Isho ukuthini imoto kagesi yakwaToyota e-Australia?
Okuqukethwe
AbakwaToyota bakhombise ngePickup EV concept ngoDisemba kanti kulindeleke ukuthi bangene kwezokukhiqiza maduze.
Izimoto zikagesi seziyiwo wonke ulaka embonini yezimoto. Wonke umuntu kusukela kwaFord nakuGeneral Motors kuya kuTesla noRivian bahlela igabha elisebenza ngebhethri.
Kodwa igama elilodwa lalingekho ngokusobala: iToyota. Kuze kube okungenani zingu-14 Disemba 2021, ngoba yilapho umdondoshiya waseJapan embule izimoto ezingu-17 ezisebenza ngogesi wonke, okuhlanganisa ne-double cab ebibukeka ngokusolisayo njengenguqulo enkulu kancane ye-Tacoma.
Njengoba izimbangi zayo ezinkulu emakethe ye-pickup sezizethulile izinhlobo zikagesi, kunengqondo ukuthi iToyota nayo ingalandela. Nakhu esikwaziyo ngezinhlelo zakwaToyota zokusebenzisa ugesi nokuthi zingasho ukuthini kubathengi base-Australia.
Ukufakwa kukagesi kuyeza
Sekuyisikhathi eside kwaToyota bezibophezele ekunikezeni isitimela esisebenza ngogesi kuzo zonke izinhlobo zabo, okuhlanganisa ne-HiLux ute, base bethula i-i-Force Max hybrid-powered Tundra e-US.
Kodwa-ke, njengoba iToyota yembula imiqondo kagesi engaphezu kweshumi nambili ngosuku olufanayo ngonyaka odlule, bekunemininingwane embalwa kwabaningi, kuhlanganise nemoto, ngakho-ke awekho amaqiniso amaningi aqinile, kodwa lo mqondo unikeza izinkomba eziningi.
Okubaluleke kakhulu kulokhu ukuthi isikhulu sakwaToyota emhlabeni jikelele, u-Akio Toyoda, uthe wonke ama-concepts aklanyelwe ukukhomba uhlobo lokukhiqiza oluzayo futhi bazoshaya ama-showroom "eminyakeni embalwa" kunokuba babe onombono wesikhathi eside.
Lokhu kusho ukuthi kunengqondo ukulindela ukuthi imoto kagesi yakwaToyota izofika maphakathi neshumi leminyaka. Lesi kungaba isikhathi esihle kakhulu somkhiqizo, njengoba iFord F-150 Lightning kanye ne-Rivian R1T sezithengiswa, kuyilapho i-GMC Hummer, Chevrolet Silverado EV kanye neRam 1500 kufanele zibe semgwaqeni ngo-2024.
I-Tundra, i-Tacoma, i-Hilux noma enye into?
Omunye wemibuzo emikhulu mayelana nemoto entsha esebenza ngogesi ukuthi izongena kanjani ohlwini lwezimoto zakwaToyota, okuhlanganisa iHiLux neTacoma kanye neTundra eziya e-US.
ITacoma iqhudelana neToyota ngezimoto ezifana neChevrolet Colorado, Ford Ranger neJeep Gladiator, kanti iTundra yona iqhudelana ne-F-150, Silverado ne-1500.
Ngokusekelwe ezithombeni ezivela kuphrezentheshini yaseJapane yakwaToyota, umqondo wokuthatha ugesi ubukeka ndawana thize phakathi kweTacoma neTundra ngosayizi. Inomzimba we-double cab kanye ne-sump emfushane ngakho izwakala njengempilo kunehhashi elisebenzayo njenge-Tundra.
Ngokwesitayela, nokho, inakho okucacile kwe-Tacoma, ikakhulukazi eduze kwe-grille, okungase kubonise ukuthi ithathwa njengengxenye yohlu olunwetshiwe lwaleyo modeli.
Iphinde ibe nokufana okucacile nenguqulo ye-Tacoma TRD Pro ngokwebhampa yangaphambili ephansi kanye nama-arches amasondo aqhumayo, okuphakamisa ukuthi i-Toyota ingadlala isici sokusebenza kwemoto kagesi.
Izingqinamba zase-Australia
Umbuzo omkhulu wabafundi abaningi ngothi ngabe le Toyota ute kagesi izohlinzekwa e-Australia?
Ngokusobala kusesekuseni kakhulu ukwazi ngokuqinisekile, kodwa kunezinkomba zokuthi kungenzeka ukwehla.
Umkhondo obaluleke kakhulu uvela emibikweni yokuthi kwaToyota bafuna ukuhlanganisa uhlelo lwabo lweSUV endaweni eyodwa. Inkundla ebizwa nge-TNGA-F iyi-ladder frame chassis evele isetshenziswa kwiLandCruiser 300 Series kanye neTundra, kodwa kukholakala ukuthi kwaToyota bafuna ukuyinweba ifinyelele kuTacomca, 4Runner, HiLux neFortuner.
Lokho kusho ukuthi imoto kagesi cishe izokwakhiwa phezu kwezisekelo ezifanayo, njengoba iToyota izodinga i-chassis enesitebhisi ukuze imoto yayo entsha iqine ngokwanele ukuze ihlangabezane nokulindelwe ngamakhasimende, ngisho noma kukhulu ngokusebenza noma indlela yokuphila.
Ukuthuthela endaweni ye-TNGA-F kusho ukuthi maningi amathuba okuthi imoto kagesi itholakale uma uyishayela kwesokudla; ukuthi uzokwazi kanjani ukuyenzela iHiLux neFortuner. Nakuba, uma umlando ufakazela okuthile, ukuthi izinkampani zezimoto ngokuvamile azicabangi izimakethe zokushayela kwesokudla njengoba abantu base-Australia bethemba.
