NgoJuni odlule, Ford futhi Volkswagen usayine imemorandamu yokusebenzisana yobambiswano lwamasu olugxile ekuthuthukisweni kwezimoto ezihwebayo. Okokuqala, akukho okungajwayelekile lapha. Amaqembu ebhizinisi noma abakhiqizi bahlala bengena ebudlelwaneni bodwa, noma ngabe okokuthuthukisa imikhiqizo emisha, izinsizakalo noma ubuchwepheshe.
Futhi lokhu akuwona yini ubudlelwano bokuqala phakathi kwalezi ziqhwaga ezimbili - i-AutoEuropa, noma ngubani…? Kodwa kulo mbhalo oshicilelwe kukhona izinkomba zokuthi kungase kube yisiqalo sokunye. Njengoba imemorandamu ikhomba, zombili izinkampani zihlola amaphrojekthi ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene - hhayi nje izimoto zentengiso - futhi zihlose "ukufeza kangcono izidingo eziguqukayo zamakhasimende".
“Izinzwa” zomhlaziyi wemboni zagcwala kakhulu lesi simemezelo. Ngokusho kweThe Detroit Bureau, ebeke phambili ukuthi kungenzeka ngisho ukuhlangana phakathi kwezinkampani ezimbili, iFord neVolkswagen, lokhu kungenxa yesikhathi semicimbi.
Izinkanyezi ziklelile?
Uma ngakolunye uhlangothi i Ford kubonakala kuntula indlela ecacile yesikhathi esizayo, eveza izinhloso eziningi, kodwa izinyathelo ezingokoqobo ezimbalwa - kokubili mayelana nokufakwa kukagesi, ukushayela okuzimele ngisho nokuhamba kanye nezinsizakalo zokuxhuma -, Volkswagen , ngakolunye uhlangothi, akugcini nje kuphela ukuthi leli kusasa lichazwe kangcono kakhulu, kodwa lizoba nokuba khona okuqinile emakethe yaseNyakatho Melika efunwa kakhulu - isikhundla esiba nzima kakhulu ukufinyelela ngemuva kwe-Dieselgate - lapho iqala bakwazi ukufinyelela eziningi ezinenzuzo F-150, Ranger esizayo kanye nezinye SUV ethandwa.
Bhalisela incwadi yethu yezindaba lapha
Ngamanye amazwi, bekungeke kuhluke kakhulu ezingxoxweni ebezibanjwe esikhathini esedlule ne-FCA, njengoba bekuzonikeza ukufinyelela kuRam ekhula ngamandla kanye neJeep eyandayo emhlabeni jikelele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukwehla kwenani lamasheya akwaFord ezikhathini zamuva nje kungaba yithuba elihle leVolkswagen yokulingeza enanini elishibhile.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uFord udonsa kanzima ezigabeni ezahlukene zomhlaba, njengase-Europe, Latin America naseChina, okuyilapho iVolkswagen inamandla khona. EYurophu ikakhulukazi, ukwanda kobunzima nge-Brexit, njengoba i-United Kingdom iyimakethe yayo eyinhloko kuleli zwekazi, izwe lapho futhi linamayunithi okukhiqiza.
ukuphika
Kodwa-ke, iFord isivele iwaphikisile amahlebezi anjalo. Ekhuluma nabakwaMotor1, ummeleli wakwaFord uthe “kokubili iVolkswagen neFord zazicace bha: noma yikuphi ubumbano lwamasu angeke lufake izivumelwano zokubamba iqhaza, okuhlanganisa nokushintshisana kwamasheya”.
Kunezithiyo zangempela zokuthola leli thuba - ukwenqaba okungenzeka komndeni wakwaFord, okusenamandla amakhulu okuthatha izinqumo enkampanini; kanye nokwehluka kwamasiko phakathi kwalezi zinkampani ezitholakala nhlangothi zombili ze-Atlantic - esinye sezizathu zokuhlukana kwe-DaimlerChrysler, isibonelo.
Kodwa-ke, ubudlelwano obuseduze phakathi kweFord neVolkswagen kungenzeka bungadluleli ngalé kokubambisana kwamanye amaphrojekthi, njengoba kushiwo kumemorandamu yokuzwana, njengoba sekwenzekile ngaphambili ngama-MPV ePalmela. Futhi uma ubudlelwano bujula, ukuhlangana kungaba yisimo esibekwe eceleni (okwamanje) futhi silandele imodeli efanayo naleyo eyaqala umfelandawonye phakathi kwaRenault nabakwaNissan.