I-Proton ilungiselela ukuqala kabusha e-Australia

IProton isilungele ukuphinda iqale kabusha emakethe yase-Australia njengoba inkampani yaseMalaysian automaker isiphethwe yinhlangano yezimoto yaseChina iGeely, ehlanganisa neVolvo, Lotus, Polestar kanye neLynk & Co.

Ukudayiswa kwakuleli kwezinhlobo zeProton, okuhlanganisa i-Exora, Preve kanye neSuprima S, kume kabuhlungu njengoba sekunemoto entsha ebhaliswe ngonyaka odlule ngemuva kokwehla isuka kumayunithi angu-421 ngo-2015.

Nokho, njengoba iGeely ilawula iProton futhi ithenga amaphesenti angu-49 enkampani yezimoto, kuyaqhubeka izinhlelo zokuqamba kabusha izimoto ezenziwe eShayina kanye nokuthuthukisa izinhlobo ezintsha ezizosetshenziswa emakethe yase-Australia.

"Ngizobhekisisa kahle ukuthi iProton yenzani," kusho u-Ash Sutcliffe, inhloko yezobudlelwano bomphakathi namazwe omhlaba yakwaGeely, etshela izintatheli embukisweni wezimoto iShanghai Auto Show ngesonto eledlule. "IProton kungenzeka ihlela ukubuyela emazweni eCommonwealth maduze nje."

UMnu. Sutcliffe ugcizelele ukuthi ubuchwepheshe beProton ezimotweni ezishayelwa kwesokudla buzohambisana nezinsiza zokukhiqiza ezibanzi zakwaGeely.

"I-Proton inolwazi oluningi ekuthuthukiseni izimoto ezishayela kwesokudla futhi ukuthuthukisa i-chassis yabo kanye nesiteji kuyasiza kakhulu kwaGeely," esho.

“Isibonelo, senza izivivinyo eziningi eMalaysia esingakwazi ukuzenza eChina - ukuhlola esimweni sezulu esishisayo uma kubanda lapha, singaya khona futhi banamathuba amahle futhi banamakhono amaningi. ekuthuthukisweni kwezimoto ezishayelwa kwesokudla. Ngakho kuwumdlalo omuhle ndawonye."

Imoto yokuqala yakwaGeely eyethulwe emhlabeni wonke ngonyaka odlule iProton X70 mid-size SUV, eqanjwe kabusha ngokuthi Bo Yue, uMnu.

Kodwa-ke, i-X70 iwukulungiswa kwesikhashana nje, njengoba uSutcliffe ethe izinhlobo zeProton zesikhathi esizayo kulindeleke ukuthi zithuthukiswe kanye ne-Geely, nakuba kungakabikho isikhathi esibekiwe.

Mayelana nohlobo olusha lwemoto kagesi esanda kwenziwa (EV) i-Geely Geometry, izimakethe zase-Australia nezaseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia zisabuyekezwa futhi zizoqedwa eminyakeni emibili ezayo.