Kubikwa ukuthi iFord imemezele ngoMeyi 9 ukuthi izohlola inguqulo yayo ye-hydrogen fuel cell yemikhumbi yayo ye-Electric Transit (E-Transit) ukuze ibone ukuthi inganikeza yini inketho esebenzayo yokukhipha ukungcola okungenayo igesi kumakhasimende athutha imithwalo esindayo amabanga amade.
I-Ford izohola inhlangano ehlangene kule phrojekthi yeminyaka emithathu ehlanganisa ne-BP ne-Ocado, iqembu lezitolo ezinkulu kanye nobuchwepheshe eliku-inthanethi lase-UK. I-Bp izogxila ku-hydrogen kanye nengqalasizinda. Le phrojekthi ixhaswe ngokwengxenye yi-Advanced Propulsion Centre, ibhizinisi elihlangene phakathi kukahulumeni wase-UK kanye nemboni yezimoto.
UTim Slatter, usihlalo weFord UK, uthe esitatimendeni: “IFord ikholelwa ukuthi ukusetshenziswa okuyinhloko kwamaseli kaphethiloli kungenzeka kube kumamodeli ezimoto ezinkulu nezinzima kakhulu zezentengiselwano ukuqinisekisa ukuthi imoto isebenza ngaphandle kokukhishwa kokungcola ngenkathi ihlangabezana nezidingo zamandla aphezulu zansuku zonke zamakhasimende. Intshisekelo yemakethe yokusebenzisa amaseli kaphethiloli we-hydrogen ekunikezeni amandla amaloli namaveni iyakhula njengoba abaqhubi bezimoto befuna enye indlela ewusizo kakhulu kunezimoto zikagesi ezihlanzekile, futhi usizo oluvela kohulumeni luyanda, ikakhulukazi uMthetho Wokunciphisa Ukukhuphuka Kwentengo Kagesi wase-US (IRA).”
Nakuba iningi lezimoto ezisebenzisa injini yokushisa yangaphakathi emhlabeni, amaveni ahamba kancane namaloli kungenzeka ukuthi athathelwe indawo yizimoto zikagesi ezihlanzekile eminyakeni engama-20 ezayo, abasekeli bamaseli kaphethiloli e-hydrogen kanye nabanye abaqhubi bezimoto ezihamba ibanga elide bathi izimoto zikagesi ezihlanzekile zinezinkinga, njengesisindo samabhethri, isikhathi esithathayo ukuwashaja kanye nethuba lokulayisha ngokweqile igridi.
Izimoto ezifakwe amaseli kaphethiloli e-hydrogen (i-hydrogen ixutshwa nomoya-mpilo ukukhiqiza amanzi namandla okunika amandla ibhethri) zingagcwaliswa ngemizuzu embalwa futhi zibe nobubanzi obude kunezinhlobo zikagesi ezihlanzekile.
Kodwa ukusabalala kwamaseli kaphethiloli e-hydrogen kubhekene nezinselele ezinkulu, okuhlanganisa ukuntuleka kweziteshi zokugcwalisa kanye ne-hydrogen eluhlaza ukuze iwanike amandla kusetshenziswa imithombo yamandla avuselelekayo.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Meyi-11-2023