URivian noFord baqeda isivumelwano se-EV

Nakuba u-Rivian enomzuzu omkhulu nge-R1T, iloli elithwala impahla elithathwa njengelihlome kakhulu futhi elikwazi ukuzimela kakhulu, i-Ford inqume ukushiya umfelandawonye wayo no-Rivian ukuze benze izimoto zikagesi. Isikhulu sakwaFord sithi banobuchwepheshe obanele bokwenza izimoto zikagesi ngaphandle kokungenelela kukaRivian

Ngokufika kwezimoto zikagesi, abakwaFord noRivian bahlela ukwakha ibhizinisi lokukhiqiza izimoto ezisebenza ngogesi, nokho babengeke besabambisana ekuthuthukiseni imodeli esebenza ngamabhethri.

Lezi zindaba ziza ngoLwesihlanu ngemuva kwengxoxo nesikhulu sakwaFord uJim Farley. Lo mphathi weBlue Oval uzwakalise ukulethemba ikhono lakwaFord lokuzakhela imoto esebenza ngogesi, okuwuphawu lokukhula nokuba ngcono njengoba bekunjalo eminyakeni emibili edlule. Yilapho umphakeli wakwaFord eqhamuke nombono weSUV kagesi, ebizwa ngokuthi Lincoln, esekelwe kuRivian.

AbakwaFord bayazethemba ngekhono labo lokwakha izimoto ezisebenza ngogesi

Phambilini uRivian wakwazi ukwakha imoto kagesi ngaphansi kophiko lukanokusho lwakwaFord. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuvela kwezindaba, futhi ngemuva kokungena kwezigidi ezingama- $ 500 kwaFord, isivumelwano saphela ngenxa yengcindezi ye-COVID-19. Ngaleso sikhathi, lokhu kwabangela ukuthi abakwaFord kanye noRivian bathuthukise izinhlelo zabo zolunye ibhizinisi elihlanganyelwe; manje kubukeka sengathi ngeke.

“Manje sesiqiniseka ngokwengeziwe ngamandla ethu okuwina embonini yamandla kagesi,” kuchaza uFarley. “Uma siqhathanisa namuhla nalapho senza lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali ekuqaleni, kuningi okushintshile emandleni ethu, ekuthuthukisweni komkhiqizo kuzo zombili izimo, futhi manje siqiniseka ngokwengeziwe kulokho okudingeka sikwenze. Sifuna ukutshala imali eRivian - siyalithanda ikusasa layo njengenkampani, kodwa manje sesizozakhela ezethu izimoto."

UFarley uthe into esemqoka isidingo sokuhlanganisa isofthiwe yasendlini yakwa-Ford ne-Architecture yakwa-Rivian EV. UFarley ubalule umehluko wamamodeli ebhizinisi phakathi kwalezi zinkampani ezimbili, kodwa wancoma uRivian "ngokubambisana okuhle kakhulu [kwaFord] esike kwaba nakho nanoma iyiphi enye inkampani."

U-Rivian uqinisekisa igebe lokuthuthukiswa komphakathi

"Njengoba abakwaFord bekhulise iqhinga labo le-EV futhi isidingo sezimoto zakwaRivian sesikhulile, sinqume ukugxila ezinhlelweni zethu nasekulethweni," kubhala umkhulumeli waseRivian nge-imeyili. "Ubudlelwano bethu nabakwaFord buyingxenye ebalulekile yohambo lwethu, futhi abakwaFord basalokhu bewumtshali-zimali kanye nozakwethu ohambweni lwethu lokwabelana ngekusasa eliqhakazile."

U-Rivian kubikwa ukuthi ucabanga ukwakha isitshalo sesibili ukuze sihlangabezane nezidingo zabathengi kanye nokufeza izibopho kumxhasi waso omkhulu, i-Amazon. Khonamanjalo, iFord isivele yeqile amandla emishini yayo emithathu yamabhethri engaqediwe eyamenyezelwa ngoSepthemba, kusho uFarley. Akukacaci okwamanje ukuthi iFord izodinga umthamo ongakanani webhethri, kodwa ngokusobala amahora angu-129 gigawatt-amahora okukhipha ngonyaka akwanele.

"Sesivele sidinga okungaphezu kwalokho ebesihlelile," kusho uFarley ngesikhathi enenhlolokhono. "Ngeke ngikunike inamba kodwa kuyacaca ukuthi kuzomele sithuthe maduze nje kuzoba nezinye."

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