Ekhuluma nabaseBrithani kwa-Autocar, i-COO yakwaMcLaren uJens Ludmann uveze ukuthi lo mkhiqizo ukholelwa ukuthi Amafutha okwenziwa angaba enye yezimoto zikagesi "empini" yokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwe-CO2 (i-carbon dioxide).
NgokukaLudmann, "uma sicabangela ukuthi lawa (amafutha okwenziwa) angakhiqizwa kusetshenziswa amandla elanga, athuthwe kalula futhi asetshenziswe (...) kunezinzuzo ezingaba khona mayelana nekhabhoni kanye nokusebenza engingathanda ukukuhlola".
I-COO kaMcLaren yanezela, "Izinjini zamanje zizodinga ukulungiswa okuncane kuphela, ngakho-ke ngingathanda ukubona lobu buchwepheshe buthola ukunakwa okwengeziwe kwemidiya."
Futhi ezikagesi?
Naphezu kokukholelwa enanini elingeziwe lamafutha okwenziwa ngokwemibandela yokukhishwa kwe-CO2 - enye yezithako ezisetshenziswa ekukhiqizeni kwabo, ngokuqondile, i-CO2 -, ikakhulukazi uma sihlanganisa ukukhishwa okuhlobene nokukhiqizwa kwamabhethri ku-equation, uLudmann akakholelwa. ukuthi bashintsha ngokuphelele izimoto zikagesi.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Ngakho-ke, i-COO kaMcLaren ikhetha ukuveza ukuthi: "Angikusho lokhu ukubambezela ubuchwepheshe bebhethri, kodwa ukukukhumbuza ukuthi kungase kube nezinye izindlela ezisebenzayo okufanele sizicabangele."
Ekugcineni, uJens Ludmann uphinde wathi: “kusenzima ukwazi ukuthi amafutha okwenziwa aqhelelene kangakanani nokukhiqizwa (…), njengoba ubuchwepheshe bebhethri baziwa kahle”.
Ecabangela lokhu, uLudmann wethula umbono: "Sisenamandla okuhlanganisa amafutha okwenziwa nezinhlelo ezixubile, ezingavumela ukunciphisa ukukhishwa kwegesi."
Manje sekuyizinhlelo zikaMcLaren ukwenza i-prototype esebenzisa amafutha okwenziwa, ukuze aqonde ukuthi asebenza kanjani nokuthi yiziphi izinzuzo lobu buchwepheshe obungazinikeza.
Umthombo: Autocar
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