Kube yisikhulu esiphezulu sakwaMazda, u-Akira Marumoto, ukuqinisekisile ngesikhathi kwethulwa ngokusemthethweni i-MX-30 eJapan. Wankel ngeke kube njenge-propellant, yebo, kodwa kunalokho, kakade okukhulunywa yithi ngezikhathi eziningana, njenge-extender range yezimoto zikagesi. Emazwini ka-Akira Marumoto:
“Njengengxenye yobuchwepheshe bokufaka ugesi kaningi, injini ye-rotary izosetshenziswa ezingxenyeni eziphansi zakwaMazda futhi izokwethulwa emakethe engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2022.”
Ngamanye amazwi, i-MX-30 iyisiqalo nje. Isitatimende sikaMarumoto, esiphindekezwa kuvidiyo esemthethweni ye-Mazda (ngesiJapane) siphakamisa ukuthi i-Wankel izothola indawo ezimotweni eziningi ezihlangene zomkhiqizi wase-Japan.
Naphezu kokufika ngemva kwesikhathi ebesihleliwe ekuqaleni (empeleni bekuhlelelwe ukufika... ngonyaka odlule), esikwaziyo ukuthi ukubuya kuka-Wankel kuzodlula ngeyunithi ehlangene kakhulu - engenkulu kunebhokisi lezicathulo... -, okwanele lokho imoto kagesi lapho ifakwe khona iqhubekela phambili.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Ukusebenzisa i-Wankel njenge-extender yebanga akuyona into entsha kwa-Mazda. Ngo-2013 umkhiqizi we-Hiroshima wethule i-prototype esekelwe ku-Mazda2 (yangaphambilini) ebonisa ukufaneleka kwesixazululo - ngisho ne-Audi yaba nesithakazelo kulo mbono, ngemva kokuvula i-prototype ye-A1 (isizukulwane sokuqala) "nohlelo" olufanayo.
MX-30, eyokuqala
I-Mazda MX-30, ugesi wokuqala womkhiqizi wokukhiqiza - kodwa hhayi kuphela… imakethe kazwelonke.
Naphezu kokunconywa ngokuphatha kwayo ngisho nokubukeka kwayo okuhlukile nezisombululo (ngokwesibonelo, iminyango evulekile engemuva), iye yagxekwa ngokuzimela kwayo okuncane - 200 km kuphela... Yikhandidethi elifanelekile lokuthola isandiso sokuzimela ngendlela ye-Wankel encane.
Isikhala asishodi. Bheka ngaphansi kwe-MX-30's hood - iplathifomu yabelwe i-CX-30 ne-Mazda3 - futhi uthole indawo eningi eduze kwenjini kagesi (nayo) ehlangene ukuze ilingane i-Wankel. Kusafanele silinde u-2022, kodwa izivivinyo zentuthuko (emgwaqweni) zale nguqulo entsha kufanele ziqale ngo-2021.
Amazwi e-CEO ye-Mazda, nokho, ashiya indawo yokuqagela: ukubuya kwe-Wankel ngeke kuphele nge-MX-30. Imaphi amanye amamodeli ahlangene azoyithola njengesandiso sebanga?