Ukuzinikela kwe-CUPRA kwezemidlalo yezimoto ezisebenza ngogesi kuyaqhubeka futhi ngemuva kokwazi i-CUPRA e-Racer inkampani ezobamba iqhaza ngayo emqhudelwaneni we-PURE ETCR, uhlobo lwaseSpain luqinisekisile ukuthi nalo luzogijima emjahweni. Okudlulele E uchungechunge lomjaho ngo-2021.
I-CUPRA ijoyina i-Extreme E njengozakwethu oyinhloko weqembu le-ABT Sportsline futhi izofaka isandla ekuhlanganiseni ithimba lonjiniyela nabashayeli kulo mqhudelwano omusha.
Mayelana nokujoyina i-Extreme E, u-Wayne Griffiths, uMongameli we-CUPRA kanye ne-SEAT uthe: “I-CUPRA kanye nomncintiswano we-Extreme E banesimo sengqondo sokungahloniphi ukufakazela ukuthi ukufakwa kukagesi nezemidlalo kungaba yinhlanganisela ephelele”.
UWayne Griffiths wengeze wathi: “Lezi zinhlobo zobambiswano zisiqhubezela ekufakeni ugesi njengoba sizobe sesinamamodeli amabili ayingxube ayi-hybrid ekuqaleni kuka-2021 kanye nemoto yethu yokuqala esebenza ngogesi wonke, i-CUPRA el-Born, ezobe isilungile. ngonyaka ozayo”.
Uchungechunge lwe-Extreme E racing
Ihlelelwe ukukhonjiswa kwayo okokuqala ngo-2021, uchungechunge lwe-Extreme E lomjaho umqhudelwano ongekho emgwaqeni onamamodeli kagesi angu-100% futhi kufanele udlule kwezinye zezindawo ezidlulele nezikude kakhulu emhlabeni.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Isizini yokuqala ye-Extreme E kufanele iqale ekuqaleni kuka-2021 futhi izoba nefomethi yezigaba ezinhlanu ezizokwenzeka ezindaweni ezihlukene (kusuka e-Arctic ukuya ogwadule unqamula ihlathi lemvula), zonke ezihambisana neqiniso lokuthi zonakalisiwe noma zonakalisiwe. ezithintwa ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu.
Igxile ekulinganeni kobulili, i-Extreme E idinga ukuthi amaqembu abhalise abagibeli besilisa nabesifazane. Odabeni lweCUPRA omunye wabashayeli bayo kuzoba yinxusa layo, umpetha weRally Cross neDTM uMattias Eksström.
Mayelana nalesi sigaba esisha, u-Ekström wathi: “I-Extreme E iyingxube ye-Raid ne-Rally Cross, egijima ezindaweni ezihluke kakhulu ezinemizila ephawulwe kusetshenziswa i-GPS (…) Kodwa inezithembiso eziningi zokuthuthukiswa kwezimoto zikagesi; ikuvumela ukuthi uqoqe idatha ukuze uthole impendulo ngezimoto ezindaweni ezifana nesofthiwe nokuvuselela amandla."