Kubikwa ukuthi abakwaFord bamemezele ngoMeyi 9 ukuthi bazohlola uhlobo lwabo lwe-hydrogen fuel cell yemikhumbi yabo eyi-Electric Transit (E-Transit) ukuze babone ukuthi bangakwazi yini ukunikeza inketho esebenzayo yokukhipha i-zero kumakhasimende athutha impahla esindayo amabanga amade.
AbakwaFord bazohola umfelandawonye kuphrojekthi yeminyaka emithathu ehlanganisa i-BP ne-Ocado, okuyiqembu lase-UK lesitolo esikhulu se-inthanethi nobuchwepheshe. I-Bp izogxila ku-hydrogen nengqalasizinda. Lo msebenzi ngokwengxenye uxhaswe yi-Advanced Propulsion Centre, okuyibhizinisi elihlanganyelwe phakathi kukahulumeni wase-UK kanye nemboni yezimoto.
U-Tim Slatter, usihlalo wakwaFord UK, esitatimendeni uthe: "I-Ford ikholelwa ukuthi ukusetshenziswa okuyinhloko kwamaseli kaphethiloli kungenzeka kube kumamodeli ezimoto ezinkulu nezisinda kakhulu ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi imoto isebenza ngaphandle kwesisi esingcolisa umoya ngenkathi ihlangabezana nezidingo eziphezulu zansuku zonke zamandla zamakhasimende. I-Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).”
Nakuba izimoto eziningi zomhlaba ezinenjini evuthayo, amaveni namaloli ahamba kancane cishe azothathelwa indawo izimoto zikagesi ezimsulwa phakathi neminyaka engu-20 ezayo, abasekeli bamaseli kaphethiloli we-hydrogen kanye nabanye opharetha bemikhumbi edonsa isikhathi eside baphikisa ngokuthi izimoto ezisebenza ngogesi ezimsulwa zinezihibe, njengesisindo samabhethri, isikhathi esithathayo ukuwashaja kanye negridi.
Izimoto ezifakwe amaseli e-hydrogen fuel (i-hydrogen ixubene nomoya-mpilo ukuze kukhiqizwe amanzi namandla ukunika amandla ibhethri) zingafakwa uphethiloli ngemizuzu futhi zibe nebanga elide kunamamodeli kagesi amsulwa.
Kodwa ukusabalala kwamaseli kaphethiloli we-hydrogen kubhekene nezinselelo ezinkulu, okuhlanganisa ukuntuleka kweziteshi zokugcwalisa ne-hydrogen eluhlaza ukuze ziwanike amandla kusetshenziswa imithombo yamandla avuselelekayo.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: May-11-2023