Lapho sithola ukuthi iLand Rover “ibulale” i-Defender yodumo, izinhliziyo zethu zadabuka. Kodwa akuzange kungene ezingqondweni zethu ukuthi inkampani, engahlobene nhlobo nomkhakha wezimoto, izoqhamuka idale uMvikeli wayo. Cishe akekho owayazi Ineos Group kodwa sithe siphenya sathola ukuthi bekuyinkampani ezinikele kukhemistri nokuthi inamagatsha emikhakheni eyahlukene amandla, the uwoyela negesi noma umhlaba wenhlanzeko...
I-passport yakhe, njengaleyo yoMvikeli wodumo, ingeyaseBrithani, yingakho lo msebenzi ungazange ubhekwe ngokungafanele. Kodwa kwakukhona imibuzo mayelana nendlela a inkampani yezwe emkhakheni izokwenza ukuthuthukiswa kwe-Ineos Grenadier. Kodwa ithimba lonjiniyela lathatha isikhathi salo futhi umphumela ubonakala ungaphezu kokwanelisayo ngokubheka amabhuku ama-oda kanye nokubhuka kwawo. Futhi manje memezela lokho amayunithi okuqala asevele ephuma emgqeni womhlangano eFrance.
Ukukhiqizwa kwe-Ineos Grenadier kwenzeka efekthri uhlobo oluthengwe kwaDaimler AG futhi olunayo eHambach (France)
Njengokwazi kwakho, i-Ineos Grenadier ihlanzekile futhi ilula yonke into. Ukufana kwayo ne-Defender yasekuqaleni kunqunyelwe ekwakhiweni kwayo kwangaphandle kanye nengxenye yengaphakathi, njengoba inqubo yayo ingeyesimanje ngokuphelele. Ukuyinikeza ukuma, indlu yesiNgisi inosizo lwe abahlinzeki bezinga eliphezulu phakathi kwalabo singacaphuna iBMW noma iZF. Futhi kuyisiqalo nje, ngoba ukukhiqizwa kwayo banquma ukuthi kufanele babheke izikhungo esezisebenza.
Leli yiphuzu elenza umehluko phakathi kwephrojekthi ye-Ineos Group namanye amabhrendi afuna ukuphumelela kulo mkhakha. Yehlisa izindleko zesakhiwo ngoba esikhundleni sokwakha imboni kusukela ekuqaleni, bathenge kwaDaimler AG iSmart ababenayo eHambach (France). Ngale ndlela, bakwazile ukugxila emizamweni yabo kanye nomnotho ukuze benze umkhiqizo wekhwalithi, kanjalo, onamanani angaphakathi kwebanga elifanayo nezimbangi zawo zaseBavaria.
Uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi amayunithi okuqala e-Ineos Grenadier aphuma emgqeni wokuhlangana, uhlobo lwalufuna shiya umyalezo ku-akhawunti yabo esemthethweni ye-Twitter. Ku, UMark Tennant, uMqondisi Wezohwebo we-INEOS Automotive, uyachaza lokho...
«I-#INEOSGrenadier yokuqala iphume emzileni womhlangano eHambach futhi ukulethwa kumakhasimende kuzoqala ngoDisemba."
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uTennant uye wachaza ukuthi…
"Sihambe a isikhathi eside kusukela iphrojekthi yaqala ngo-2017 futhi lesi yisikhathi esiyingqopha-mlando se-Ineos Automotive njengomkhiqizi wezimoto” […] “Ukufika kuleli qophelo kuwubufakazi bokuthi ukuqina nokusebenza kanzima kweqembu lonke le-Ineos Automotive, ozakwethu bethu bezentuthuko kanye nabaphakeli bethu, esinibonga ngakho nonke, njengoba manje sibheke ngabomvu ukwenza ukulethwa kokuqala kumakhasimende«
Uma konke kuhamba ngohlelo iGrenadier izothengiswa ezindaweni ezingaphezu kuka-200 emhlabeni jikelele. Lo mkhiqizo unezivumelwano nabathengisi eYurophu, e-Afrika, eMpumalanga Ephakathi nase-ASEAN futhi sekuvele kunama-oda aqinile angaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingama-75. Njengendlela yokugcina amayunithi okuqala azofinyelela kumakhasimende ngoDisemba ozayo futhi kakade, ngokubheka esikhathini esizayo, bazobe bethuthukisa i-Grenadier Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) ngebhethri le-hydrogen.
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