Uhlobo lwe-Proterra luzuze i irekhodi lokuzimela ngebhasi likagesi elisha le-Catalyst E2 Max. Akukho okungaphansi Amakhilomitha ayi-1.772 ahamba ngenkokhelo eyodwa sibonga ibhethri layo elingu-660 kWh. Ukukunikeza umbono wamandla abo, ukuwafanisa kuzofanela ujoyine amabhethri angu-6 uSomandla. I-Tesla Model S P100D futhi bebengeke bafinyelele ezingeni labo.
NgokukaMatt Horton, umqondisi wezohwebo weProterra: “Kuyisenzo esibalulekile ukuthi ibhasi lethu likagesi likwazile ukwephula irekhodi lomhlaba langaphambili le-1.631 km. Leso senzakalo esiyingqopha-mlando safinyelelwa ngemoto yokuthutha abagibeli esebenza ngogesi ilula izikhathi ezingu-46 kune-Catalyst E2 max. Le mpumelelo eyingqophamlando ifakazela idizayini yamabhasi kagesi e-Proterra, amabhethri aminyana kakhulu, kanye nokudluliswa kwezinto kahle."
Izimo zerekhodi lokuzimela le-Catalyst
I-Catalyst E2 Max iyona ibhasi elithwala abantu abangu-40, kodwa ukuze afinyelele leli rekhodi useqede umzila ongenalutho. Noma kunjalo, ukuzimela kwayo okuvunyiwe kweqiniso akuphazamisi nhlobo ngoba ikhangisa ibanga elingu-563 km ngenkokhiso eyodwa. Lokhu kungu-83 km ngaphezu I-Tesla imemezela iloli layo, nakuba kuyimoto eklanyelwe ukuthutha imithwalo ehluke kakhulu.
Izinhlelo zokwandisa iProterra
Izinto aziyihambeli kahle le nkampani yaseMelika. Isanda kuthola i-investimenti evela Izigidi ezingu-140 zamaRandi ukuze kwandiswe ukukhiqizwa kwayo nezinye izigidi ezingu-55 ezengeziwe kusukela ekuqoqweni kwezimali okuhlelwe ngabakwaBMW kanye nefemu i-Al Gore. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Proterra iqashe owayengusekela mongameli wezokukhiqiza wakwaTesla ukuthi ahole ekuhlanganiseni kwayo ukuhlangabezana nesidingo esikhulayo. Ikhaya bathi sebedayise amabhasi asebenza ngogesi angu-400 Futhi imiyalo ilokhu inqwabelana.
Lokhu kwanda kuza phakathi kokwanda okukhulu kwesidingo, njengoba umnotho uqala ukuthanda izimoto zikagesi. URyan Popple, oyi-CEO ye-Proterra, uthe amabhasi kagesi manje aseshibhile kunodizili noma igesi yemvelo, futhi ukholelwa ukuthi imakethe ingacishe iguqulwe ngokuphelele eminyakeni eyi-10.
