Ngemuva kokuqagela okuningi ngekusasa lika-Smart, ukungabaza kwaqedwa ngemuva kwe- I-Daimler AG kanye ne-Geely bamemezele ukwakhiwa kwebhizinisi elihlanganyelwe le-50-50 okufanele iqedwe ekupheleni kuka-2019 futhi ihlose ukuthuthukisa, unjiniyela kanye nokuklama amamodeli esikhathi esizayo omkhiqizo, okwenza okulandelayo Okuhlakaniphile… IsiShayina.
Ngokuzalwa kwaleli bhizinisi elihlanganyelwe, i-Smart ibona ikusasa layo liqinisekile, njengoba selichazile ukuthi isizukulwane esilandelayo samamodeli alo mkhiqizo, azovela ngo-2022, kufanele aklanywe ngabakwaMercedes-Benz Design, kusetshenziswa izikhungo zobunjiniyela bakwaGeely. Mayelana nokukhiqizwa, lokhu kuzokwenziwa eChina.
Yize ukukhiqizwa kwe-Smart elandelayo kuzokwenzeka eChina, kuze kube ngu-2022 uDaimler uzoqhubeka nokukhiqiza isizukulwane samanje sezimoto ezihlakaniphile emafektri ayo eHambach, eFrance ( I-Smart EQ amabili ) kanye neNovo Mesto, eSlovenia (Smart EQ okwesine).
Amamodeli amasha asendleleni
Ngokudluliselwa kokukhiqizwa kwamamodeli e-Smart e-China, abakwaMercedes-Benz bamemezele ukuthi ifektri yaseFrance eHambach izozinikela ekukhiqizeni imoto kagesi ecwebezelayo yakwaMercedes-Benz esayinwe uhlobo lwe-EQ. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uhlelo lokuthuthukisa izimoto lwamabhizinisi ahlanganyelwe lubona kusengaphambili ukudalwa kwe-Smart yengxenye engu-B.
Bhalisela incwadi yethu yezindaba lapha
Ku-Li Shufu, umongameli we-Geely - i-Volvo ne-Lotus, phakathi kwabanye, kakade iyingxenye yombuso wayo okhulayo - ibhizinisi elihlanganyelwe manje elizokwethula "ukuthuthukisa ukwethulwa kwemikhiqizo kagesi ye-premium yomuntu siqu". Uma kubhekwa le nyunyana phakathi kuka-Daimler no-Geely ukuze kuthuthukiswe ikusasa le-Smart, iyodwa kuphela into esazobonakala: kuzokwenzekani “kubhuti” weSmart yamanje, iRenault Twingo.