Toyota, uhlobo oluyingqwele lwe-hybrids par excellence, luzogxuma phakathi kwama-hoops kanye uzokwethula uhla lonke lwezimoto ezisebenza ngogesi. Sizobona abokuqala ngo-2021 ukuthi baqale ukudayisa ngonyaka olandelayo nabasha amabhethri e-electrolyte aqinile ukuthi bayathuthuka. Ngokusho kwalabo abathintekayo, ngenxa yabo, izimoto zakwaToyota ezisebenza ngogesi zizoba nokuzimela okuphakeme kakhulu kunezinhlobo zamanje.
Yize iqale ukusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe be-electric hybrid ezimotweni zayo, kwathi iPrius yokuqala yaqala ngo-1997, iToyota. kuthathe isikhathi eside ukwenza lesi sinqumo. Noma kunjalo, izimakethe ziyabusa futhi ekugcineni bazofaka ezikagesi esicelweni sabo. Ngokusho kwe-CEO yomkhiqizo waseJapane: "ngobuchwepheshe be-hybrid njengengxenye eyinhloko, i-Toyota izohlinzeka ngezimoto ezinebhethri le-hydrogen, ama-plug-in hybrids, izimoto zikaphethiloli futhi, nakuba sisemuva kancane, nezimoto zikagesi".
Isinqumo izomenyezelwa ngokusemthethweni embukisweni wezimoto iDetroit Motor Show ngo-January 2018. Kufike ngesikhathi kakhulu ucabangela izindinganiso zokukhishwa eziqinile. Isibonelo sakamuva yilesi esilandelayo umkhawulo wethrafikhi enkabeni yeMadrid ngaphandle kwabahlali, ezokuthutha noma izimoto zikagesi, noma ukuvinjelwa kwenjini yomlilo yangaphakathi ezikhuliswa eChina.
I-Toyota kagesi, ukuphela kwama-hybrids?
Yize kufike izimoto zikagesi zakwaToyota kodwa nabaqondisi bayo bayakucacisa lokho ngeke bayeke ukukhiqiza izinjini zabo eziyingxube zikaphethroli nezikagesi. Ngamazwi ka-Akio Toyoda "Ama-EV ayanda okwamanje, kodwa amakhasimende kanye nemakethe ekugcineni bazonquma ukuthi yiziphi izinjini ezizophumelela ekugcineni." Ubufakazi balokhu futhi i-communiqué yakamuva lapho ungabona khona Amamodeli asebenza kakhulu eToyota, njengePrius Plug-in Hybrid GR Sport.
Toyota ngeke ibe yodwa ekudaleni izimoto zayo ezilandelayo ezisebenza ngogesi neziyingxubevange. Ezinsukwini ezithile ezedlule, IMazda isiphumele obala ngomfelandawonye wayo neToyota ukufaka ugesi kuzo zonke izinhlobo zayo ngaphambi kuka-2030. Womabili ama-brand aseJapan azohlanganyela ukuze athuthukise ubuchwepheshe babo bokufaka ugesi ezimotweni zabo.