Mercedes isimemezele inhloso yayo yoku iqhaza emqhudelwaneni weFormula E ohlelweni luka-2019-2020. Ukungena kwayo emqhudelwaneni kagesi kuzohambisana nokuhoxa kwayo emqhudelwaneni we-DTM Touring Car.Ushintsho lokuncintisana olubeka kucace isu lendlu yaseJalimane yokutshala imali ekuthuthukisweni kobuchwepheshe bezimoto zayo zikagesi nge- isifinyezo EQ.
Mercedes ishiya i-Audi neBMW yodwa eDTM, into edale ukungabaza mayelana nekusasa layo yomibili lemikhiqizo emqhudelwaneni oshiwoyo ngakho-ke nekusasa lobuqhawe uqobo. Ngokuphambene nalokho, amabhrendi abamba iqhaza ku-Formula E awayeki ukukhula, muva nje I-BMW imemezele ukuthi izoqala ukugijima ngo-2018, ngakho-ke sebebonke abakhiqizi abazokala amandla ngogesi wabo bazoba: Audi, BMW, DS, Jaguar, Mahindra, Mercedes, NextEV kanye neRenault.
Kungani iMercedes izoqhudelana kuFormula E?
Ngesikhathi kumenyezelwa ukufakwa kwayo kuFormula E, labo ababhekele iMercedes bakuqinisekisile inhloso yokusheshisa ukuthuthukiswa kolayini wayo wesikhathi esizayo we-EQ kagesi. NgokukaJens Thiemer, iPhini Likamongameli wakwaMercedes Wezokumaketha: "I-Formula E iyisinyathelo esibalulekile sokubonisa ukusebenza kwezimoto zethu zikagesi futhi inikeza ulayini wethu we-EQ ukuthinta okukhangayo ngokugijima nokumaketha." AbakwaMercedes nabo bakuqinisekisile ukuthi basazoqhubeka nokubamba iqhaza kuFormula 1.
Ngaphandle kwezengezo zakamuva zeFormula E, kunamahlebezi okuthi iVolkswagen Group icubungula ukuthi kungenzeka yini yethule olunye uhlobo ngaphandle kwe-Audi. Okwamanje akukacaci ukuthi ozokhethwa kuzoba yiSkoda noma iPorsche, yize kuyiyona esuse umsindo ngokuthi uzoyishiya yini i-Endurance World Championship ayozinikela kuFormula E. Ngisho neqembu Isikhulu esiphezulu seFerrari, uSergio Marchionne, umemezele ukuthi "uFerrari udinga ukuzibandakanya kuFomula E", ngakho-ke maningi amathuba okuthi bazomemezela ukubhaliswa kwabo maduze.