UHLANGO OLUMNYAMA LWEZIMOTO ZIKAGESI.
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Ukuthengiswa kwezimoto zikagesi kuphezulu kakhulu. Kodwa, njengoba umndeni othile eSt. Petersburg, FL, wathola, nezindleko zokushintsha amabhethri azo ziphezulu.

U-Avery Siwinksi utshele i-10 Tampa Bay ukuthi imoto yakhe iFord Focus Electric ka-2014 yayisho ukuthi angakwazi ukushayela imoto yakhe aye esikoleni, okuyisiko lokudlulela esikoleni intsha eningi ejwayelene nalo. Umndeni wakhe wakhipha u-$11,000 ngalo, futhi ezinyangeni eziyisithupha zokuqala, konke kwahamba kahle.
“Bekukuhle ekuqaleni,” kusho u-Avery Siwinski etshela i-10 Tampa Bay. “Ngiyithandile kakhulu. Yayincane, ithule futhi inhle. Futhi kungazelelwe yayeka ukusebenza.”

Lapho imoto iqala ukumxwayisa ngejubane ngoMashi, uSiwinski wayiyisa egaraji ngosizo lukamkhulu wakhe, uRay Siwinksi. Ukuxilongwa kwakungekuhle: kuzodingeka ibhethri elisha. Izindleko? $14,000, ngaphezu kwalokho akukhokhela imoto kwasekuqaleni. Okubi nakakhulu, iFord yayiyeke ukusebenzisa imodeli yeFocus Electric eminyakeni emine edlule, ngakho ibhethri lalingasatholakali.
“Uma uthenga entsha, kufanele uqaphele ukuthi ayikho imakethe yesekendi njengamanje ngoba abakhiqizi abasekeli izimoto,” kuxwayisa uRay.

Ukuwa Okuphansi
Le ndaba ibonisa inkinga enkulu nesongelayo emakethe yezimoto zikagesi.

Uma i-EV iphuma emgwaqweni, amabhethri ayo angasetshenziswa kabusha noma asetshenziswe kabusha. Kodwa ingqalasizinda yokukhiqiza nokuvuselela amabhethri e-EV ayikabi khona okwamanje - okungenani ngaphandle kweShayina - okwenza kube nzima kakhulu izidingo ezikhona kakade zezinsiza ezidingekayo ukukhiqiza amabhethri. Ngaphezu kokuba nzima kakhulu ukuwasebenzisa kabusha kunamabhethri e-lead acid ezimotweni zendabuko, amabhethri e-EV asinda kakhulu futhi ayabiza kakhulu ukuwathutha.

Futhi yebo, ukushoda kwe-lithium okuzayo akunakunganakwa. Leyo yinkinga i-US esivele ifuna ukuyixazulula, njengoba uMnyango Wezamandla umemezela izinhlelo zokwakha izikhungo zebhethri ezintsha ze-EV ezingu-13 ngo-2025.
Ukuthembeka kwebhethri kungenye imbangela esobala. Amabhethri e-Tesla ahlala kahle kakhulu maqondana nokuwohloka, kodwa abanikazi bamamodeli amadala avela kwabanye abakhiqizi abazange babe nenhlanhla kangako. Njengamanje, umthetho kahulumeni uthi amabhethri e-EV kumele aqinisekiswe iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili, noma amamayela ayi-100,000 - kodwa yize lokho kungcono kunokungenzi lutho, kungaba yihlazo ukucabanga ngokufaka injini esikhundleni sayo emotweni yegesi ngemva kweminyaka eyisishiyagalombili kuphela.