Ukufakwa kukagesi emkhakheni wezimoto sekuphenduke "indaba yombuso". Wonke ama-brand afuna ukuba yiwo ahola hhayi kuphela uguquko, kodwa futhi nokusungulwa kwalobu buchwepheshe. Kodwa kunezimo ezithile okuthi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zifuna kangakanani, zingakwazi ukuzilawula, njengobuchwepheshe obuklanywa izimbangi zabo. Kodwa kukhona okwengeziwe, kahle Asikwazi ukukhohlwa ngezinkampani namamodeli afana ne-Sono Sion Uyamkhumbula?
Mhlawumbe igama likaSono Sion alizwakali kangako kuwe, kodwa kukhona okuzokwenza kubuyele ekhanda lakho. Kwakungenye yamamodeli okuqala kagesi ahlola ukunwetshwa kokuzimela kanye nokushajwa kwamabhethri ngokusebenzisa ama-solar panel. Empeleni, cishe wonke umsebenzi wayo womzimba wawuyiphaneli yelanga eklanyelwe ukuthwebula ukukhanya kwelanga ukukuguqula kube amandla kagesi. Hhayi-ke, uma ukuthandile futhi ufuna ukuba nayo, kungcono uhlale phansi...
Ekugcineni, ngemva kokuguquguquka okuningana, i-Sono Sion ngeke ithengiswe, nakuba ubuchwepheshe bayo buzo ... busetshenziswe kumaloli namabhasi ...
Ezikhathini ezimbalwa ezedlule sikhulume ngoSono Zion bekuwukukhuluma izindaba ezimnandi. Eqinisweni, enye yazo yayijabulisa kakhulu ngoba umkhiqizo umemezele ukuthi ukhulise ama-euro angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-50 ngokusebenzisa i-crowdfunding. Ukucacisa kahle ukuthi isibalo besingu-53 million kanti sizobasiza ukuze ukukhiqizwa kweSion kuqale njengoba bebehlelile. Hhayi-ke, kubukeka sengathi ngemuva kwayo yonke imizamo yakhe nokuzidela ngeke aphele...
Isizathu esikhulu esenza ukuthi iSion ingaboni ukukhanya kwelanga yingoba abakafinyeleli esihlokweni sokuthengisa abebezosinquma kulo mkhiqizo. Eqinisweni, safunda esikhathini esidlule lokho bathole isamba esingu-10 sokubhaliswa kusengaphambili kusizindalwazi sabo esisemthethweni, kodwa nakuba kunjalo babeyohlala bekude nobuncane obuphawuliwe. Futhi ukuthi ngokwedatha ebhaliswe kuwebhusayithi yayo ngabe sebevele bedlule izinkulungwane ezingama-45 kodwa ukulahleka kwama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-43,5 kwenza kungenzeki...
Sekukonke, ungacabangi ukuthi iSono Motors izophuma ebhizinisini bese ikhohlwa wumsebenzi wayo wonke. ISion ngeke ifinyelele emakethe kodwa bonke ubuchwepheshe obuyinikeze impilo buzoguqulwa. Ngokwesitatimende esisemthethweni esishicilelwe kusizindalwazi sabo...
Ngokusho izitatimende zikaLaurin Hahn, Umsunguli kanye ne-CEO ye-Sono Motors…
“Le pivot imaka a Isinyathelo esibalulekile ekuthuthukisweni kwebhizinisi le-Sono Motors» […] «Izixazululo ze-Solar kuya kubhizinisi zisinika ithuba lokuqhubeka nokwakha imikhiqizo emisha endaweni yelanga. Kwakuyisinqumo esinzima futhi ngaphandle kokubhukha okungaphezu kuka-45,000 nama-oda wangaphambilini kuSion, saphoqeleka ukuthi sisabele ezinkingeni zezimali eziqhubekayo. ukungazinzi kwezimakethe nokwenza ibhizinisi lethu libe lula”
Ngakho-ke, akukho okunye ngaphandle kokuxosha uSono Zion. Wayengaphambi kwesikhathi sakhe kodwa izimbangi zakhe kanye nemakethe abakwazanga ukuqinisekisa ukuthi wayemuhle noma wayemubi kangakanani.. Kunoma yikuphi, asethembe ukuthi uhlobo oluthile lwezimbangi lufuna ukuthatha ubuchwepheshe balo ukuze luqhubeke nokubuthuthukisa... Sala kahle...
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