I-Ford Yembula Uhlelo Oluncane Lwemoto Kagesi Ethengekayo

I-Auto NewsFord Motor yakha izimoto zikagesi ezincane ezithengekayo ukuze imise ibhizinisi layo lezimoto zikagesi ekulahlekelweni yimali futhi iqhudelane nabakhi bezimoto bakwaTesla namaShayina, kubika iBloomberg. Isikhulu esiphezulu sakwaFord Motor uJim Farley uthe abakwaFord bahlela kabusha isu labo lezimoto ezisebenza ngogesi ukuze bahlukane nezimoto zikagesi ezinkulu, ezibizayo ngoba amanani aphezulu ayisithiyo esikhulu ekuthengeni izimoto zikagesi. sithuthukisa futhi siguqule ukunaka kwethu okuningi ekuhlinzekweni kwezimoto ezincane zikagesi." I-Ford Motor, wathi, "yenza ukubheja buthule eminyakeni emibili edlule" ekuhlanganiseni ithimba ukwakha isiteji sezimoto zikagesi ezingabizi kakhulu. Ithimba elincane liholwa ngu-Alan Clarke, umqondisi omkhulu weFord Motor wokuthuthukiswa kwezimoto zikagesi. U-Alan Clarke, ojoyine iFord Motor eminyakeni emibili edlule, useneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-12 ethuthukisa amamodeli eTesla.

U-Farley uveze ukuthi inkundla entsha yezimoto zikagesi izoba yisisekelo “samamodeli amaningi” futhi kufanele ikhiqize inzuzo. Imodeli yamanje ka-Ford kagesi wonke ilahlekelwe u-$4.7 billion ngonyaka odlule futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ikhule ifinyelele ku-$5.5 billion kulo nyaka.” Kukude nokufinyelela emandleni ethu okwenza inzuzo,” kusho uFarley. “Wonke amaqembu ethu e-EV agxile kakhulu ezindlekweni nasekusebenzeni kahle kwemikhiqizo ye-EV ngoba izimbangi ezizoqhudelana nazo zizoba ngamanani anengqondo ama-Tesla nama-EV aseShayina.” Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuze benze inzuzo ethe xaxa, abakwaFord bahlela ukunciphisa izindleko zamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezifana nempahla, ukuthutha kanye nemisebenzi yokukhiqiza.