Okwaqala njengokubambisana ekuthuthukisweni kwezimoto ezihwebayo kanye namaloli athathwayo phakathi kweFord neVolkswagen, manje sekunwetshiwe ekuthuthukisweni kwezimoto ezisebenza ngogesi kanye nasekutshalweni kwezimali e-Argo AI, inkampani ethuthukisa izinhlelo zokuzimela okusezingeni eliphezulu. ukushayela 4.
Okuqinisekisiwe okungenani imodeli eyodwa kagesi enophawu oluyiqanda, kanti eminye kuxoxwa ngayo. Imodeli entsha izophuma ku-MEB, okuyi-component matrix yakwaVolkswagen eqondiswe ezimotweni zikagesi, ozalo lwazo lokuqala kuzoba i-ID.3, ezokwethulwa embukisweni wezimoto iFrankfurt Motor Show ngasekuqaleni kukaSepthemba.
Inhloso yeFord ukudayisa amayunithi angu-600,000 emoto yabo entsha kagesi eminyakeni eyisithupha, kusukela ngo-2023. — Lokhu kuzothuthukiswa esikhungweni sokuthuthukisa sakwaFord e-Köln-Merkenich, eJalimane, kanti iVolkswagen izohlinzeka ngezingxenye ze-MEB (Modular Electric Toolkit) kanye nezingxenye.
Ukukhiqizwa kohlobo olusha kuzophinde kube se-Europe, kanti abakwaFord bakhulume ngoJoe Hinrichs, umongameli wabo wendawo yezimoto, isidingo sokuguqula kabusha enye yezimboni zabo. Isivumelwano esisayinwe nabakwaVolkswagen siyingxenye eyodwa nje yokutshalwa kwezimali kwama-euro angaphezu kwezigidigidi eziyi-10.2 ngabakwaFord ezimotweni zikagesi emhlabeni jikelele.
I-MEB
Ukuthuthukiswa kwezakhiwo nezingxenye ze-MEB kwaqalwa ngabakwaVolkswagen ngo-2016, okuhambisana nokutshalwa kwezimali kwama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha. I-MEB izoba "umgogodla" wekusasa likagesi leqembu laseJalimane, futhi amayunithi ayizigidi eziyi-15 kulindeleke ukuthi akhiqizwe kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo, asatshalaliswe ngabakwaVolkswagen, Audi, SEAT kanye neSkoda.
Ngakho-ke iFord iba ngumkhiqizi wokuqala ukunikeza ilayisensi i-MEB. Umakhi waseJalimane ngaphambilini wayedalule ukuthi izotholakala ukuze inikeze i-MEB ilayisensi kwabanye abakhi, isinyathelo esibalulekile sokuqinisekisa amanani kanye nomnotho wesilinganiso ukwenza utshalomali lube nenzuzo, into ebonakale inzima kakhulu embonini, uma kungenzeki, lolu shintsho lwesiteji ukuya ekuhambeni kukagesi.
I-Argo AI
Inkampani ezinikele ekuthuthukiseni izinhlelo zokushayela ezizimele zeLevel 4 isiphenduke enye yezindlela ezibaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni jikelele, ngemuva kwesimemezelo seFord neVolkswagen, abakhiqizi ezosebenzisana nabo eduze, naphezu komnyango ovulekile kwabanye.
AbakwaVolkswagen bazotshala ama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.3, cishe ama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1 ekutshalweni kwezimali okuqondile kanti okunye kuzovela ekuhlanganisweni kwenkampani yayo i-Autonomous Intelligent Driving (AID) kanye nabasebenzi bayo abangaphezu kuka-200. Ukutshalwa kwezimali okulandela okwamenyezelwa ngaphambilini ngabakwaFord kwama-euro ayizigidi eziyinkulungwane - inani le-Argo AI manje selingaphezu kwezigidigidi eziyisithupha zama-euro.
Isivumelwano phakathi kweFord neVolkswagen sizobenza babe ngabanikazi abalinganayo be-Argo AI - eyasungulwa yilabo ababengabasebenzi be-Uber Technologies kanye ne-Waymo - futhi bobabili bazoba abatshalizimali abakhulu benkampani ababambe ingxenye enkulu yayo.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Ngakho-ke i-AID izoba ikomkhulu elisha le-Argo AI lase-Europe, elizinze eMunich, eJalimane. Ngalokhu kuhlanganiswa, inani labasebenzi be-Argo AI lizokhula lisuka ku-500 liye phezu kwama-700 emhlabeni jikelele.