Isinyathelo sokuqala samasu ekuhlaselweni kwemodeli kagesi yakwaMercedes-Benz sesithathiwe. Bekusemcimbini obuhanjelwe uShansela u-Angela Merkel, ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, lapho u-Daimler AG ememezele khona ukudalwa “kwemboni yamabhethri enkulu kunazo zonke nesimanjemanje”, esebenzisa inkampani engaphansi kwayo i-Accumotive.
Le mboni yesibili yebhethri ye-lithium-ion etholakala eKamenz, esifundeni saseSaxony, iwumphumela wokutshalwa kwezimali okuphelele kwama-euro ayizigidi eziyinkulungwane. U-Markus Schäfer, ilungu Lebhodi Labaqondisi bakwa-Mercedes-Benz, ugqamise ukubaluleka kwefekthri enkulu entsha:
“Ukukhiqizwa kwamabhethri endaweni kuyisici esibalulekile sempumelelo futhi kuyisici esibalulekile ekuhlinzekeni ngokuguquguqukayo nangempumelelo isidingo somhlaba wonke sezimoto zikagesi. Lokhu kuvumela inethiwekhi yethu yezitshalo ezikhiqizayo ukuthi ikwazi ukuzibeka kahle ukuze ihambisane nekusasa.”
Elon Musk, qaphela!
Ngemuva kokuthi umqondisi wakwaVolkswagen u-Herbert Diess ecabange ukuthi ufuna ukuguqula umkhiqizo ube ngumholi wezwe ekuhambeni kukagesi, sekuyisikhathi sokuba omunye umkhiqizo waseJalimane ukhombe amabhethri ku-Tesla.Ngomqondo othi EQ, owethulwe embukisweni wezimoto iParis, iMercedes-Benz yethule isizukulwane esisha sezimoto zikagesi. Ngo-2022, u-Daimler uhlela ukwethula amamodeli kagesi amasha angaphezu kweshumi ezingxenyeni ezahlukene - kulokhu, eminyakeni embalwa ezayo, amanye ama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyishumi azotshalwa.
Imodeli yokuqala ye-EQ izophuma emshinini wokukhiqiza efektri yakwaMercedes-Benz eBremen ekupheleni kweshumi leminyaka, kuyilapho amamodeli kanokusho azokhiqizwa eSindelfingen. Umkhiqizo ulinganisela ukuthi i- Ingxenye yezimoto zikagesi sezizonke ezithengiswayo zeMercedes-Benz emhlabeni wonke izoba ngu-15-25% ngo-2025..
Ngaphezu kwamabhethri angama-100% amamodeli ahamba ngogesi (abagibeli nabezentengiselwano), imboni entsha izokhiqiza amabhethri okugcina amandla kanye nesistimu kagesi engama-volt angu-48, ezokhishwa okokuqala ku-S-Class futhi ezosetshenziswa kancane kancane amamodeli ahlukahlukene we-brand Stuttgart.
I-Mercedes-Benz izobhekana nemakethe yemodeli kagesi ngezikhali ezifanayo nembangi eholwa ngu-Elon Musk - isofthiwe yayo yokushayela i-semi-autonomous kanye nokukhiqizwa kwebhethri yangaphakathi.
Ukukhiqiza kuqala ngonyaka ozayo
Ngendawo ecishe ibe ngamahektha angama-20, imboni enkulu izophindaphinda kane indawo yokukhiqiza kanye nempahla eKamenz. Eminyakeni ezayo, i-Accumotive izokwandisa kancane kancane isibalo sabasebenzi - ngo-2020, kulindeleke abasebenzi abangaphezu kwe-1000. Ukuqala kokukhiqiza kuhlelelwe maphakathi no-2018.
