Emjikelezweni ophikisana nesikhundla seVolkswagen Group, ethi, ngezwi lomqondisi wayo omkhulu, ikhombise ukukholelwa okuncane ezimotweni ze-hydrogen fuel cell, Iqembu lakwaRenault iyaqhubeka nokuqinisa ukuzibophezela ekuhambeni kwe-hydrogen.
Ubufakazi balokhu ibhizinisi elihlanganyelwe lakamuva elenziwe umdondoshiya waseFrance kanye ne-Plug Power Inc., ehamba phambili emhlabeni kwezixazululo ze-hydrogen namaseli kaphethiloli.
Ibhizinisi elihlanganyelwe, eliphethwe yilezi zinkampani zombili ngokulinganayo, lihamba ngegama elithi “HYVIA” - okuyigama elisuselwa ekufinyezweni kwegama elithi "HY" elithi hydrogen kanye nelesiLatini elithi "VIA" - futhi linomphathi omkhulu uDavid Holderbach, uneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20 yesipiliyoni kuRenault Group.
Iyini imigomo?
Umgomo we-“HYVIA” uwukuba “neqhaza ekususweni kwe-carbonisation yokuhambahamba e-Europe”. Kulokhu, inkampani ehlose ukubeka iFrance "eqhulwini ekuthuthukisweni kwezimboni nezentengiselwano zalobu buchwepheshe besikhathi esizayo" isivele inohlelo.
Lokhu kumayelana nokunikeza i-ecosystem ephelele yezixazululo ze-turnkey: izimoto zentengiso ezilula ezifakwe amaseli kaphethiloli, iziteshi zokushaja, ukunikezwa kwe-hydrogen engenayo i-carbon, ukugcinwa nokuphathwa kwemikhumbi.
Isungulwe ezindaweni ezine eFrance, "i-HYVIA" izobona izimoto ezintathu zokuqala ezifakwe amaseli kaphethiloli ezethulwe ngaphansi kwe-aegis yayo zifinyelela emakethe yaseYurophu ekupheleni kuka-2022. Zonke zisekelwe endaweni yesikhulumi se-Renault Master lezi zizoba nezinguqulo zokuthutha izimpahla ( I-Van ne-Chassis Cabin) kanye nezokuthutha abagibeli (“imini-bus” yasemadolobheni).
ULuca de Meo, oyi-CEO yeRenault GroupNgokusungulwa kobambiswano lwe-HYVIA, iRenault Group iphishekela inhloso yayo yokuthi, ngo-2030, ibe nesabelo sezimoto eziluhlaza kakhulu emakethe.
Ngokwesitatimende lapho kwethulwe khona i-“HYVIA”, iRenault Group ithi “ubuchwepheshe beHYVIA be-hydrogen buhambisana nobuchwepheshe be-E-TECH bakwaRenault, bukhuphula ibanga lemoto lifinyelele ku-500 km, kanti isikhathi sokushajwa siyimizuzu emithathu kuphela.