RapidEYile ndlela ezobizwa ngayo i-Aston Martin yokuqala kagesi. Nakuba ngeke kukhiqizwe ngobuningi kusukela lapho amakhophi angu-155 kuphela azokwenziwa, izoba imbangi ephelele ye-Tesla Model S. Uma singakwazi ukubona eyodwa emgwaqweni, kuzodingeka ukuthi isuke ku-2019, unyaka lapho izothengiswa khona kulabo abanenhlanhla ye-155.
I-RapidE izofaka idrayivu kagesi ithuthukiswe yinkampani yobunjiniyela i-Williams Advanced, yona kanye ekhiqiza izihlalo ezihlala abantu be-Formula One. Futhi, nakuba u-Aston Martin engakazivezi izibalo zamandla, i-torque noma imizuzwana ukusheshisa ukusuka ku-0 kuye ku-100, siyaqiniseka ukuthi Kuzoshesha, ngokushesha. Mhlawumbe ngaphezu kwe-Model S Ludicrous?
“Sinqume ukwenza le moto yangaphandle silindele ukuthi intengo izonyuka ngokuzayo,” kusho u-Andy Palmer, oyisikhulu sohlobo lwaseBrithani. "U-Aston Martin uhlela ukuzimela, azixhase ngokwethu ukuthuthukiswa kwe-RapidE."
Lesi sitatimende size njengoba uhlobo lweselula lwaseShayina i-LeEco, umlingani wokutshala izimali we-Aston Martin, esanda kuhoxa kulo msebenzi. Ngenxa yalokho, u-Aston Martin waphoqeleka ukuba enze kanjalo ukunciphisa izinhlelo zokukhiqiza emotweni yakhe yokuqala kagesi. Nokho, inkampani ka-Andy Palmer izokhiqiza i-RapidE kuphela kumakhasimende akhethekile, amakhasimende acabangela i-Tesla Model S Ludicrous, inguqulo ezoba ngama-euro ayi-115.000, sizothi…eshibhile.
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Akungabazeki ukuthi wonke ama-Aston Martins akhethekile, njengezimoto zezemidlalo nezokunethezeka eziyikho, kodwa mhlawumbe le RapidE isebangeni eliphakeme. Intengo, engaba nxazonke I-250.000 euroKungaba ukweqa okukhulu kusuka kumodeli "yokungena" yomkhiqizo waseBrithani, onenjini engu-12-litre V5,9 ethuthukisa i-571 hp, sikhuluma nge-V12 Vantage.