Njengamanye amabhrendi amaningi, I-BMW ihlela ukufaka ugesi, kokubili okuyingxubevange kanye nogesi ngokugcwele, ingxenye yemikhumbi yayo. Lolu hlelo luzofika ngonyaka ka-2025, kanti kwaBMW bakholelwa ukuthi ukudayiswa kwalolu hlobo lwemoto kungase kufinyelele ku-25% emhlabeni jikelele. Kulo nyaka, abakwaBMW bahlele ukudayisa izimoto ezingu-100.000 XNUMX ezifakwe ugesi, okusho ukuthi bazodayisa uhhafu walolu hlobo lwezimoto ezisetshenziswayo.
Ukwazi lokhu, mhlawumbe izindaba ze kungenzeka ukufika kweMINI esebenza ngogesi ngokugcwele ungahlabeki umxhwele kakhulu. Le compact entsha eneminyango emithathu kagesi izokwakhiwa eBrithani, futhi izomakethwa ngo-2019. Ukuthi ukukhiqizwa kwale modeli entsha kwenzeka emhlabathini waseBrithani kuyimpumuzo embonini ye-MINI e-Oxford ngenxa yesimo iBrexit esisibekile.
"Uhlelo lwethu lokukhiqiza oluguquguqukayo luyashintsha futhi luyakwazi ukusabela ngokushesha esidingweni samakhasimende." kusho u-Oliver Zipse, omele ukukhiqizwa kwa-BMW.
Ukuba nohlobo olusha ngaphakathi kwe-MINI, kungaba yihybrid noma ugesi, kuzokwenza amakhasimende abe nakho izinketho eziningi ongakhetha kuzo, futhi izoqinisekisa kabusha isitayela sasemadolobheni somkhiqizo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izoba imbangi enkulu nezinye izinhlobo esezifakelwe ugesi, njengeVolkswagen e-Golf noma i-Audi A3 e-tron.
"Uma kudingeka, singakwazi ukwandisa ukukhiqizwa kwezingxenye zenjini ngokushesha nangempumelelo, ngokuhambisana nentuthuko yemakethe," kusho u-Oliver Zipse ngohlelo lokukhiqiza lwe-MINI.
Ngalo mnyakazo, i-MINI izojoyina yamanje izinkampani eziningi ezizisebenzisayo. Noma ngabe ifaka ugesi lonke uhla lwazo, noma sethula okuhlukile okufakwe ugesi okusha, akungabazeki ukuthi bafuna ukusizakala ngalelo sabelo semakethe esisha. Kuzofanele sibone ukuthi i-MINI entsha kagesi iziphatha kanjani, futhi uma izogcina ingqikithi yayo naphezu kokufaka ubuchwepheshe obusha be-propulsion.