Emva kokucinga okuninzi malunga nekamva le-Smart, amathandabuzo apheliswa emva kwe I-Daimler AG kunye ne-Geely baye babhengeza ukudalwa kwe-50-50 yokubambisana ekufuneka igqitywe ekupheleni kuka-2019 kwaye ijolise ekuphuhliseni, injineli kunye nokuyila iimodeli zexesha elizayo zohlobo, ukwenza i-Smart elandelayo… isiTshayina.
Ngokuzalwa kweli shishini elidibeneyo, i-Smart ibona ikamva layo liqinisekisiwe, sele lichaze ukuba isizukulwana esilandelayo semodeli ye-brand, eya kuvela kwi-2022, kufuneka siyilwe yi-Mercedes-Benz Design, isebenzisa amaziko obunjineli be-Geely. Ngokuphathelele kwimveliso, oku kuya kwenziwa eTshayina.
Nangona ukuveliswa kwe-Smart elandelayo kuya kwenzeka e-China, kude kube yi-2022 i-Daimler iya kuqhubeka nokuvelisa isizukulwana sangoku seenqwelo ze-Smart kwiifektri zayo eHambach, eFransi ( Smart EQ ezimbini ) kunye neNovo Mesto, eSlovenia (i-Smart EQ yesine).
Iimodeli ezintsha zisendleleni
Ngokugqithiselwa kwemveliso yeemodeli ze-Smart ukuya e-China, i-Mercedes-Benz ibhengeze ukuba i-factory yaseFransi eHambach iya kuzinikela ekuveliseni i-Mercedes-Benz isithuthi sombane esisayinwe yi-brand ye-EQ. Kwangaxeshanye, inkqubo yophuhliso lwezithuthi yelinge elihlangeneyo ibona kwangaphambili ukuyilwa kwe-Smart yecandelo le-B.
Bhalisa kwincwadana yethu apha
Ku-Li Shufu, umongameli we-Geely - i-Volvo kunye ne-Lotus, phakathi kwabanye, sele beyinxalenye yobukumkani bayo obukhulayo - intsebenziswano edibeneyo ngoku enikezelweyo iya kuvumela "ukunyusa ukuqaliswa kweemveliso zombane zeprimiyamu". Ngenxa yolu manyano phakathi kukaDaimler kunye noGeely kuphuhliso lwekamva le-Smart, inye kuphela into esele ibonwa: kuya kwenzeka ntoni "kumzalwana" we-Smart yangoku, i-Renault Twingo.