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Nangona mna ngokwam ndithanda ukusebenzisa iibhayisekile zombane ezikhaphukhaphu ezineenkqubo zeemoto ezifihlakeleyo, ezi bhayisekile zombane zihlala zineemoto ezibuthathaka kwaye zinyusa amaxabiso. Ngamanye amaxesha, ufuna nje ibhayisekile yombane enamandla engayi kuchitha imali eninzi-kodwa ayiyi kwenza mnikelo mkhulu ngomgangatho. Ngenxa yesi sizathu, inokuhlangabezana neemfuno zakho.
Ukusukela oko yasungulwa ngo-2019, iLectric ithathe indawo enkulu kwimarike yeebhayisekile zombane zaseMelika. Le nkampani ithengisa ibhayisekile enye yombane kuphela, kodwa inikezela ngeefreyimu eziqhelekileyo kunye nezitebhisi kwabo bakhetha ukuphakama okuphantsi (ndiyivavanye le yokugqibela). Ngoku kwinguqulelo yayo ye-2.0 - kunye nokongezwa kwefolokhwe yokumiswa kunye namatayara amancinci - iibhayisekile zombane ngexabiso le-US $949 (ezithengiswa ngexabiso elicetywayo lokuthengisa le-US $1,099) zibonelela ngamandla anomtsalane kunye nokudibanisa imisebenzi, kubandakanya nempahla.
Xa ndivula ibhokisi, into yokuqala eyandichukumisayo - yayidityaniswe ngokupheleleyo - yindlela eyayivakala ngayo idityaniswe. Umgangatho wolwakhiwo uvakala ungaphezulu kwexabiso layo, kwaye neentambo zilawulwa kakuhle ngelixa zisalungiswa.
Nangona ndingenakusebenzisa uphawu olubonakalayo, upende unesiphelo esihle kakhulu esikhazimlayo, esivakala sintle kakhulu kuneebhayisekile ezininzi zombane ezingabizi kakhulu. Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba iLectric yade yapenda ifolokhwe yokumiswa ukuze ifane nebhayisekile eseleyo; uninzi lwezinye iibhayisekile zombane azikhathazeki ngeli xabiso.
Nangona ngamanye amaxesha ndixhalaba malunga nokuba ezinye iibhayisekile ezingabizi kakhulu ziya kuhlala ixesha elide kangakanani ngokuhamba kwexesha, kunika umbono wokuba ibhayisekile engayi kufaneleka kwiindawo zokulahla inkunkuma kwiminyaka emibini. Kakade ke, ubungqina bukwi-pudding—emva kwayo yonke loo nto, inkampani isungulwe iminyaka embalwa kuphela—kodwa lo ngumbono wokuqala omhle.
Ngoku kuyacaca ukuba ukuba ufuna ukukhwela ibhayisekile eqhelekileyo, kodwa udinga uncedo oluncinci, ngoko ke olu ayilohlobo lwebhayisekile yombane olufumanayo. Nangona inokunyathelwa ngokukhululeka, ukongeza ekuhambeni kancinci kwindawo ethe tyaba, ufuna nokusebenzisa injini kuyo nayiphi na enye into-ndilindele ukuba abantu abaninzi baya kuyisebenzisa le bhayisekile njenge-moped.
Ngoko ke, kuyinto entle ukuba le moto inamandla aneleyo. Nokuba ndisebenzisa i-throttle kuphela, le moto inamandla ye-500W ingandinika amandla okunyuka intaba. Kakade ke, xa wenza umsebenzi wakho, uya kufumana inzuzo enkulu, kodwa akufuneki wenze oku.
Le bhayisekile inika kuphela isenzi se-cadence esisisiseko (hayi isenzi se-torque), ngoko ke akukho nto inokubhalwa ngamava okuhamba ngeenyawo. Qaphela ukuba oku akuyongxaki kwiLectric-Andikaze ndivavanye ukuba iibhayisekile zombane ezingaphantsi kwe-$1,000 zineesenzi ze-torque, kwaye zihlala zingaveli de udlule umda we-$2,000.
Kodwa nangona kunjalo, iLectric ngokucacileyo ilungelelaniswe kwicala le-zipper ye-spectrum, kwaye isantya sokuqala sokuncedisa sikhawuleza kakhulu, endaweni yoncedo oluthe ngcembe lweebhayisekile zombane ezisebenzisa isingqisho. Ngaphambi kokuba uyive ngokwenene i-motor iqala, kufuneka ijikeleze malunga nesiqingatha sesangqa ukuya kwisangqa esipheleleyo. Ukuba ayisebenzi kwi-throttle, le yingxaki kwisibane esibomvu okanye emazantsi entaba.
Njengakwiibhayisekile ezininzi zombane ezine-throttle, ndifumanisa ukuba xa ndiyeka, anditshintshi amagiya, kodwa ndisebenzisa nje i-throttle ukukhawulezisa ndize ndibuyele kwi-pedal xa ndifikelela kwisantya esifanelekileyo. Olu lukhetho oludumileyo kakhulu, nangona njengam, ukhetha ii-pedal kuba ndingatsiba ngokulula ukusuka kwisibane esibomvu ukuya emotweni kwaye kundincede ndizive ndikhuselekile endleleni.
Ngenxa yamatayara aqinileyo kunye neefolokhwe zokumiswa ezihlengahlengiswayo ezintle, ikwabonelela ngamava okukhwela akhululekileyo kunamavili amaninzi angama-intshi angama-20 (okanye iibhayisekile ezininzi ngokubanzi). Enyanisweni, iyunithi yam yophononongo ibandakanya isihlalo esixhonyiweyo, nto leyo eyenza ukukhwela kube lula kakhulu.
Ukuba injongo yakho ephambili kukukhululeka xa ukhwela ibhayisekile yombane, kulungile oko - kubantu abaninzi, yingxaki yokufikeleleka - kodwa ndiyathemba ukuba ndiza kuqwalasela ukuyandisa ngeendlela ezilula kwibhayisekile yombane yexesha elizayo. Ngokuphathelele umnqweno wam, ndicinga ukuba onke amatayara amakhulu kunye ne-suspension zigqithisile kwaye zongeza iingxaki zazo, ingakumbi kubemi basezidolophini.
Kwelinye icala, iirimu zamatayara atyebileyo zithetha ukuba kunzima ukufumana amatayara atshintshiweyo xa ekugqibeleni ephelile; ngokwamava am, iivenkile zeebhayisekile azinazo ezi ntlobo zamatayara atyebileyo esitokhweni, kwaye kusenokwenzeka ukuba zingathandi ukusebenzisa iibhayisekile zombane zamatayara atyebileyo. Amatayara amadala ebhaluni kwiirimu ezimxinwa zemveli asenokubonelela ngomgangatho omkhulu wokuthwala, ngelixa ebonelela ngokuhamba okuguquguqukayo ngakumbi kwaye kulula ukufumana ezinye ezitshintshwayo.
Kwelinye icala, nangona amavili ayenobubanzi obuncinci, izinto eziqinileyo zithetha ukuba ibhayisekile yaba yenye yeebhayisekile zombane ezinzima ezinobunzima obuziikhilogram ezingama-67 endizivavanyileyo. Emva kokuvavanya iibhayisekile ezininzi zombane kwiflethi encinci eNew York, ndaqala ukuqonda ukuba nangona iibhayisekile zombane, kuluncedo ukunciphisa umzimba apha naphaya.
Ukuba uceba ukugcina ibhayisekile yakho egaraji okanye ukuyitshixa kwindawo ekhuselekileyo emhlabeni, oku akuyongxaki, kodwa kuya kuba lula kangako kubemi basezidolophini abasenokufuna ukurhuqa iibhayisekile zabo kwizitebhisi rhoqo. Iiflethi, okanye abantu abahamba ngeenqwelo-moya ezininzi abanokufuna ukukhwela iibhayisekile zabo kuloliwe. Asilohlobo lwebhayisekile egoqwayo endinokuyiphosa kwinqwelo yokuthenga ndize ndiyizise evenkileni yokutya, njengokuba ndinokuyithwala ibhisikithi encinci.
Ukuba ndithetha inyani, kuyafana nakwibhayisekile nganye egoqekayo enamavili amakhulu endiyibonileyo, ngoko ke oku akusiyo nje into yokumba. Kwaye ndiyaqonda ukuba kubathengi abaninzi, iFat Tire yingcali, ayixoki. Kodwa ekubeni inkampani okwangoku ithengisa kuphela ndinethemba lokuba inkampani iya kuqwalasela iindlela ezilula kwixesha elizayo.
Ndifanele ndiqaphele ukuba ndiyazithanda “iziphatho” ezidityanisiweyo embindini wesakhelo. Iphakathi kanye kweyona nto iphambili kubunzima bebhayisekile, kwaye xa ithelekiswa nezinye iibhayisekile zombane ezinkulu, yenza umahluko omkhulu ekurhuqeni ibhayisekile.
Xa ucinga ngobunzima bebhayisekile, akufuneki uqhube ibhayisekile rhoqo xa ibhetri iphelile, nto leyo ilungileyo. Ibanga lokuhamba ngesantya esiphezulu seemayile ezingama-45. Ngokwamava am, ukuba nje awuyisebenzisi rhoqo i-throttle, oku kubonakala kuyinyani kwinqanaba eliphantsi loncedo- isabonelela ngamandla amaninzi.
Kumkhweli omalunga neekhilogram ezingama-260, oxuba ipedal kunye ne-accelerator kwinqanaba lesi-5 lokuncedisa, ndifumanise ukuba ndingafikelela kumgama weemayile ezingama-20 kwindawo ethe tyaba yaseNew York. Ukusebenzisa phantse akukho throttle kunye ne-dropping ukunceda amanqanaba esi-2 kunye nesi-3 kwandise kakhulu uluhlu; ndifumanise ukuba ndingagqiba uhambo olufanayo lweemayile ezingama-20 ngesiqingatha sebhetri eseleyo. Abakhweli abakhaphukhaphu kufuneka bakwazi ukuqhuba ngaphezulu kweemayile ezingama-45 kwinqanaba loku-1, elisabonelela ngoncedo olukhulu. Ndikwabulela kakhulu iLectric ngokubonelela ngamanqanaba ali-10 kwisalathisi sayo sebhetri endaweni ye-4 okanye i-5 kwiibhayisekile ezininzi zombane.
Kwaye kuba ndingazi ukuba ndingayifaka phi enye indawo kolu phononongo, ngokuqinisekileyo ndiyacebisa ukuba kuphuculwe izibane zentloko. Andazi ukuba zilungile kangakanani ii-headlights ezizenzekelayo, kodwa nge-$50 eyongezelelweyo, izibane zentloko ezikumgangatho ophezulu zikhanya ngakumbi kwaye zinemibane engcono kunezinye iibhayisekile zombane endizivavanye ngaphezulu kwe-$2,000.
Awuyi kumangaliswa ziimpawu ze-pedal assist egudileyo, kodwa inika ixabiso elihle ngokwakhiwa kwayo okuqinileyo, hayi ixabiso layo. Logama nje amava okupeda alula kunye namava okupeda ayinyani engekho kwindawo ephambili kuwe, kundenza ndizive ngathi yenye yeemveliso ezingabizi kakhulu kwimarike yeebhayisekile zombane.