Ngesekela likamengameli wezokukhangisa emakethe yaseNyakatho Melika, u-Ed Laukes, iToyota ikuqinisekisile ukuthi icabanga ukwethula i-hybrid pickup. U-Laukes ukholelwa ukuthi ukuthatha i-hybrid pickup kungaba ukungena okuhle kuphothifoliyo yomkhiqizo wale ngxenye.
U-Ed Lakes, iPhini likaMongameli wezokuMaketha iToyota USAAsikho nhlobo isizathu sokuthi singakwazi ukuthola i-hybrid pickup.
Nakuba lesi sitatimende sibonakala singacacile, ngeke simangale uma umkhiqizi wase-Japan eqhubeka nomsebenzi, uma kubhekwa izinhloso ze-Ford zokwethula i-F-150 eyingxube emakethe yase-US ekupheleni kweshumi leminyaka. Cishe kuzomele silinde kuze kube unyaka ozayo ukuze sithole isiqiniseko esisemthethweni, kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi lesi siphakamiso esisha se-hybrid esivela kwaToyota sizobona ukukhanya eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo.
Phakathi nenhlolokhono, uLaukes uphinde waveza ukuthi onjiniyela benkampani basebenzela ukwakhiwa okusha, okuzosetshenziswa ezizukulwaneni ezilandelayo ze-4Runner, Sequoia kanye neTundra, amamodeli athengiswa emakethe yaseNyakatho Melika.
AbakwaToyota bakholelwa ukuthi iveni kanye nezingxenye zeSUV zizoqhubeka nokukhula njengoba inkampani inyusa ukuthengwa kwezimpahla ezahlukene: “Sikholelwa ukuthi ingxenye isenethuba lokukhula. Ikakhulukazi phakathi kwezinkulungwane zeminyaka, lapho kufanele iqhubeke ikhula. Silungiselela lokho”.
Umthombo: Izindaba Zezimoto