Kwiveki ephelileyo, besise-Oslo (eNorway) ukuvavanya uluhlu lwamva nje lweemodeli zombane zakwaHyundai: iKauai Electric kunye neNexus. Uvavanyo esiza kukuxelela ngalo ngomhla wama-25 kaJulayi, umhla wokuphela kwe-embargo kumajelo eendaba.
Kwabo basilandelayo, i Hyundai Kauai Electric eyi-100% yeSUV yombane engaphezulu kwe-480 km yokuzimela, kunye Hyundai Nexus , ekwayi-100% ye-SUV yombane, kodwa i-fuel cell (i-Fuel Cell), ayiyona into entsha. Ezi zimodeli zimbini esele ingumxholo wokuphononongwa kwethu, kubandakanya nevidiyo.
Ngoko ke, siye sasebenzisa ithuba lohambo lwethu oluya kwikomkhulu laseNorway, i-Oslo, ukuya kudliwano-ndlebe noLee Ki-Sang, uMongameli weZiko loPhuhliso lwe-Eco-Technology yakwaHyundai. Ithuba elikhethekileyo lokubuza omnye wabo banoxanduva lolunye uhlobo lwemoto yehlabathi malunga nekamva loshishino. Sithethe ngenkuthazo yeqela, ukhuphiswano, ikamva lemoto kwaye ngakumbi ikamva leemoto zombane njengoko sizazi namhlanje: ngeebhetri.
Kwaye siqale udliwanondlebe lwethu no-Lee Ki-Sang ngomdla...
RA | Sivile ukuba usanda kunika iinjineli zakho iimbasa zegolide. Ngoba?
Imbali yeembasa zegolide inomdla. Konke kwaqala ngo-2013, xa sagqiba ekubeni siqale ukuphuhlisa uluhlu lwe-Ioniq. Injongo yethu yayicacile: ukudlula okanye ukulinganisa iToyota, eyona nkokeli yehlabathi kwiteknoloji ye-hybrid.
Ingxaki kukuba zonke iibrendi ezazama ukodlula iToyota kwesi sizinda aziphumelelanga. Ke ulikhuthaza njani iqela ukuba linyuke intaba? Ingakumbi xa le ntaba inegama: Toyota Prius. Ke ngo-2013, xa sidibanisa iqela lethu ukuze siphuhlise iHyundai Ioniq, akukho mntu wayeqinisekile ukuba siza kuphumelela. Ndabona ukuba kufuneka ndilikhuthaze iqela lam. Kwafuneka siphumelele, kwafuneka sibethe inombolo 1. Kangangokuba, ngaphakathi, sabiza iprojekthi yeHyundai Ioniq ngokuthi "iProjekthi yeMbasa yeGolide". Ukuba siphumelele, ngamnye uya kufumana imbasa yegolide.
Sayifeza loo njongo ngokufikelela elona nqanaba liphezulu kwiklasi kwiimvavanyo ze-EPA (i-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo yase-United States), ngaphambi nje kweToyota Prius.
RA | Kwaye kwi-Hyundai Nexo, ingaba ziya kubakho iimbasa nazo?
Masenze okufanayo, kwasebenza kakuhle kangangokuba nathi siza kwenza okufanayo. Nangona le mbono ayithandwa kakhulu ngumfazi wam.
RA | Ngoba?
Kaloku iimbasa zithengwa ndim. Umfazi wam akaphikisi, kuba enyanisweni uye wandinceda kakhulu. Ubonile, nangona ekude, ukuzinikela kunye nokuzinikela iqela lethu elikubeke ekoyiseni bonke ubunzima beprojekthi ye-Hyundai Nexo.
RA | Ibe bubuphi ubunzima?
Ndiyavuma ukuba indawo yethu yokuqala yayisele ilungile kakhulu malunga nokusebenza kakuhle. Ngoko xa sasiqala inkqubo yokuphuhlisa i-Hyundai Nexo, eyona nto sasigxile kuyo yayikukunciphisa iindleko. Ngaphandle kokwehliswa okukhulu kweendleko, akunakwenzeka ukwenza obu buchwepheshe busebenze. Eyona njongo yethu yayiyiloo nto.
Okwesibini, asizange saneliseke ngobukhulu benkqubo, sifuna ukunciphisa i-fuel cell ukuze siyifake kwimodeli encinci kune-Hyundai ix35 yokwandisa indawo yangaphakathi. Saphinda salufikelela olo sukelo.
Okokugqibela, enye ingongoma ebalulekileyo yayikukomelela kwenkqubo. Kwi-Hyundai ix35 sinikeze iwaranti yeminyaka eyi-8 okanye i-100,000 km, kunye ne-Hyundai Nexo injongo yethu yayiyiminyaka eyi-10 ukufikelela kubomi be-injini yokutsha. Kwaye kunjalo, kwakhona injongo yethu yayikukubetha iToyota Mirai.
RA | Kwaye ngokoluvo lwakho, kuthetha ukuthini ukubetha iToyota Mirai?
Kuthetha ukufikelela kwimpumelelo engaphezulu kwama-60%. Siyenzile, ngoko ke kubonakala ngathi kuza kufuneka ndivelise iimbasa ezininzi kwakhona.
RA | Zingaphi iimbasa ekuya kufuneka uzifumane, okanye kunoko, zingaphi iinjineli ezibandakanyekayo kwiprojekthi yeFuel Cell yakwaHyundai?
Andikwazi ukukunika amanani athile, kodwa ndiqinisekile ukuba kukho iinjineli ezingaphezu kwama-200 ezivela kumazwe ahlukeneyo. Kukho ukuzinikela okukhulu kwicala lethu kule teknoloji.
RA | Ziphawule. Kukho amawakawaka ababoneleli beebhetri kushishino, kodwa iFuel Cell bubuchwepheshe obuchwepheshile kwiibrendi ezimbalwa...
Ewe yinyani. Ngaphandle kwethu, kuphela iToyota, Honda kunye neMercedes-Benz ezithe rhoqo zibheja kobu buchwepheshe. Bonke basekumanqanaba ahlukeneyo endaleko.
RA | Ke kutheni unikezela ngetekhnoloji yakho kwisigebenga esinje ngeQela leVolkswagen ngeAudi?
Kwakhona, ngesizathu seendleko. I-Hyundai Nexo ayinayo umthamo owaneleyo wokuthengisa xa kuthelekiswa nobukhulu bekhonkco lethu lexabiso. Inzuzo enkulu yolu buhlakani buqoqosho lwesikali. IQela leVolkswagen ngokubanzi, kunye ne-Audi ngokukodwa, baya kusebenzisa amacandelo ethu kwiimodeli zabo zeFuel Cell zexesha elizayo.
Esi sesona sizathu siphambili sokuba senze olu buhlakani.
RA | Kwaye ziziphi izizathu zokuba abakwaHyundai babele izixhobo ezininzi kule teknoloji, ngexesha apho ixesha lokutshaja kweemoto zombane liba lifutshane kunye nokuzimela kwabo ixesha elide kwaye lide?
Itekhnoloji yebhetri isengcono kakhulu, yinyani. Kodwa iintsilelo zakho ziya kubonakala kungekudala okanye kamva. Sikholelwa ukuba ngo-2025 amandla apheleleyo e-lithium-ion iteknoloji yebhetri iya kufikelela. Kwaye ngokubhekisele kwiibhetri zombuso oqinileyo, ngaphandle kweenzuzo abazibonisayo, baya kuba nokuphazamiseka ngenxa yokunqongophala kwezinto eziluhlaza.
Xa kujongwa le meko, itekhnoloji yeFuel Cell yeyona ibonelela ngozinzo olukhulu kwixesha elizayo. Ngaphaya koko, eyona nto isetyenziswa kakhulu ekrwada kwi-fuel cell yiplatinum (Pt) kwaye i-98% yale mathiriyeli iphinda isetyenziswe ekupheleni komjikelo wobomi be-fuel cell.
Kwimeko yeebhetri, yintoni esiyenzayo ngazo emva komjikelo wabo wobomi? Inyaniso kukuba, zikwangungcoliso. Xa izithuthi zombane zisasazeke ngokubanzi, ikamva leebhetri liya kuba yingxaki.
RA | Ucinga ukuba kuya kufuneka silinde ixesha elingakanani ukuba itekhnoloji yeFuel Cell ibe ngumgaqo kunokuba ibe ngumqobo kwishishini leemoto?
Ngo-2040 sikholelwa ukuba le teknoloji iya kuba nkulu. Kude kube ngoko, injongo yethu kukudala imodeli yoshishino oluzinzileyo lwetekhnoloji yeFuel Cell. Okwangoku, iimoto zombane ziya kuba sisisombululo senguqu kwaye iHyundai ibekwe kakuhle kakhulu kule ndawo.
Emva kokuba udliwano-ndlebe luphelile, kwafika ixesha lokuzama i-Hyundai Nexo okokuqala. Kodwa andikakwazi ukubhala ngalolo nxibelelwano lokuqala. Kuya kufuneka balinde kude kube ngumhla wama-25 kaJulayi olandelayo apha eRazão Automóvel.
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