Kwakusuka emlonyeni kaSergio Marchionne ngokwakhe, i-CEO ye-FCA (i-Fiat Chrysler Automobiles), ngexesha lokuboniswa kweQela le-Alfa Romeo Sauber F1, ukuba safunda ngentsebenziswano yezobuchwepheshe phakathi kwe-FCA kunye ne-Hyundai.
NgokukaMarchionne, akukho nto iqinisekileyo yokubhengeza okwangoku, kodwa siyayazi into esetafileni ekuxoxwa ngayo.
Kule mihla sele sithenga amacandelo [kuHyundai]...makhe sibone ukuba singavumelana na ngezinye iingongoma, ngakumbi kuphuhliso losasazo kunye nehydrogen.
Ihydrogen. Ukubheja kwi-zero ekhutshwayo
I-Hyundai inamava amaninzi kwintsimi yeeseli ze-hydrogen (i-fuel cell), kwaye ngo-2018 iya kuqalisa isizukulwana esitsha sobuchwephesha. Injongo ihleli kukuyenza ibencinci ukuya kwinqanaba lokuba ilingane nenjini yokutsha yangaphakathi, ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuba kunokwenzeka ukudityaniswa kwayo kwizithuthi ezininzi kangangoko.Iinzuzo zeHyundai zicacile ngolu thelelwano lunokwenzeka, njengoko oko kuya kuthetha ukonyuka kwentengiso yeenjini zayo zeeseli zamafutha, ukomeleza uqoqosho lwesikali kunye nokunciphisa iindleko. Kwicala leFCA, inokuphucula iphothifoliyo yayo ngeemodeli zero-emission, indawo apho iqela lingenalo iziphakamiso, ngaphandle kweFiat 500e - ethengiswa kuphela kumazwe amabini aseMerika.
Kwezinye iimarike eziphambili, ezifana neCalifornia okanye, kungekudala, i-China, kuya kunyanzeliswa ukuba zibe neenqwelo zero zero ukuze zenze umsebenzi wazo wezorhwebo, ngoko le ntsebenziswano, ukuba iyenzeka, ayikwazanga ukufika ngexesha elingcono.
Ngaba ukudibanisa kuyenzeka?
Ngolwazi lwentsebenziswano yetekhnoloji enokwenzeka, amahemuhemu okudityaniswa kwamaqela amabini abuyile. UMarchionne, nangona kunjalo, xa ebuzwa malunga nale nto, waphendula nje, "Andicingi njalo."
Ukudityaniswa kunganceda amaqela omabini, ngokuzenzekelayo kuyenze ibe lelona qela likhulu leemoto zehlabathi, elinokubakho kakhulu kwintsebenziswano kunye noqoqosho lwesikali. AbakwaHyundai nabo baya kuxhamla ekubeni nengeniso yeJeep kunye neRam pick-ups, kunye nokomelezwa kobukho eTshayina. I-FCA yayiza kufumana ukufikelela kungekuphela nje kwitekhnoloji yeeseli zamafutha, kodwa nakwitekhnoloji yombane yeqela laseKorea.
Ubunzima buya kulala ekulawuleni ipotifoliyo enkulu yeebrendi kunye neemodeli, ngenxa yokuba omabini amaqela anobukho obuqinileyo ngokulinganayo kwiimarike eziphambili ezifana ne-US neYurophu.
I-FCA ifuna ubambiswano olungakumbi
U-Marchionne uye wathetha kakhulu malunga nokuhlanganiswa kweshishini, ekhuthaza intsebenziswano ngakumbi, ephawula inkcitho yemithombo kunye nenkunzi ekuphuhliseni uhlobo olufanayo lwetekhnoloji ngabakhi abahlukeneyo.
Ukuqwalasela imingeni ezayo, ngakumbi ezo zinxulumene nokuhamba kombane kunye nokuqhuba ngokuzimeleyo, kunye nesiphumo seendleko eziphezulu, i-FCA mva nje iqalise ngaphezu kwentsebenziswano yezobuchwepheshe.
Sabona i-FCA ijoyina i-autonomous drive consortium ijoyina i-BMW, i-Intel kunye ne-Magna. Kwisihloko esifanayo, iphinde yangena kwintsebenziswano kunye ne-Waymo, evela kuGoogle, apho yanikezela ngeenqanawa zeChrysler Pacifica eziye zahlengahlengiswa ukuvavanya iinkqubo zokuqhuba ezizimeleyo zeteknoloji yaseMelika.