Abakhiqizi bezimoto emhlabeni wonke bayaqhubeka nokuthuthukisa izimoto ezindizayo futhi banethemba ngamathemba ale mboni eminyakeni ezayo.
Umkhiqizi wezimoto waseNingizimu Korea, iHyundai Motor, ngoLwesibili uthe le nkampani iqhubekela phambili nokuthuthukiswa kwezimoto ezindizayo. Esinye isikhulu sithe kwaHyundai bangase babe nenkonzo ye-air-taxi esebenza ngokushesha nje ngo-2025.
Le nkampani ithuthukisa amatekisi asemoyeni asebenza ngamabhethri kagesi akwazi ukuthutha abantu abahlanu kuya kwabayisithupha ukusuka emadolobheni aminyene ukuya ezikhumulweni zezindiza.
Amatekisi omoya afika ngezindlela eziningana nobukhulu; izinjini zikagesi zithatha indawo yezinjini zejethi, izindiza zinamaphiko azungezayo futhi, kwezinye izimo, ama-rotor esikhundleni sophephela.
AbakwaHyundai bangaphambi kwehlelo abalubekile lokwethulwa kwezimoto ezihamba emoyeni emadolobheni, kusho uJose Munoz, oyisikhulu esiphezulu kwaHyundai emhlabeni, ngokusho kweReuters.
Ekuqaleni kuka-2019, abakwaHyundai bathi bazotshala ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.5 ekuhambeni komoya emadolobheni ngo-2025.
IGeneral Motors yase-United States iyiqinisekisile imizamo yayo yokusheshisa ukuthuthukiswa kwezimoto ezindizayo.
Uma kuqhathaniswa nethemba lakwaHyundai, i-GM ikholelwa ukuthi u-2030 uwumgomo ongokoqobo. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi izinsizakalo zamatekisi asemoyeni zidinga kuqala ukunqoba izithiyo zobuchwepheshe nezokulawula.
Embukisweni we-Consumer Electronics ka-2021, uhlobo lwe-GM's Cadillac lwembule imoto yomqondo yokuhamba komoya emadolobheni. Indiza enamarotha amane ithatha ukusuka nokwehla kukagesi okuqondile futhi inikwa amandla ibhethri lamahora angama-90-kilowatt elikwazi ukuletha isivinini esingafika ku-56 mph.
Umenzi wezimoto waseShayina u-Geely waqala ukuthuthukisa izimoto ezindizayo ngo-2017. Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, umenzi wezimoto uhlanganyele nenkampani yaseJalimane iVolocopter ukukhiqiza izimoto ezindizayo ezizimele. Ihlela ukuletha izimoto ezindizayo eChina ngo-2024.
Abanye abakhiqizi bezimoto abakha izimoto ezindizayo bahlanganisa iToyota, iDaimler kanye neChina yokuqalisa ugesi iXpeng.
Inkampani yokutshalwa kwezimali yase-US uMorgan Stanley ilinganisele ukuthi imakethe yezimoto ezindizayo izofinyelela ku-$320 billion ngo-2030. Imakethe isiyonke engalungiseka yokuhamba emoyeni yasemadolobheni izofinyelela ku-$1 trillion ngo-2040 kanye no-$9 trillion ngo-2050, kubikezela.
"Kuzothatha isikhathi eside kunalokho abantu abakucabangayo," kusho u-Ilan Kroo, uprofesa waseStanford University. "Kuningi okufanele kwenziwe ngaphambi kokuthi abalawuli bamukele lezi zimoto njengeziphephile - nangaphambi kokuba abantu bazamukele njengeziphephile," ucashunwe esho kanjalo yi-New York Times.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Sep-09-2021