Ngexesha apho iibhrendi ezininzi zigxile kwimingeni ekhoyo kumbane kunye nokuqhuba ngokuzimeleyo, ipatent yeVolvo esanda kukhutshwa ibonakala isombulula “ingxaki” yokugcina ivili lokuqhuba ngelixa imoto iziqhuba.
Ngaphandle kokuba ifakwe kwi-Ofisi yePatent yase-US kunye ne-Ofisi yoRhwebo ekuqaleni kuka-2019, ilungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza liye laziwa ngasekupheleni kukaSeptemba kwaye lisinika umbono weVolvo "ngeendiza zekamva".
Ngokwemizobo yelungelo elilodwa lomenzi weVolvo, isicwangciso kukwenza ivili lokuqhuba elityibilika ngasekunene nangasekhohlo, kwaye linokubekwa kwindawo esembindini wedeshibhodi, njengakwi-iconic McLaren F1.
Ngasekhohlo…
Kule nkqubo, ivili lokuqhuba "i-slides" ngomzila kaloliwe kwaye idlulisa amagalelo omqhubi ngokusebenzisa i-by-wire system, oko kukuthi, ngaphandle kokudibanisa ngokomzimba kumavili.
Kwiimoto ezizimeleyo kodwa hayi kuphela
Umbono ngale patent yakwaVolvo iya kuba, ngokomthetho, kukwenza inkqubo evumela (ngaphandle kweendleko ezinkulu) ukwenza ivili lokuqhuba “linyamalale” ngaphambili komqhubi xa imoto iqhuba ngendlela yokuzimela. Isisombululo esinokuthi sibe noqoqosho ngakumbi kunevili lokuqhuba elirhoxiswayo elikhoyo kwiiprototypes ezininzi.Bhalisa kwincwadana yethu
Nangona kunjalo, esi sisombululo sinelinye ixabiso elongezelelweyo. Ngokuvumela ivili lokuqhuba lihambe ukusuka ekunene ukuya ekhohlo, kuya kuvumela ukucuthwa okukhulu kweendleko zemveliso, ukwenza imoto ukuba ithengiswe kumazwe apho ihamba ngasekunene okanye ngasekhohlo ngaphandle kotshintsho. Oko kwathiwa, asiyi kumangaliswa ukuba le teknoloji inokufikelela kwiimodeli "eziqhelekileyo".
Kuthekani ngeepedali kunye nepaneli yesixhobo?
Ngokuphathelele ipaneli yesixhobo, iVolvo inezisombululo ezimbini: eyokuqala ngumboniso “ohambayo” ngevili lokuqhuba; eyesibini ibandakanya ukudityaniswa kwescreen sedijithali kuyo yonke ideshbhodi ethi emva koko ithumele idatha enxulumene nokuqhuba emva kwevili.
Iipedali, kwelinye icala, ziya kusebenza, njenge-steering, kwi-by-wire system, kodwa eyona nto inomdla kakhulu sisisombululo esafunyanwa kwaVolvo sineepedali kwicala lasekunene nasekhohlo lemoto.
Kuyabonakala ukuba, umbono ovezwe kwilungelo elilodwa lomenzi weVolvo ubandakanya ukubuyisela iipedali "ngeepads ezichukumisayo" eziqhutywa ngokwamanzi okanye ngomoya. Zibekwe emgangathweni, ezi ziya kusabela kuphela kuxinzelelo emva kokuba abenzi boluvo babonile ukuba bahambelana nevili lokuqhuba.
Ngaba uyakubona ukukhanya kwemini?
Nangona inkqubo evezwa kwilungelo lomenzi weVolvo ivumela ukucuthwa okubonakalayo kweendleko kwaye ide ivumele ukusetyenziswa ngcono kwendawo yangaphakathi, inokuthi "ingqubeke" ngemigangatho yokhuseleko ehlala iqinile, ngakumbi ngenxa yokuba isalathiso sisebenzisa i-by-wire.
Emuva kwi-2014 i-Infiniti ibonise isisombululo esifanayo kwi-Q50 kwaye nangona inkqubo ayifuni ikholamu yokulawula ngokomzimba, inyaniso kukuba kwanyanzeleka ukuba ifake enye (xa isebenza ikholomu yokulawula ngokuzenzekelayo ingadityaniswa), ngenxa yokuba, ngaphezu kwakho konke, kwimimiselo ekhoyo, ukongeza ekusebenzeni njengogcino lokhuseleko.
I-caveat eyaqinisekiswa xa ngo-2016 uphawu lwaseJapan lwanyanzeliswa ukuba luqhube ukukhumbula ukulungisa inkqubo yocingo yocingo engazange isebenze ngokugqibeleleyo emva kokuqalisa imoto.
Ngaba kuya kwenzeka ukuba ngokusondela ngakumbi ngokusondela kweemoto ezizimeleyo kunye nendaleko yetekhnoloji eqhubekayo, iVolvo iya kukwazi ukubona le nkqubo yamkelwa ngaphandle kokuthandabuza kwicala labenzi bomthetho? Lixesha kuphela eliya kusixelela.