Ingabe uyilungele i-Picanto engu-$40K? Izimoto ezintsha sezizobiza kakhulu njengoba abakwaKia bethi ama-EV asho ukuphela kwezimoto ezingaphansi kuka-$20k.

AbakwaKia bathi ukunyuka kokufakwa kukagesi kuzosho ukuphela kwezimoto ezingaphansi kuka-$20.

U-Kia uthi ukukhuphuka kwezimoto zikagesi e-Australia kusho ukuphela kwezimoto ezingaphansi kuka-$20K, bephawula ukuthi ukufakwa kukagesi okubanzi kungabona amamodeli ashibhe njengePicanto neCerato abiza cishe u-$40K.

Njengamanje i-Picanto iyimodeli yase-Australia evumelana nesabelomali kakhulu se-Kia, kanti abangaphezu kuka-6500 17 babo bathole amakhaya ngonyaka odlule. Ibiza cishe amaRandi ayizinkulungwane ezingu-XNUMX ngenjini encane kaphethiloli. Kodwa imoto kagesi elingana nePicanto? Lokho, ngokusho kukaKia, kuzoba yindaba ehluke kakhulu.

"Angicabangi ukuthi uzobona imoto kagesi elingana ne-Picanto engu-$20,000," kusho i-COO yakwaKia Australia uDamien Meredith. "Kodwa ungabona imoto kagesi engu-$35,000 kuya ku-$40,000 ye-Picanto."

Ngakho, ukufakwa kukagesi ngezindleko zamaRandi angu-35 20 kungase kwenezele cishe amaRandi angu-XNUMX XNUMX emhumeni olingana nedolobha. Okuyinto, ngokusho kukaKia, okuzoba yinto entsha evamile ekusaseni lethu lezimoto ezisebenza ngogesi.

Lesi yisimo esifanayo esesivele sibonwa nge-MG, lapho i-ZST SUV yomkhiqizo ibiza cishe u-$25K ngemodeli engabizi kakhulu (noma cishe u-$23K ngemodeli ye-ZS eyisisekelo). Kodwa-ke, i-ZS EV iqala ku-$45.

Ebuzwa ukuthi ukufakwa kukagesi kusho ukuphela kwe-sub-$20k Kia e-Australia, uMnu Meredith uphendule, “Ngicabanga kanjalo,” ngaphambi kokwengeza ngokuthi abakhiqizi baseShayina bangagcina bavale isikhala.

"Ngicabanga ukuthi kuzoba nokuncintisana okuningi mayelana nalokhu ngoba ngicabanga ukuthi abakhiqizi abaningi baseShayina bazonyakaza, futhi lokho kulungile futhi kuhle," esho.

"Uma sinesifiso sokuba kule ndawo, kuzomele silinde sibone."

Nokho, uMnu. Meredith wayethembise ngaphambilini ukuthi izimoto zikaphethiloli zalolu hlobo zazingakapheli.

“UPicanto akayi ndawo. Sizoqhubeka nokudayisa iPicanto,” usho kanje muva nje. I-CarsGuide.

Ekhuluma ngesikhathi kwethulwa i-Kia EV6, eqala ku-$67,990 yemodeli ye-AIR, uMnu. Meredith uphinde wathi isidingo sezimoto zikagesi e-Australia sizokhula ngesivinini eminyakeni ezayo, ebikezela ukuthi ngo-50 amaphesenti emakethe yezimoto entsha izobe isifakwe ugesi. . ngonyaka ka-2030.

"Akusiyo eyokuthi izimoto zikagesi zizobusa nini emhlabeni," esho. "Iminyaka emihlanu ezayo izoba mnandi kakhulu."