Yehlisa umoya, ungajahi. Abasayibheki ikhophi yase-China ebulawe kabi yohlobo lwase-Europe… empeleni i-BMW “yangempela”. Hlangana noZinoro 1E, iwele mbumbulu le-X1.
Labo abazi kabanzi ngale nto yokwenziwa komgunyathi e-China bangase balingeke ukuthi babize ngokushesha i-Zinoro 1E ngekhophi esobala ye-BMW X1, kodwa akunjalo. Kuthiwa iwuhlobo lweBMW ngokwalo, kodwa inolunye uphawu. Iqale ukubonakala embukisweni wezimoto iGuangzhou Auto Show, eChina International Motor Show.
Le hybrid yase-German-Chinese izalwa ngokuhlanganyela phakathi kwe-BMW ne-brand yayo yasendaweni i-Brilliance Auto, ehlangene edale i-Zinoro. Uhlobo oluzoba inkampani ejwayelekile yakwaBMW eChina engxenyeni yezimoto zikagesi. Lo mkhiqizo uthi awuqali lo modeli kakade ucabanga ngamavolumu amakhulu okuthengiswa, kodwa kunalokho uyayethula ngenhloso yokuba isinyathelo sokuqala ekusunguleni uhlobo lwe-Zinoro njengesithenjwa ezimotweni zikagesi eChina.
Ngokusho komkhiqizo, i-Zinoco E1 ifinyelela ijubane elikhulu lika-130km/h futhi inebanga lika-150km lapho ilayisha ngokugcwele (kuthatha amahora angu-7.5 ukushaja ngokugcwele).