El ukubekwa kweGeneral Motors ezimotweni zikagesi kuya kucaca. Kuyamangaza ukuthi i-conglomerate yaseMelika ihambe kanjani ekubeni ngomunye wezingqalabutho yaze yehliselwa emsileni. Noma kunjalo, eminyakeni yamuva nje bathathe izinyathelo zabo zokuqala, nabameleli abayizifanekiselo njenge Umshudo weChevrolet noma okungajwayelekile I-Vauxhall Ampera. Manje njengoba ukuhamba kukagesi kuyimpoqo, banqume ukuqhubekela phambili.
Ngokusho kweGeneral Motors, ikusasa limelwe SUV kanye pick up sika, ngakho bazoqhubeka ngalendlela. Kodwa akugcini lapho, banesiqiniseko sokuthi bazothutha ngenxa kagesi. Ngakho-ke, ngo-2021 banethemba lokuba ne- iveni likagesi ngokugcwele. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, baye bamemezela isikhungo sokukhiqiza lapho lezi zinhlobo zezimoto zizosuka khona: Detroit-Hamtramck.
IGeneral Motors izotshala ama- $ 2,2 billion eDetroit-Hamtramck
Lesi sikhungo singesinye sezibaluleke kakhulu kuJenene. Ngakho, akumangalisi ukuthi bakhethe yena ukuba abe okokuqala ukugxila ngokuphelele ekukhiqizeni izimoto zikagesi. Ukuze kube lula ukuguqulwa kwezimboni, abaninimasheya bamemezele iphakethe lokutshalwa kwezimali elibaluleke kakhulu. Ibethelwe ngaphakathi I-2,2 idola elilodwa lamabhiliyoni, enye yamanani aphezulu kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva.
Lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali kuzobandakanya ukuguqulwa kwengxenye enkulu yezinsiza eDetroit-Hamtramck. Ngakho-ke, uzothola ukuthuthuka ezitolo zikapende nemizimba ngokufaka imishini emisha, ama-conveyors, izilawuli namathuluzi. Lezi zinguquko zizoqala ngoFebhuwari ozayo futhi lapho seziqediwe, isigaba sesibili sizoqala: ukuqashwa kwabasebenzi abasha. Banethemba lokwengeza abasebenzi ababalelwa ku-900 kubasebenzi babo, ukuze banqobe umgoqo wabangu-2.200.
Ngokusho izitatimende zikaMark Reuss, umongameli weGeneral Motors
“Ngalokhu kutshalwa kwezimali, iGM ithatha igxathu elikhulu ekwenzeni umsebenzi wethu umbono wekusasa likagesi wonke" […] "Owethu iveni likagesi kuzoba eyokuqala kwezinhlobo eziningi zamaloli kagesi esizozakha eDetroit-Hamtramck eminyakeni ezayo.”
Njengamanje lesi sikhungo sisebenza kahle ngaphansi kwaso umthamo wokukhiqiza ofakiwe. Kusuka emigqeni yayo yokuhlanganisa kuvela i-current ICadillac CT6 futhi i I-Chevrolet Impala, ezizoyeka ukukhiqizwa kwazo lapho izinguquko efektri ziqala. Kuyothi lapho abasebenzi abangu-900 abasasebenza bezothatha “ikhefu” baze baqale phansi umsebenzi.
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