Umkhiqizi waseShayina i-BYD unephrojekthi eqhubekayo engashintsha imakethe yaseYurophu yezimoto zikagesi ezingabizi. Ngokusho kwemibiko embonini yezimoto, inkampani icabanga ukuletha ipulatifomu kanye nobuchwepheshe bokwethulwa kwayo kwakamuva eJapan, i- BYD Racco, eYurophu. I-Racco iyimoto encane ye-kei emangaze abaningi ngokusebenza kwayo kahle kanye nentengo yayo. Umqondo uwukudala isizukulwane esisha sezimoto zikagesi zasedolobheni ezinenani elingaphansi kwesithiyo sengqondo esingu-€15.000, umkhawulo okwamanje obonakala ungenakwenzeka ukuwufinyelela eYurophu.
Lesi sinyathelo asiyona into eyenzekile ngengozi. IYurophu ibilokhu ifuna izindlela zokulawula ukuhamba kukagesi ngentando yeningi, kodwa intengo isalokhu iyisithiyo esikhulu. Okwamanje, eJapane, izimoto ze-kei bezilokhu zibonisa amashumi eminyaka ukuthi kungenzeka ukwenza imoto encane, ephephile, futhi engabizi. I-BYD ithole kule filosofi isihluthulelo sokuhlasela ingxenye abakhiqizi baseYurophu abaye bayishiya ngenxa yenzuzo yayo ephansi. Futhi akuyona yodwa: I-Suzuki isivele imemezele imoto kagesi engamamitha angu-3,4 ngo-2027, futhi iKhomishini yaseYurophu ngokwayo ilungiselela imithetho ethile yokukhangisa lezi zimoto.
I-Racco, isisekelo sobuchwepheshe sale phrojekthi
I-BYD Racco yaklanywa kusukela phansi ukuze ihlangabezane nemithetho eqinile yezimoto ze-kei zaseJapane, uhlobo lwezimoto ezincane kakhulu ezithandwa kakhulu ezweni. Ubukhulu bayo buhlaba umxhwele ngempela: ubude obungu-3.395 mm, ububanzi obungu-1.475 mm, kanye nokuphakama okungu-1.800 mm, inezicabha ezishelelayo ezenza kube lula ukuhamba emadolobheni aminyene. Yasungulwa ekupheleni kukaJulayi, isivele idlule ama-oda ayi-1.000 emavikini amabili nje kuphela, inani eliqinisekisa intshisekelo kulolu hlobo lwemoto.
Kodwa into ethakazelisa kakhulu akuyona imoto ngokwayo, kodwa ubuchwepheshe efihlayo. I-Racco iqala uhlelo lwebhethri lwe-X-PACK, isisombululo esihlanganisa izingxenye ezivame ukuba ngaphansi kwe-hood, njenge-inverter, ngqo ephaketheni lebhethri. Lokhu kukhulula isikhala ngaphambili, esisetshenziselwa ukuthuthukisa izindawo ezigobile kanye nokuphepha okungenamsebenzi, futhi kuvumela nekhabhini enkulu ngaphandle kokwandisa ubukhulu bangaphandle. Ngokuphathelene nobubanzi, kunezinhlobo ezimbili: eyodwa enebhethri elingu-22,4 kWh elifinyelela amakhilomitha angu-210, kanti enye enebhethri elingu-35,84 kWh elifinyelela amakhilomitha angu-320, irekhodi lemoto kulesi sigaba.
IYurophu ifuna ukubuyisa ingxenye yezimoto zikagesi zasemadolobheni

Isimo sokulawula siyashintsha ngenxa yalezi zimoto. Ekupheleni kuka-2025, iKhomishini yaseYurophu yethule isiphakamiso sokudala isigaba esisha sezimoto zikagesi ezincane nezingabizi, ezinobude obuphezulu bamamitha angu-4,2 kanye nezinyathelo ezithile zokukhuthaza ukukhiqizwa kwazo ngaphakathi kwe-EU. Ekuhlaziyeni kwayo, iBrussels ithole amamodeli kagesi ayi-12 kuphela angaphansi kwamamitha angu-4,2 ubude futhi anentengo engaphansi kuka-€25.000 kuyo yonke imakethe yaseYurophu, okubonisa igebe elikhulu lemakethe elikhona.
Lesi siphakamiso sihlanganisa amakhredithi engeziwe okukhishwa kwe-CO2 ezimotweni ezincane zikagesi ezikhiqizwe ngaphakathi kwe-EU. Lokhu kungaba yisisusa esibalulekile se-BYD sokusheshisa izinhlelo zayo. Le nkampani isivele inefektri ehlelelwe iHungary, okuhloswe ukuthi iqale ukusebenza ngo-2026, futhi ukukhiqiza lezi zimoto zedolobha lapho kuzoyivumela ukuthi igweme intela yokungenisa ezimotweni zaseShayina futhi izuze ezinzuzweni zentela ezithuthukiswayo njengamanje.
EJapane, iRacco iqala ku-2,14 million yen, cishe u-€11.500. Uma i-BYD ikwazi ukugcina intengo efanayo eYurophu, besizokhuluma ngemoto kagesi engaphansi kuka-€15.000, into ebonakala njengenganekwane yesayensi namuhla. Isihluthulelo sisekuncishisweni kwesilinganiso kanye nokunciphisa izindleko okuvunyelwe ukuhlanganiswa kwe-X-PACK, okuqeda isidingo sezingxenye ezengeziwe futhi kube lula ukukhiqizwa.
Abakhiqizi baseYurophu, asebeneminyaka begxile imizamo yabo kuma-SUV ngentengo ebiza u-€40.000 noma u-€50.000, manje sebebheke ngokukhathazeka njengoba amaShayina engenela esigabeni sokuqala. I-BYD isivele ifakazele eJapane ukuthi ifomula yayo iyasebenza, futhi zonke izimpawu zikhomba ukuthi iYurophu iyisigaba esilandelayo. Umbuzo uwukuthi kuzothatha isikhathi esingakanani ukuthi lezi zimoto zifike ezindaweni zokuthengisa zaseSpain nokuthi ngabe uxhaso lukahulumeni luzokwanela yini ukwenza intengo yokugcina ikhanga ngempela.
Ngamafuphi, ukufika kwe-BYD kagesi engaphansi kwama-€15.000 ngokusekelwe ku-Racco akuyona iphupho elilula. Ubuchwepheshe sebuvele bufakazelwe, imithetho yaseYurophu iyashintshwa, futhi ukukhiqizwa kwendawo eHungary kuyaqhubeka. Uma konke kuhamba ngohlelo, eminyakeni ezayo singabona imoto kagesi encane, ephephile, futhi engabizi emigwaqweni yethu—into abaningi abayibheka njengengenakwenzeka. Ukuhamba kukagesi akudingeki kube yinto yokunethezeka egcinelwe abambalwa, futhi i-BYD ibonakala izimisele ukukufakazela lokho.