I-CEO entsha yakwaVolvo uJim Rowan, owayesakuba yi-CEO ye-Dyson, kutshanje uthethe noMhleli oLawulayo we-Automotive News eYurophu, uDouglas A. Bolduc. Udliwano-ndlebe oluthi "Dibana noBoss" lwenze kwacaca ukuba uRowan ungummeli oqinileyo weemoto zombane. Ngapha koko, ukuba unendlela yakhe, i-SUV elandelayo ye-XC90 SUV, okanye indawo yayo, iya kufumana ukwamkelwa kweVolvo “njengenkampani yemoto yombane ethembekileyo kwisizukulwana esilandelayo.
Iindaba ze-Automotive zibhala ukuba iflegi yombane ezayo yakwaVolvo iya kuphawula isiqalo sotshintsho ukuze umenzi we-automaker abe ngumenzi wombane kuphela wokwenyani. NgokukaRowan, ukutshintshelwa kwiimoto zombane ngokupheleleyo kuya kuhlawula. Ngaphezu koko, ukholelwa ukuba nangona abaninzi abenzi beemoto bangathanda ukuthatha ixesha labo kunye notshintsho, uTesla ufumene impumelelo enkulu, ngoko akukho sizathu sokuba iVolvo ingakwazi ukulandela.
U-Rowan wabelana ngokuba owona mceli mngeni mkhulu uya kukwenza kucace ukuba i-Volvo yi-automaker enyanzelisayo yombane kuphela, kunye ne-SUV ye-flagship yombane inkampani eceba ukuyityhila kungekudala yenye yezitshixo eziphambili zokwenza oko kwenzeke.
I-Volvo iceba ukuvelisa kuphela iimoto zombane kunye nee-SUVs ngo-2030. Nangona kunjalo, ukuze ufike kuloo ndawo, ubeke umgomo we-2025 njengendawo yesiqingatha. Oku kuthetha ukuba kuninzi ekufuneka kwenzeke kule minyaka imbalwa izayo ukusukela oko iVolvo isasenza uninzi lweemoto ezihamba ngegesi. Kwenzeka ukuba kubonelele ngezithuthi ezininzi zombane ezifakwe kwiplagi-in (PHEVs), kodwa iinzame zayo zombane kuphela zithintelwe.
URowan uqinisekile ukuba iVolvo inokufikelela kwiinjongo zayo, nangona ecacile ukuba isigqibo ngasinye esenziwa yinkampani ukusuka kweli nqanaba ukuya phambili kufuneka senziwe ngeenjongo rhoqo engqondweni. Konke ukuqeshwa kunye nalo lonke utyalo-mali kufuneka lubhekiselele kwinjongo yomenzi wemoto kuphela.
Ngaphandle kweempawu eziphikisanayo ezifana neMercedes zigxininisa ukuba i-US ayizukulungela ikamva lombane ngokupheleleyo ngokukhawuleza nje ngo-2030, uRowan ubona iimpawu ezininzi ezikhomba ngokuchaseneyo. Ubhekisela kwinkxaso yee-EVs kwinqanaba likarhulumente kwaye uphinda athi uTesla ubonakalise ukuba oku kunokwenzeka.
Ngokuphathelele iYurophu, akukho mathandabuzo malunga nemfuno eyomeleleyo neyandayo yeemoto zombane zebhetri (BEVs), kwaye uninzi lwee-automakers sele luthatha ithuba loku iminyaka. URowan ubona ukuguquka kweYurophu kunye nokukhula kwamva nje kwecandelo le-EV e-US, njengezibonakaliso ezicacileyo ukuba inguqu yehlabathi sele iqhutywe.
I-CEO entsha yongeza ukuba oku akukhona nje malunga nabantu abafuna i-EV ukugcina indalo. Endaweni yoko, kukho ulindelo nangabuphi na ubuchwephesha obutsha buya kuphucula kwaye benze ubomi babantu bube lula. Uyibona ngakumbi njengesizukulwana esilandelayo seemoto kuneemoto zombane nje ngenxa yokuba ziimoto zombane. URowan wabelane:
“Xa abantu bethetha malunga nokufakelwa kombane, ngokwenene yincam yomkhenkce. Ewe, abathengi abathenga iimoto zombane bajonge ukukhuseleka kokusingqongileyo, kodwa bakwalindele ukufumana elo nqanaba lingaphezulu loqhagamshelo, inkqubo yolwazi ephuculweyo kunye nephakheji epheleleyo enikezela ngeempawu zale mihla kunye nokusebenza.
URowan uhlabela mgama esithi ukuze iVolvo ifumane impumelelo yokwenyani ngee-EVs, ayinakusuka nje ivelise iimoto ezinesitayile kwaye ezinoluhlu oluninzi, kunye nokhuseleko oluhle kunye namanqaku athembekileyo. Endaweni yoko, uphawu kufuneka lufumane loo "maqanda amancinci e-Ista" kwaye wenze into ethi "Wow" malunga neemveliso zayo ezizayo.
I-CEO yakwaVolvo ikwathetha ngokunqongophala kwetshiphu yangoku. Uthi kuba oomatshini abahlukeneyo besebenzisa iitshiphusi ezahlukeneyo kunye nababoneleli abahlukeneyo, kunzima ukuqikelela ukuba zonke ziya kudlala njani. Nangona kunjalo, iinkxalabo zobonelelo ziye zaba lidabi eliqhubekayo labenzi beemoto, ngakumbi phakathi kobhubhani we-COVID-19 kunye nokuhlasela kweRussia eUkraine.
Ukujonga lonke udliwano-ndlebe, landela umthombo wekhonkco ongezantsi. Nje ukuba uyifundile, sishiyele izinto ozithathayo kwicandelo lethu lezimvo.
Ixesha lokuposa: Jul-16-2022