Ngenyanga edlule, sibike ngezinkinga zezimali ze-Arcimoto, inkampani eyenza izimoto zikagesi ezinamasondo amathathu ezihlekisayo nezihlekisayo ngesivinini esingamakhilomitha angu-120 ngehora. Kuthiwa le nkampani isengcupheni yokuqothuka njengoba ifuna ngokushesha uxhaso olwengeziwe ukuze igcine izimboni zayo zisebenza.
Ngemva kokuphoqeleka ukumisa ukukhiqizwa nokuvala isitshalo sabo okwesikhashana e-Eugene, e-Oregon, i-Arcimoto ibuye kuleli sonto nezindaba ezinhle! Le nkampani isibuyele ebhizinisini ngemuva kokuqoqa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-12 ngokukhushulwa kwesitoko ngentengo ephansi.
Njengoba imali entsha ivele emzuliswaneni wokuxhaswa ngemali obuhlungu, izibani sezivuliwe futhi i-Arcimotos FUV (Fun Utility Vehicle) kulindeleke ukuthi iqale ukusebenza ngenyanga ezayo.
I-FUV ayibuyi nje kuphela, kodwa ingcono kunanini ngaphambili. Ngokusho kwenkampani, imodeli entsha izothola uhlelo lokuqondisa oluthuthukisiwe oluthuthukisa ukuqondiswa kanye nokuqondisa. Lokhu kubuyekezwa kulindeleke ukuthi kunciphise umzamo wokuqondisa ngamaphesenti afinyelela kwangu-40.
Ngivivinye i-FUV izikhathi eziningana futhi kube uhambo oluhle kakhulu. Kodwa inkinga yokuqala ekudonsa amehlo uma uhleli ngemuva kwesondo ukuthi kudingeka umzamo ongakanani ukuqondisa kwejubane eliphansi. Kuphatha kahle ngesivinini esiphezulu. Kodwa ngesivinini esiphansi, ucindezela irabha ngaphesheya kwendlela.
Ungabuka ividiyo yokugibela kwami ngezansi, ngizame ama-traffic cone e-slalom kodwa ngithole ukuthi asebenza kangcono uma ngiwaphinda kabili futhi ngihlose i-cone ngayinye yesibili. Ngivame ukubonakala ngigibela ama-electrical two-wheelers, ngakho-ke ngingasho ngokuphephile ukuthi naphezu kobuhle bawo obuhlukile, ama-FUV ngokuqinisekile awasheshi njengeningi lezimoto zami.
Isibuyekezo esisha, esibonakala sizothuthukisa umuzwa wesiteringi esinamandla, sizodluliselwa kumamodeli amasha okuqala ngemva kokuvulwa kabusha kwezimboni.
Enye yezingqinamba ezinkulu i-Arcimoto ebhekane nazo kuze kube manje kube ukukholisa abagibeli ukuthi bakhiphe imali engaphezu kuka-$20,000 ngalezi zimoto ezinhle. Kuthiwa ukukhiqizwa ngobuningi kuzogcina kukwazi ukwehlisa intengo ifinyelele cishe ku-$12,000, kodwa okwamanje, imoto eyakhiwe ngenhloso ibonakale iyindlela ebizayo kunezimoto zikagesi ezivamile. Nakuba ngokuqinisekile kukhona umehluko othakazelisayo ekwakhiweni, imoto evulekile enezihlalo ezimbili ayinalo ikhono lokusebenzisa imoto evamile.
Kodwa i-Arcimoto ayigxili nje kubathengi kuphela. Le nkampani inenguqulo yeloli yemoto ebizwa ngokuthi i-Deliverator yamakhasimende ebhizinisi. Ithatha indawo yesihlalo sangemuva ngebhokisi elikhulu lokugcina impahla elingasetshenziswa ekulethweni kokudla, ekulethweni kwamaphakeji, noma eminye imisebenzi eminingi ewusizo.
Ukuntuleka kwe-cockpit evalwe ngokuphelele kuseyinkinga kwabanye bethu. Ividiyo yabo yokubonisa ukugqoka iziketi eziseceleni ngosuku lwemvula e-Oregon ayibheki umoya, ukufuthwa kwamanzi okuvela kwezinye izimoto njengezimoto ezincane, kanye nesidingo esijwayelekile sokuzigcina ufudumele ngaphandle kokuthi usemncane futhi unesibindi.
Iningi labagibeli bezithuthuthu aligibeli esimweni sezulu esibi, kodwa iminyango yangempela yenza kube nokwenzeka. Umnyango ogcwele nawo unomsebenzi oyisisekelo wokulwa nokwebiwa. Kulokhu, i-Half Door ifana kakhulu ne-convertible.
Eminyakeni eminingi edlule, i-Arcimoto yayine-prototype eneminyango emide, kodwa ngesizathu esithile, wayishiya. Ukube babebekwe ehlane elomile, bengizobona okunye ukucabanga kwabo okuvulekile, kodwa izimoto ziyabiwa yonke indawo.
Vala lezo zimoto (vala amafasitela uma uthanda) futhi amakhasimende amaningi azoba nesithakazelo, ngempela! Intengo engaba ngu-$17,000 nayo ingaba yinto efiselekayo, futhi ukuthengiswa okwandisiwe kungenza leyo ntengo ifinyeleleke kalula.
Ngiyajabula kakhulu ukuzwa ukuthi i-Arcimoto ikwazile ukuthola uxhaso ukuze iqhubeke nokusebenza futhi ngithemba ukuthi lokhu kuzokwanela ukubuyisela inkampani esimweni sayo.
Ngicabanga ukuthi kukhona ithemba lapha, futhi uma i-Arcimoto ingasinda ifinyelele amanani aphezulu futhi yehlise intengo ifinyelele ku-$12,000 eyayihloselwe yona, inkampani ingabona ukwenyuka okukhulu kwesidingo.
Umehluko phakathi kuka-$12,000 no-$20,000 mkhulu kakhulu, ikakhulukazi emotweni efana kakhulu nemoto yesibili kuneyokuqala emindenini eminingi.
Ingabe lokhu ukuthenga okuhlakaniphile kubantu abaningi? Mhlawumbe cha. Kufana kakhulu nokuqothulwa kwabantu abangavamile kulezi zinsuku. Kodwa ngemva kokujwayelana ne-FUV kanye ne-roadster yayo esezingeni eliphezulu, ngingasho ngokuqinile ukuthi noma ubani oyizamayo uzoyithanda!
UMicah Toll ungumthandi wezimoto zikagesi, umthandi webhethri, kanye nombhali wezincwadi ezithengisa i-Amazon ezithi DIY Lithium Batteries, DIY Solar Energy, The Complete DIY Electric Bicycle Guide, kanye neThe Electric Bicycle Manifesto.
Amabhayisikili kagesi akha abagibeli bakaMika bansuku zonke yiLectric XP 2.0 engu-$999, iRide1Up Roadster V2 engu-$1,095, iRad Power Bikes engu-$1,199, kanye nePriority Current engu-$3,299. Kodwa kulezi zinsuku uhlu luhlala lushintsha.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Feb-27-2023
