Ekupheleni kukaMeyi sabona abakwaToyota bebamba iqhaza kwi-NAPAC Fuji Super TEC yamahora angu-24 kusekethe ye-Fuji Speedway eJapane ngeCorolla ekhetheke kakhulu (esithombeni esigqanyisiwe), efakwe injini evuthayo yangaphakathi esebenzisa i-hydrogen, hhayi uphethiloli, njengamafutha.
Kwaba "ukuhlolwa komlilo" kokuqala kwenjini ye-Toyota hydrogen, ngakho-ke la mahemuhemu ayamangaza, ukuthi ekuqaleni kuka-2023, singabona ukwethulwa kwezohwebo kwalesi sixazululo kumamodeli amabili ahlukene, i-Prius ne-Corolla.
Kufanele kucaciswe ukuthi lesi yisixazululo esihlukile kuleso esisetshenziswe e-Mirai. I-Toyota Mirai iyimoto kagesi, enamandla ewadingayo abangelwa ukusabela kwamakhemikhali e-hydrogen (eyigcina emathangeni athile) ne-oxygen eyenzeka ku-fuel cell. I-Prius ne-Corolla zizofakwa injini evuthayo yangaphakathi ezosebenzisa i-hydrogen njengophethiloli, njengenye indlela esikhundleni sikaphethiloli.
IToyota Prius yesizukulwane sesihlanu - ihybrid yokuqala egcwele isikali ekhiqiziwe - ihlelelwe ukuthi ifike ngasekupheleni kuka-2022 futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ihlale ithembekile ekuhlanganisweni kwenjini kaphethiloli nenjini kagesi.
Kuyinguqulo yayo eyi-plug-in hybrid, elindeleke ngo-2023, okumele ikhiphe injini evuthayo ye-hydrogen ehlanganiswe nenjini kagesi nebhethri elikhulu ngokwanele ukuqinisekisa amashumi amakhulu amakhilomitha ngemodi kagesi kuphela. Kuzobe kungokokuqala ukuthi iToyota ihlanganise ubuchwepheshe bayo obubili ngohlobo olulodwa: ihybrid nehydrogen.
Okwamanje, ulwazi luyindlala futhi ludinga ukuqinisekiswa, kodwa esimweni se-Prius plug-in hybrid, uma kubhekwa isimo sayo sezomnotho/ezemvelo, ake sicabange ukuthi injini yomlilo we-hydrogen ezoyihlomisa inesizotha kakhulu ngezinombolo kunalezo ezinikezwa i-three-cylinder 1.6 turbo (etholakala ku-GR Yaris) esetshenziswe ku-No. 32 Corolla ekuhlolweni kokukhuthazela.
Ngokuqondene ne-Corolla yesikhathi esizayo enenjini ye-hydrogen, ingase ifike nenguqulo yenjini ye-GR Yaris, eguqulelwe ukusebenza nge-hydrogen, njengemoto yomncintiswano esiyibonile.
Ngalo mqondo, ukufika, ekupheleni kuka-2022, kwe-GR Corolla kubonakala kuqinisekisiwe, okuzothatha ifa le-mechanics kanye nesistimu yokushayela ngamasondo amane ukusuka ku-GR Yaris, ngakho-ke ngeke kube nzima ukukhipha inguqulo yalokhu. i-hatch eshisayo isebenzisa i-hydrogen njengophethiloli.
Umbuzo waphakade uhlala… Kungani?
I-Toyota ibe ngomunye wabakhiqizi abakhuluma kakhulu ekugxekeni uguquko oluphoqelelwe nokusheshiswayo lwemoto kagesi esebenza ngebhethri, ishaya indiva obunye ubuchwepheshe obungaba negalelo ngokulinganayo nangokucacile ekwehliseni ukungcola kanye nokungathathi hlangothi kwekhabhoni. Ngokusho kuka-Akio Toyoda, umongameli weToyota:
U-Akio Toyota, umongameli weToyota"Umgomo oyinhloko ukungathathi hlangothi kwe-carbon. Akufanele kube mayelana nokulahla izimoto ezixubile ne-petroli futhi nje ukuthengisa izimoto zikagesi ezisebenza ngebhethri kanye ne-fuel-cell. Sifuna ukwandisa inani lezinketho ezitholakalayo endleleni yokungathathi hlangothi kwe-carbon."
I-Toyota ayiphikisani nezimoto zikagesi ngese, kodwa ngokumelene nombono omncane wokuthi yonke into iqala futhi iphetha ngezimoto zikagesi zebhethri.
Bakhuthaza indlela enezici eziningi ekufuneni ukulingana okukhulu phakathi kobuchwepheshe obuhlukahlukene be-powertrain: ama-hybrids, ama-plug-in hybrids, ugesi webhethri, ugesi wamaseli kagesi futhi manje izinjini ezivuthayo ze-hydrogen.
Umthombo: Forbes.