Uma kukhona into eyodwa u-Elon Musk asebenza kahle kuyo, kunjalo dala i-hype ezungeze imikhiqizo yakho nokudala. Kule minyaka esebenza ngayo inkampani yakhe asikwazi ukuphawula nokukodwa okungakafiki ngokunyakaza. Lokhu kusiza i inani lokubhukha ibe phezulu kunaleyo, ake sithi, amamodeli avamile. Futhi ubufakazi busekuqageleni ukuthi I-Tesla Semi noma kamuva nje i-ultra futuristic pick up ICybertruck.
El I-Tesla Semi Ingelinye lamaloli asebenza ngogesi athembisayo ukuthi mangaki aqagelwayo. Idizayini yayo, izinga lobuchwepheshe elingahlonyiswa kanye ne-powertrain eyishayelayo kuphakamise isasasa elikhulu. Noma kunjalo, isikhathi sokwethula sesiphelile futhi namuhla asazi ukuthi izofika nini emakethe. Eqinisweni, ucezu lokugcina lolwazi olwafika lwaluhlobene ne-a ukubambezeleka ekukhiqizeni ngenxa yamabhethri. Ingabe kuzoba yiqiniso?
Ngokusho kukaWalmart iTesla Semi iloli elihamba phambili likagesi elitholakalayo
Well, ngokusho oda lokho I-Walmart Canada yenze kubonakala sengathi lokhu kubambezeleka kumnene kakhulu kunalokho ebesikucabanga. Umgomo wokuvelela ophishekelwa omunye omkhulukazi wokusabalalisa emhlabeni wonke nciphisa umkhondo wakho wemvelo. Ngokwezinhlelo zayo, izotshala ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3,5 kule minyaka emihlanu ezayo ukuze ibe inkampani ekhipha i-zero emission ngo-2040.
Ukufeza lo mgomo oyinkimbinkimbi, labo abanesibopho se-Walmart bafuna guqula amaphesenti angu-20 emikhumbi yawo ibe amandla kagesi. Umnqamulajuqu abazinike wona ulungile impela, njengoba bememezela ukuthi kuzoba ngo-2022 uma sebefinyelele kulesi sibalo. Lesi sikhathi sesikhashana selulelwe ku-2028 ukuze amaphesenti ayikhulu emikhumbi yawo yezokuthutha asebenze enye imithombo yamandla. Futhi kulapho i-Tesla Semi kanye namayunithi abawayalile kungena khona.
Njengoba uJohn Bayliss eshilo, IPhini Likamongameli Eliphezulu Logistics and Supply Chain e-Walmart Canada...
«Phinda kathathu isitoko sethu samaloli e-Tesla Semi kuyingxenye yomzamo wethu oqhubekayo wokusungula ibhizinisi nokubeka phambili ukusimama. Ngokuguqula u-20% wemikhumbi yethu ibe izimoto zikagesi ekupheleni kuka-2022 futhi sizibophezele kwamanye amandla azo zonke izimoto zemikhumbi ngo-2028, sibeka ukuphepha, ukusungula izinto ezintsha kanye nokusimama phambili kunethiwekhi yethu yezokuthutha»
Ngakho-ke, uma zombili izinkampani sezifinyelele lesi sivumelwano, kusho ukuthi I-Semi izothatha isikhathi esincane kakhulu ukufinyelela emakethe. Sizokwazi kakhulu ngezindaba ezingase zibe khona, ngoba u-2021 ususeduze futhi akukho mnyakazo kuwo.