Oko kwaqala njengentsebenziswano yophuhliso lwezithuthi zorhwebo kunye neelori ezithatha phakathi kweFord kunye neVolkswagen, ngoku iye yandiswa kuphuhliso lwezithuthi zombane kunye nokutyalomali kwi-Argo AI, inkampani ephuhlisa iinkqubo zokuzimela kwinqanaba eliphezulu. ukuqhuba 4.
Iqinisekisiwe ubuncinane imodeli enye yombane kunye nesimboli se-oval, kunye nabanye phantsi kwengxoxo. Imodeli entsha iya kuvela kwi-MEB, i-matrix yecandelo le-Volkswagen elinikezelwe kwizithuthi zombane, inzala yabo yokuqala iya kuba yi-ID.3, eya kutyhilwa kwi-Frankfurt Motor Show ezayo ekuqaleni kukaSeptemba.
Injongo yeFord kukuthengisa iiyunithi ezingama-600,000 zesithuthi sayo esitsha sombane kwiminyaka emithandathu, ukuqala ngo-2023. — Oku kuya kuphuhliswa kwiziko lophuhliso lweFord eKöln-Merkenich, eJamani, kunye neVolkswagen ebonelela ngeMEB (iModular Electric Toolkit) iinxalenye kunye namacandelo.
Ukuveliswa kwemodeli entsha kuya kuba se-Europe, kunye ne-Ford ebhekisela, ngo-Joe Hinrichs, umongameli wayo wendawo yeemoto, imfuneko yokuguqula enye yeefektri zayo. Isivumelwano esisayinwe neVolkswagen siyinxalenye nje enye yotyalo-mali olungaphezulu kwe-10.2 yeebhiliyoni zeeyuro ngabakwaFord kwizithuthi zombane kwihlabathi jikelele.
I-MEB
Uphuhliso loyilo lweMEB kunye namacandelo lwaqalwa yiVolkswagen ngo-2016, ehambelana notyalo-mali olungaphezu kweebhiliyoni ezintandathu zeeyuro. I-MEB iya kuba "ngumqolo" wexesha elizayo lombane leqela laseJamani, kwaye i-15 yezigidi zeeyunithi kulindeleke ukuba iveliswe kwiminyaka elishumi ezayo, ihanjiswe yiVolkswagen, Audi, SEAT kunye neSkoda.
Ngoko ke iFord iba ngumenzi wokuqala welayisensi ye-MEB. Umakhi waseJamani ngaphambili watyhila ukuba iya kufumaneka kwi-MEB yelayisensi kwabanye abakhi, inyathelo elisisiseko lokuqinisekisa imiqulu kunye noqoqosho lwesikali ukwenza utyalo-mali lube nenzuzo, into ebonakalise inzima kakhulu kwishishini, ukuba ayinakwenzeka, eli nqanaba lenguqu kwintshukumo yombane.
Argo AI
Inkampani ezinikele ekuphuhliseni iinkqubo zokuqhuba ezizimeleyo zeNqanaba lesi-4 isanda kuba yenye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo kwihlabathi, emva kokubhengezwa kweFord kunye neVolkswagen, abavelisi eya kusebenza nabo ngokusondeleyo, ngaphandle komnyango ovulekileyo kwabanye.
IVolkswagen iza kutyala imali ezibhiliyoni ezi-2.3 zeerandi, malunga neebhiliyoni ezi-1 zeerandi kutyalo-mali oluthe ngqo kwaye enye iphuma ekudityanisweni kwenkampani yayo ye-Autonomous Intelligent Driving (AID) kunye nabasebenzi bayo abangaphezu kwama-200. Utyalo-mali olulandela obelubhengezwe ngaphambili ngabakwaFord lwebhiliyoni ye-euro - ixabiso le-Argo AI ngoku lingaphezulu kweebhiliyoni ezintandathu zeeyuro.
Isivumelwano phakathi kweFord kunye neVolkswagen siya kubenza babe ngabanini abalinganayo be-Argo AI - eyasekwa ngabasebenzi bangaphambili be-Uber Technologies kunye neWaymo - kwaye bobabini baya kuba ngabatyali-zimali abaphambili benkampani ebambe inxalenye enkulu yayo.
Bhalisa kwincwadana yethu
I-AID ke ngoko iya kuba likomkhulu elitsha laseYurophu lase-Argo AI, elizinze eMunich, eJamani. Ngolu hlanganiso, inani labasebenzi be-Argo AI liya kukhula ukusuka kuma-500 ukuya ngaphezulu kwama-700 kwihlabathi jikelele.