Kuthiwa iFord ibhengeze ngoMeyi 9 ukuba iza kuvavanya uhlobo lwayo lwe-hydrogen fuel cell ye-prototype fleet yayo ye-Electric Transit (E-Transit) ukuze ibone ukuba ingaba ingakwazi na ukubonelela ngokhetho olusebenzayo lokukhupha ukungcola okungangxengwanga kubathengi abathutha imithwalo enzima kwiindlela ezinde.
IFord iza kukhokela iqela elidibeneyo kule projekthi yeminyaka emithathu equka iBP kunye ne-Ocado, iqela leevenkile ezinkulu kunye netekhnoloji ekwi-intanethi e-UK. I-Bp iza kugxila kwi-hydrogen kunye neziseko zophuhliso. Le projekthi ixhaswa ngokuyinxenye yi-Advanced Propulsion Centre, intsebenziswano phakathi kukarhulumente wase-UK kunye nomzi-mveliso weemoto.
UTim Slatter, usihlalo weFord UK, uthe kwingxelo yakhe: “IFord ikholelwa ukuba ukusetyenziswa okuphambili kweeseli zamafutha kusenokwenzeka ukuba kukwiimodeli zezithuthi ezinkulu nezinzima kakhulu ukuqinisekisa ukuba imoto isebenza ngaphandle kokukhutshwa komoya ongcolileyo ngelixa ihlangabezana neemfuno zamandla eziphezulu zemihla ngemihla zabathengi. Umdla wemarike ekusebenziseni iiseli zamafutha ehydrogen ukuhambisa amandla kwiilori nakwiiveni uyanda njengoko abaqhubi beemoto befuna enye indlela esebenzayo endaweni yezithuthi zombane ezicocekileyo, kwaye uncedo oluvela koorhulumente luyanda, ingakumbi uMthetho woKuncitshiswa kwamaxabiso e-US (IRA).”
Nangona uninzi lweemoto zeenjini zomlilo zangaphakathi zehlabathi, iiveni ezirhuqwayo kunye neelori kusenokwenzeka ukuba zitshintshwe zizithuthi zombane ezicocekileyo kwiminyaka engama-20 ezayo, abaxhasi beeseli ze-hydrogen fuel kunye nabanye abaqhubi beenqanawa ezihamba ixesha elide bathi izithuthi zombane ezicocekileyo zineengxaki, njengobunzima beebhetri, ixesha elithathwayo ukuzitshaja kunye nokukwazi ukulayisha ngaphezulu igridi.
Izithuthi ezixhotyiswe ngeeseli ze-hydrogen fuel (i-hydrogen ixutywe ne-oxygen ukuvelisa amanzi kunye namandla okunika amandla ibhetri) zinokuphinda zifakwe i-fuel ngemizuzu embalwa kwaye zibe nomgama omde kuneemodeli zombane ezicocekileyo.
Kodwa ukusasazeka kweeseli ze-hydrogen fuel kujongene nemingeni emikhulu, kuquka ukunqongophala kweendawo zokuzalisa kunye ne-hydrogen eluhlaza ukuze zinikwe amandla kusetyenziswa imithombo yamandla ahlaziyekayo.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Meyi-11-2023