Esidlule Los Angeles Auto Show kulapho sahlangana khona Rivian. Le nkampani yaseMelika esanda kwakhiwa ilethe amamodeli amabili athakazelisa kakhulu kulo mcimbi. I R1S iyi-SUV enhle futhi R1T ukulandwa kosayizi ogcwele. Kodwa-ke, njengemikhiqizo emisha, banesifiso, umdlandla nemibono, kodwa imali encane. Ngale ndlela, ukwethula amamodeli abo emakethe kuyinkimbinkimbi, ngoba badinga ukusekelwa komkhiqizi omkhulu.
Lolu sizo lungaba ngokoqobo ngezindlela ezimbili. Okokuqala ukuthi umakhi ohlanganisiwe thengisa ubuchwepheshe noma usize ukuthuthukisa amaphrojekthi abo. Okwesibili ukuthi batshala imali noma bathenge ingxenye yamasheya, ngaleyo ndlela babe abalingani be-de facto. Eyakamuva inketho abazobe beyicabangela General Motors y Amazon, njengoba amahlebezi ekhombisa ukuthi bafuna ukutshala imali eRivian.
U-Rivian angathola ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1.000 zamadola
Ngokusho kwemithombo yezindaba eminingana, umkhiqizi waseMelika kanye nomdondoshiya we-e-commerce bangaba nentshisekelo ku-Rivian. Ukwenza lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali, uhlobo olusha luzobathengisa ingxenye yalo ukuba nezabelo. Nokho, akukho General Motors ne-Amazon ngeke ibe nesisindo ekuthathweni kwezinqumo komkhiqizo. Isizathu silula, ngoba namuhla lesi sikhundla okwamanje sithathwe abatshalizimali abaningana abavela Ephakathi Ephakathi y China.
Kuze kube manje, izinhlangothi ezintathu ezithintekayo zibonile ukuthi ziyaqhubeka imihlangano. Nokho, akekho othatha kalula ukweqa kwakhe Rivian, ngoba umzamo usengahluleka. Inani elibhekwa njenge-investimenti liyadlula Ama-dollar ayi-1.000. Ngalesi sibalo, bangakwazi ukuqala ukukhiqizwa kwamamodeli abo, futhi baqinisekise ukuklanywa kwemikhiqizo emisha.
Sekukonke, umkhiqizo unethemba lokuthi uzokwazi ukwethula imikhiqizo emakethe ngokushesha okukhulu. R1S y R1T futhi uthole imbuyiselo efana nalena onayo Tesla. Ukuze benze lokhu, banayo Abasebenzi be-600 ukusabalala phakathi kwePlymouth, Irvine noma iChertsey. Zombili lezi zinhlobo zizoshiya ifekthri yakudala iMitsubishi eyayinayo e-Illinois futhi eyabadayisa ngonyaka odlule ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-16. Kuzofanele sibone ukuthi imihlangano yabathathu iqhubeka kanjani, njengoba le nhlangano ibukeka iyinhle.
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