Uhlolojikelele lwe-Smart ForTwo 2012
Hlola IDrayivu

Uhlolojikelele lwe-Smart ForTwo 2012

Abalingiswa bezimoto bazongivakashela kuleli sonto njengoba ngilala e-Stuttgart, bude buduze nendawo okwazalelwa kuyo imoto eminyakeni engu-125 edlule. Njengoba ngizumeka, banyakazisa uthuli lwenganekwane phezu kwe-Smart ForTwo engipake egalaji lasehhotela. Noma kubonakala kunjalo.

Njengoba ngigxuma ngibuyela e-Smart encane, ngilungiselela ukulwa nokuhamba kwabagibeli endleleni yami eya esikhungweni se-Daimler ngaphandle kwedolobha, ngibheka phansi egejini likaphethiloli futhi ngamangala umzuzwana ngibona ukuthi isendleleni ngokumangalisayo futhi. Khetha konke.

Angisakhumbuli igalaji likaphethiloli. Kodwa-ke ngiyakhumbula ukuthi lesi akusona nje i-Smart evamile futhi kungcono ngikhiphe intambo kagesi ngaphambi kokukhetha iDrayivu.

VALUE

Le moto i-Smart ForTwo Electric Drive futhi iyingxenye yokuhlolwa kwezimoto ezingaphezu kuka-1000 ezinamamayela nolwazi kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Izimoto zokuqala zashayisa umgwaqo eLondon ngo-2007, zalandelwa yizimoto emadolobheni amaningi amakhulu njengeNetherlands kanye nesizinda eJalimane.

I-Smart plug-in manje isisesizukulwaneni sayo sesibili, kanti eyesithathu izoza kamuva kulo nyaka, kanti uDaimler uthi ukukhiqizwa kwezimoto kudlulele ku-2000 emazweni ayi-18. Imoto yokuqala kagesi yangempela evela emndenini wakwaDaimler kuthenjiswe ukuthi izokwethulwa e-Australia, kodwa imininingwane yokugcina - usuku lokudayiswa kanye nenani eliwujuqu - ayikaziwa.

“Usesigabeni sokuhlolwa. Okokuqala sizoletha isibalo esincane sezimoto ezizozama ukuthi sishayela kanjani,” kusho uDavid McCarthy, okhulumela iMercedes-Benz.

“Isikhubekiso esikhulu njengamanje yintengo. Cishe kuzoba ngu-$30,000. Imoto kaphethiloli izokhokhiswa okungenani u-50%.

Kodwa okwaziwayo ukuthi uma abanikazi bengenaso i-solar panel ophahleni, iningi lalaba Smarts lizosebenzisa ugesi wamalahle, futhi lokhu akuhlakaniphile kangako. Kodwa-ke, iBenz iqhubekela phambili necebo elingase liyenze imoto yesithathu esebenza ngogesi e-Australia, ngemuva kweMitsubishi iMiEV encane nenciphayo kanye neNissan Leaf ebabazekayo.

“Siyethemba ukuthi ngenyanga ezayo sizoba nesinqumo. Sinentshisekelo ethile, kodwa asizange sikhulume ngakho ngamabomu kwaze kwaba yilapho sesishayele imoto endaweni yangakini,” kusho uMcCarthy.

I-TECHNOLOGY

I-ForTwo iyinto ekahle yokufakwa kukagesi. Eqinisweni, lapho imoto yedolobha elincane izalwa ngawo-1980 - njenge-Swatchmobile, umbono womphathi we-Swatch u-Nicholas Hayek - ekuqaleni yaqanjwa njengemoto yebhethri efakiwe.

Kwashintsha konke lokho, ngesikhathi ingena emgwaqeni ngo-1998 yabe isishintshele kuphethroli, kanti iForTwo yanamuhla isahamba ngenjini engu-1.0 litre three-cylinder emsileni ekhiqiza amandla angu-52 kilowatts njengoba kuthiwa umnotho wayo ungu-4.7 litres. nge 100km..

Ukuthuthukela ephaketheni lakamuva le-ED kubeka iphakethe lamandla e-lithium-ion elithathwe yi-Tesla emotweni, kanye nenjini kagesi engu-20kW eqhubekayo kanye nama-30kW phezulu. Isivinini esiphezulu singu-100 km / h, ukusheshisa ku-6.5 km / h kuthatha imizuzwana engu-60, kanti indawo yokugcina amandla ingamakhilomitha angu-100.

Kodwa uma i-ED3 ifika kulo nyaka, ibhethri elisha nezinye izinguquko zizosho amandla angu-35kW – nezimbangi zikaphethiloli ezingu-50 esibambeni – ijubane eliphezulu elingu-120km/h, 0-60km/h ngemizuzwana emihlanu kanye nebanga elingaphezu kuka-135km.

Design

Idizayini ye-SmartTwo iyafana njalo - ifushane, i-squat futhi ihluke kakhulu. Lowo mehluko awuzange usebenze e-Australia, lapho indawo yokupaka ingabizi njengaseParis, eLondon, noma eRome. Kepha abanye bathanda umbono wokugijima kwedolobha elinezihlalo ezimbili, futhi i-Smart inikeza ukubukeka okuyingqayizivele.

I-Smart ED - ye-Electric Drive - inamasondo e-alloy futhi ifakwe kahle ekhabetheni, inamageji amabili kudeshi - aphuma ngaphandle njengamehlo enkalankala - ukukala impilo yebhethri namandla amanje asetshenziswayo. Ikhebula lepulaki lihlanganiswe kahle engxenyeni engezansi ye-hatch engemuva, ehlukaniswa ngengilazi ephezulu ukuze ifinyeleleke kalula, futhi ipulaki ishuthelwe kude lapho isigcwalisi sikaphethiloli ngokuvamile singaba khona.

UKUPHEPHA

I-Smart yakamuva ithole izinkanyezi ezine e-Europe, kodwa akuyona i-ED. Ngakho-ke kunzima ukusho ukuthi izoziphatha kanjani, nakuba uDaimler ethembisa ukuthi izofana nemoto evamile.

Njengoba ubungayilindela, iphuma ne-ESP ne-ABS, kanti ukuphepha bekuhlezi kuhamba phambili - kube noshintsho olukhulu kuyo yonke into kusukela ekumisweni kuya ekulinganiseni isisindo ngaphambi kokuthi kudayiswe imoto yokuqala. Kodwa kuseyimoto encane, futhi ngeke uthande ukuba sematheni uma kukhona owenze iphutha kwaToyota LandCruiser.

Ukushayela

Ngishayele ama-EV amaningi futhi i-Smart ED ingenye yamahle kakhulu futhi efanelekela ukugijima kwedolobha. Ayisoze yaqhudelana ne-Falcon ngokukhipha ukukhanya noma umthamo wokulayisha we-Commodore, kodwa ihlangabezana nezidingo zabantu abaningi manje asebecabanga ngisho nezithuthuthu zomsebenzi wedolobha kanye nokuhamba.

I-Smart ibonakala ikhulu, ithembekile kakhulu kune-iMiEV, kuyilapho intengo inciphisa kalula iLeaf. Kodwa kukhona ama-buts amaningi.

Noma iyiphi imoto eyi-Smart yenza umqondo omkhulu e-Europe, lapho imigwaqo iminyene futhi izindawo zokupaka ziqinile, futhi imoto kagesi ihlakaniphe nakakhulu ngoba ayikhiphi ziro ngenkathi ushayela. Kodwa ngisho nethrafikhi embi kakhulu eSydney naseMelbourne ayikwazi ukuqhathaniswa neParis ngesikhathi sokujaha.

I-Smart ED nayo ihamba kancane. Kancane kancane. Ihamba kahle futhi ifinyelela ku-50 km/h, kodwa ibe nzima ukuthola isivinini futhi inyuke ngo-101 km/h njengoba kukalwa yi-GPS.

Angizange ngishayele sekwephuze kakhulu njengeVolkswagen Beetle yami yasekuqaleni yango-1959, okusho ukuthi kufanele ucabange ngaso sonke isikhathi mayelana nokugcina isivinini kanye nokugwema isiminyaminya esisheshayo. I-Smart inhle emgwaqeni omkhulu, kodwa amagquma ayinkinga futhi udinga ngempela ukubuka izibuko zakho.

Nokho, imoto ejabulisayo. Nemoto eluhlaza kakhulu. Iphinde izwakale iqine kakhulu kunalokho engikukhumbulayo kuma-run angaphambili e-ForTwo, igibele kahle, inamabhuleki amahle kanye nokubamba usayizi wemoto nejubane.

Amasistimu kagesi awaboni nhlobo futhi abangela umsindo omncane - nakuba ikhebula le-plug-in lingangcola uma ungenalo igaraji elivaliwe noma indawo yokushaja. Imoto yami yesiJalimane iza ngaphandle kokuzulazula kwesathelayithi esebhodini, okufanele kube okujwayelekile ukusiza ukuthola izindawo zokushaja.

Futhi yilowo kuphela umbuzo osele. Ukuxhuma i-Smart ED endaweni evamile kulula kakhulu, futhi ukushaja ubusuku bonke akuyona inkinga, kodwa kusenokungabaza mayelana nobubanzi.

Imoto ihamba kalula amakhilomitha angu-80 inqamula eJalimane naphezu komsebenzi omningi ogcwele amandla, ucingo lusakhombisa uhhafu wokushaja kwebhethri elingama-kilowatt angu-16 amahora, kanti ukuvakashelwa kwedlozi kusho ukuthi isikulungele ukushayela ngaphezu kuka-80. amakhilomitha ngakusasa ekuseni. Kunzima ukusho kuze kube yilapho ngithola i-Smart ED ekhaya, kodwa imoto engiyithandayo futhi - ngisho naku-$32,000 - kungaba yinto enhle e-Australia.

TOTAL

Indlela enhle yokuzungeza i-Europe nethuba lokusekelwa okuthembekile phansi.

Shazi

Igoli: 7/10

Idrayivu kagesi ehlakaniphile

Izindleko: kulinganiselwa ku-$32-35,000

Injini: Uzibuthe ongunaphakade we-AC

Ukudluliswa: isivinini esisodwa, isondo elingemuva

Umzimba: Coupe enezicabha ezimbili

Umzimba: 2.69 m (D); 1.55 m (w); 1.45 (h)

Isisindo: I-975kg

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