Kunjalo nje, isiqalile ukukhiqizwa imoto ezokwethulwa emhlabeni wonke embukisweni wezimoto iFrankfurt Motor Show, ngoSepthemba ozayo. Futhi, siyazi ukuthi i-Jaguar I-Pace izoqala ukumakethwa ngo-2018, sifaka lokho esiwombeni sokuqala.
Kuyoba ngaleso sikhathi lapho i-Jaguar I-Pace izoba, ngakho-ke, i- imoto yokuqala kagesi yethulwe ngu Jaguar futhi, kuze kube namuhla, iyimbangi eqinile ye-SUV yaseCalifornian Tesla, iModel X yayo. Nakuba i-I-Pace ingakhiwanga ngokuphelele yi-Jaguar, njengoba yenziwa. yakhelwe futhi yahlanganiswa nguMagna Steyr, inkampani yobunjiniyela yase-Austria.
UKarl-Friedrich Stracke, umongameli weMagna Steyr, uthe inkampani isebenzela ukuthuthukiswa kwe-I-Pace, ikhiqiza isitolo somzimba esisha ukuyikhiqiza.
“Idlala kahle i-chassis, ithule ngendlela eyisimanga. Ukumiswa kuthole ukulungiswa okuncane, kodwa lokhu kuvamile. Nginesiqiniseko esiphelele sokuthi izophonsela inselelo izimoto eziningi emakethe yamanje” – kuphawula uStracke.
Umengameli waseMagna Steyr uphinde wakuveza lokho ukusheshisa kuyamangalisa, ingcono nakakhulu kunekaTesla. “Uma ushesha ikuphushela esihlalweni. Isiteringi siyashesha kakhulu futhi awusizwa isisindo semoto kuwo wonke umnyakazo." wengeza.
inkampani yase-Austria usebenze ngaphandle, i-chassis, ingaphakathi, i-bodywork ngisho nopende. Konke ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukukhiqiza futhi kuzuzwe amazinga ekhwalithi ye-premium, njengoba umkhiqizo waseBrithani usijwayele.
"Sizamile ukufaka izinqubo ezifanele kusukela ekuqaleni," kwengeza u-Karl-Friedrich Stracke, uMongameli wohlobo lwase-Austria iMagna Steyr.
Kusobala ukuthi uTesla untshontshe isikhwama sabakhiqizi abaningi bezimoto. Ubona kahle ukuthi iMercedes, Audi neBMW zithuthukisa kanjani ezabo hybrid kanye 100% izimoto zikagesi, futhi maduze sizobona impi enhle yamamodeli angcono. Ngaphandle kokungabaza, abathengi bayawina ngokuba nokuncintisana okwengeziwe emakethe ye-hybrid/electric.