Icala elimnyama leemoto zombane.
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Ukuthengiswa kwezithuthi zombane kuphezulu kakhulu. Kodwa, njengoko olunye usapho eSt. Petersburg, eFlorida, lufumanise, neendleko zokutshintsha iibhetri zazo ziphezulu.

U-Avery Siwinksi uxelele i-10 Tampa Bay ukuba imoto yakhe iFord Focus Electric ka-2014 yayithetha ukuba angaziqhuba ngemoto ukuya esikolweni, isiko lokudlulela esikolweni eliqhelene nolutsha oluninzi. Usapho lwakhe luchithe i-$11,000 ngaloo nto, kwaye kwiinyanga ezintandathu zokuqala, konke kwahamba kakuhle.
“Ekuqaleni bekulungile,” u-Avery Siwinski uxelele i-10 Tampa Bay. “Ndiyithandile kakhulu. Yayincinci, ithule kwaye intle. Kwaye ngequbuliso yayeka ukusebenza.”

Xa imoto yaqala ukumnika isilumkiso sedeshi ngoMatshi, uSiwinski wayithatha wayiyisa kwindawo yokuthengisa ngoncedo lukatatomkhulu wakhe, uRay Siwinksi. Ukuxilongwa kwakhe kwakungalunganga: kuza kufuneka ibhetri entsha. Ixabiso? I-$14,000, ngaphezulu kunemali ayihlawulele imoto kwasekuqaleni. Okubi nangakumbi kukuba, iFord yayiyekile ukusebenzisa imodeli yeFocus Electric kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo, ngoko ke ibhetri yayingasekho.
“Ukuba uthenga entsha, kufuneka uqonde ukuba akukho marike yezixhobo ezisetyenzisiweyo okwangoku kuba abavelisi abazixhasi iimoto,” ulumkisile uRay.

Ukuwa kweSitrato
Le ngxelo ibonisa ingxaki enkulu nezayo kwimarike ye-EV.

Xa i-EV iphuma endleleni, iibhetri zayo zilungele ukuphinda zisetyenziswe okanye zisetyenziswe kwakhona. Kodwa iziseko zokwenza kunye nokuphinda zisetyenziswe iibhetri ze-EV azikabikho okwangoku - ubuncinane ngaphandle kweTshayina - nto leyo eyonyusa iimfuno ezikhoyo kwizixhobo ezifunekayo ukwenza iibhetri. Ukongeza ekubeni zinzima kakhulu ukuzisebenzisa kwakhona kuneebhetri ze-lead acid kwiimoto zemveli, iibhetri ze-EV zinzima kakhulu kwaye zibiza kakhulu ukuzithutha.

Ewe, ukunqongophala kwe-lithium okuzayo akunakujongwa. Leyo yingxaki i-US esele ijonge ukuyinciphisa, apho iSebe lezaMandla libhengeza izicwangciso zokwakha izitishi zebhetri ze-EV ezintsha ezili-13 ngo-2025.
Ukuthembeka kwebhetri yenye into ecacileyo. Iibhetri zeTesla zisebenza kakuhle kakhulu xa kuziwa ekuwohlokeni, kodwa abanini beemodeli ezindala ezivela kwabanye abavelisi abazange babe nethamsanqa elinjalo. Okwangoku, umthetho karhulumente uthi iibhetri ze-EV maziqinisekiswe iminyaka esibhozo, okanye iimayile ezili-100,000 - kodwa nangona oko kungcono kunokuba kungabikho nto, kuya kuba lihlazo ukucinga ngokutshintsha injini kwisithuthi segesi emva kweminyaka esibhozo kuphela.