I-GM Ingaphumelela Kanjani Lapho Yehlulekile Ukubanjwa: Kungani I-GMSV Ingahamba Kagesi E-Australia Nge-Chevrolet, i-Hummer kanye ne-Cadillac

I-Chevrolet Silverado EV ingaba ibhizinisi elikhulu e-Australia.

Isinqumo sikaGeneral Motors sokuvala i-Holden sibukeka sizosiza inkampani ivule ikusasa likagesi e-Australia.

Lesi sikhondlakhondla saseMelika sesiqalile ukwethula imoto yaso kagesi (EV) e-US, kanye ne-GMC Hummer ehlanganiswe ne-Chevrolet Silverado EV entsha, i-Chevrolet Blazer EV, ne-Chevrolet Equinox EV - kanti ezinye zizofika ngo-2025. Amahemuhemu athi i-Camaro coupe iyashintsha ibe yi-sedan yezemidlalo kagesi kanye ne-premium SUV, i-Cadillac Lyriq.

Le nhlanganisela yama-EV, ama-SUV kanye nezimoto ezisebenza kahle ibonakala iyinhle kakhulu emakethe yase-Australia ethanda lezi zigaba zemakethe, kanti iGeneral Motors Specialty Vehicles (GMSV) ilungele ukwenza lawa ma-EV amasha atholakale ku-Underground uma ubuholi baseMelika buvuma.

Yize kusesekuseni kakhulu ukuthi i-GMSV iqinisekise ukuthi iyiphi kulawa mamodeli (uma ikhona) ezohlinzeka ngawo e-Australia, likhona icala lawo womane. 

I-Hummer ne-Silverado ibonakala ilula, ihlanganisa uthando lwethu lwezimoto ezinkulu nama-SUV (i-GMC izonikeza kokubili izinketho ze-Hummer) ne-powertrain yokucabanga phambili. 

U-GM wayesevele edayisa i-Hummer endaweni ngasekupheleni kwawo-2000 ngenkathi izama ukuyibeka njengophawu oluphambili eceleni kwe-Saab ne-Cadillac. Kungenzeka ukuthi ibingaphambi kwesikhathi sayo njengoba nemodeli encane ye-H3 inkulu kakhulu kubantu abaningi. Nokho, lokhu akuseyona inkinga njengoba abantu base-Australia sebebonakala benomqondo wokuthi “okukhulu kungcono” uma kukhulunywa ngamaSUV.

Okufanayo kungashiwo kuma-utes: ama-Silverados kaphethiloli afakazela ukuthi lezi ziqhwaga zaseMelika sezivele zinezithameli. 

Mayelana neChevy Blazer kanye ne-Equinox, lawa ma-SUV ayimfuneko kunoma yiluphi uhlobo oluzihloniphayo olufuna ukudayisa izimoto kuleli, uma kubhekwa isasasa lethu elibonakala lingapheli ngamaSUV. Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi lawa ma-SUV awahlobene ne-Equinox ekhohliwe namanye amaChevrolets adayiswa namabheji e-Holden ezinsukwini zayo zokugcina.

Ukukhuluma iqiniso nje, i-Equinox ibiyisidala futhi ibingalingani neToyota RAV4, Mazda CX-5, Hyundai Tucson nezinye ebincintisana nazo.

Ukuthuthela ekufakeni ugesi kusho i-Blazer entsha ne-Equinox egijima endaweni efanayo ye-Ultium njenge-Silverado, i-Hummer ne-Lyriq. Bazoba nezinto zangaphakathi zesimanje, nokuyinto egxekwe kakhulu izinhlobo zeChevrolet ezidayiswa lapha ngabakwaHolden. Lokhu kuzovumela i-GMSV ukuthi iwabeke njengomnikelo okhokhelwa kakhulu ngentengo yeprimiyamu eyengeziwe, okungadingeka ukuze kuhlanganiswe noma yiliphi icala lebhizinisi.

Noma, uma i-GMSV ifuna ukugxila ngokugcwele ku-premium, ukwethula uhlobo lwe-Cadillac nge-Lyriq esesitayeleni kungaba enye inketho.

Ngokuqondene ne-"Camaro sports sedan", le minyango emine kagesi, njengoba sibhale ngaphambili, izoba umlandeli ongokomoya wezithameli ze-Holden Commodore, ezisenendawo ethambile yomkhiqizo weBhubesi.

Isihluthulelo sanoma yiluphi uhlelo lwe-GMSV lokwethula lawa mamodeli kuzoba intengo nokuma emakethe ebanzi. Njengoba sibonile kuwo wonke amanye amabhrendi, izimoto zikagesi azikakasondeli ekulinganeni kwentengo namamodeli ajwayelekile enjini evuthayo yangaphakathi (ICE). 

U-Holden uzoba nenkinga yokuthengisa imoto kagesi ye-Equinox ngenani elikhulu ngaphezu kwegesi elilingana nayo. I-GMSV mancane amathuba okuthi inikeze amamodeli ajwayelekile njenge-Equinox esebenza ngophethiloli, ngakho-ke izokwazi ukuthengisa izimoto zikagesi zakwaChevy ngaphandle kokuqhathaniswa okuqondile namamodeli ashibhile. Kunalokho, ingaqhudelana neHyundai Ioniq 5, Kia EV6 neTesla Model Y.

Inkinga ye-Holden i-GMSV engenayo umlando. I-Holden inenqwaba yefa lomkhiqizo, ngakho-ke ukuzama ukwethula amamodeli e-EV abizayo (njengoba kwenzekile ngeVolt yesikhashana) bekuhlale kuyinselele. Abantu bebelindele ukuthi i-Holden kufanele ibize malini, ngakho-ke ukuya kumamodeli evolumu ephansi, amanani aphezulu kungaba umsebenzi onzima ngendlela emangalisayo enkampanini enkulu kangaka.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-GMSV yakhiwa kusukela ekuqaleni njengesidlali se-niche emakethe yasendaweni, igxile kumamodeli ayo ahlukile - i-Silverado ne-Corvette - ethengiswa ngenani elibalulekile ngamanani alinganiselwe.

Lona kanye imodeli okufanele ngabe i-GM iyisebenzise namamodeli ayo e-EV - ivolumu ephansi kodwa amamajini aphezulu. Yize lokhu kungenzeka kusho ukuthi akuwona wonke amamodeli esiwabale lapha azosebenza kulesi simo, kunesizathu sokuthi, sisho, i-Silverado EV, i-Hummer SUV, kanye nenye ye-Equinox/Blaze/Lyriq ukwenza i-trio izimoto zikagesi. izinketho ngaphansi kwesibhengezo se-GMSV.

Kuleli qophelo, lokhu kungase kube ukucabangela, futhi ngokuqinisekile i-GMSV yenza kahle nge-duo yayo ye-Silverado/Corvette, kodwa njengoba isikhathi siqhubeka futhi i-GM iqhubeka nokufaka ugesi e-US, ukunaka kuzogcina kuphendukele e-Australia. Uma lowo mzuzu ufika, i-GMSV izoba sesimweni esingcono kunaleso okungenzeka ukuthi u-Holden abe ngaso.