-2021 kunye ne-1 125 000 kwi-2022.
Nangona kunjalo, ukuba i-Toyota yokuthengisa yayiza kuphinda ibuyele kumanqanaba "aqhelekileyo" ngo-2022, iTesla ayiyi kufuna kuphela ukudlula le migqaliselo yokukhula, kuya kufuneka inikezele yonke imveliso yayo kwiModeli Y ukufikelela kwinjongo ngoku iqaliswe nguMusk.
Khumbula ukuba iTesla Model Y iveliswa kwiifektri zikaTesla eFremont, California (USA) naseShanghai, China. Kodwa uMusk okwangoku uqinisekisile ukuba iiyunithi zokuvelisa e-Austin, eTexas (e-USA), naseBerlin, eJamani, ziya kuba sele zisebenza ngesantya sokuhamba ngomkhumbi kunyaka ozayo. Ngaba kuya kwanela ukukhupha iModel Y kwiwonga lemoto ethengiswa kakhulu kwihlabathi?