Audi izobuyela emjahweni we-rally ngo-2022, kodwa izokwenza ngendlela ekhetheke kakhulu: qhudelana eDakar ngemoto kagesi. Yingakho ethule lesi sithombe esingaqondakali ongabona kuso iSUV enezilinganiso ezijwayelekile zalo mjaho.
Ukufika kwe-Audi kulokhu ukuncintisana izofana neyakho ukulahlwa kweFomula E uma kuphela isizini ka-2021. Isigaba sezihlalo ezisebenza ngogesi lapho awine khona inani elikhulu lokunqoba.
100% injini kagesi, kodwa...
Kodwa-ke, ngenkathi umthombo wamandla oyinhloko uzoba iphakethe lebhethri, umenzi we-automaker uthi uzosebenzisa "imotho I-TFSI esebenza kahle kakhulu" njenge i-generator. Ngakho-ke ngeke kushiwo ukuthi imoto izoba nguZero Emissions.
Njengoba kukhonjiswe yilabo ababhekele i-Audi: “Ngokusetshenziswa kolunye umqondo ku-Dakar Rally, i-Audi manje ubhekene nezimo ezimbi kakhulu. Imoto izosebenza ngogesi ongu-100%. Amandla adingekayo kulokhu avela ebhethrini elinamandla kagesi aphezulu, elingashajwa njengoba kudingeka ngenkathi ushayela ngesiguquli samandla esinjengenjini ye-TFSI esebenza kahle kakhulu."
“Inhloso ithi thuthukisa i-electric drivetrain nokusebenza kwebhethri eminyakeni ezayo. Ulwazi oluzuzwe kulolu hlelo kufanele lufakwe ekuthuthukisweni kwamamodeli okukhiqiza ugesi esikhathini esizayo.”
Ushintsho lwe-Audi: ukusuka kuFomula E ukuya eDakar
U-Markus Duesmann, uSihlalo weBhodi Lokuphatha kanye neLungu Lebhodi Lokuthuthukiswa Kobuchwepheshe Nemigqa Yemikhiqizo kwa-AUDI AG, uphawule wathi: “I-Formula E ihambisane nesigaba soguquko sakwa-Audi. Namuhla, i-electromobility emasongweni amane ayiselona iphupho lekusasa, kodwa lamanje”.
Kubonakala sengathi sebefinyelele esigabeni sokugcina sobudlelwano babo nalo mjaho, mhlawumbe ngenxa ikhiphe umnikelo wayo ku-R&D yezimoto zikagesi. Ungakhohlwa inani elikhulu lemikhawulo yezobuchwepheshe abahlanganyeli okufanele bayicabange. Maqondana nalokhu uDuesmann wengeze ngokuthi: “Kungakho sithatha isinyathelo esilandelayo kwezemidlalo ezifakwa ugesi ngokubhekana nezimo ezimbi kakhulu. I izinkululeko eziningi zobuchwepheshe Lokho okunikezwa yi-Dakar Rally Basinikeza ilebhu yokuhlola ephelele.”
Kuzobe kungaqali ukuthi imoto esebenza ngogesi ingenele umjaho iDakar Rally. Ngo-2017, imoto kagesi yakwa-Acciona yaba imoto yokuqala kagesi ukuqedela lo mhlangano.