Esitatimendeni sakamuva, i-GM Chief Financial Officer uPaul Jacobson ugcizelele ukuthi naphezu kwezinguquko ezingase zibe khona emithethweni yemakethe yase-US ngesikhathi uMongameli wangaphambili uDonald Trump ephethe ihlandla lesibili, ukuzibophezela kwenkampani ekufakeni ugesi kusalokhu kunganyakaziswa. UJacobson uthe iGM imile ohlelweni lwayo lokwandisa ukungena kwezimoto zikagesi esikhathini eside kanti igxile ekwehliseni izindleko kanye nokwandisa ukusebenza. Lokhu kuzibophezela kugqamisa umbono wesu we-GM wokuhola uguquko lwemboni yezimoto ukuthi luhambe ngendlela eqhubekayo.
UJacobson ugcizelele ukubaluleka kokwenza izinqubomgomo zokulawula “ezinengqondo” ezihlangabezana nezidingo zabathengi nokugcina ukuguquguquka kwezimakethe zomhlaba. “Kuningi esikwenzayo kuzoqhubeka noma ngabe imithetho ishintsha kanjani,” kusho yena. Lesi sitatimende sibonisa ukusabela kwe-GM ngokuqhubekayo esimweni sokulawula esishintshayo kuyilapho iqinisekisa ukuthi inkampani ihlala igxile kulokho okuthandwa ngabathengi kanye nezidingo zemakethe. Ukuphawula kukaJacobson kukhombisa ukuthi abakwaGM abakulungele nje kuphela ukujwayela izinguquko zokulawula, kodwa futhi bazibophezele ekukhiqizeni izimoto ezihambisana namakhasimende.
Ngaphezu kokugxila ekufakeni ugesi, uJacobson uphinde wakhuluma ngesu le-GM's supply chain, ikakhulukazi ukuthembela kwayo ezingxenyeni zaseShayina. Uphawule ukuthi i-GM isebenzisa “inani elincane kakhulu” lezingxenye zaseShayina ezimotweni ezikhiqizwa eNyakatho Melika, ephakamisa ukuthi noma yimiphi imithelela yokuhweba engaba khona evela kubaphathi abasha “iyalawuleka.” Lesi sitatimende siqinisa ukwakheka okuqinile kokukhiqiza kwe-GM, okuklanyelwe ukunciphisa ubungozi bokuphazamiseka kochungechunge lokuhlinzekwa kwempahla emhlabeni jikelele.
U-Jacobson uchaze kabanzi isu lokukhiqiza elilinganayo le-GM, elihlanganisa ukukhiqiza e-Mexico nase-United States. Ugcizelele isinqumo senkampani sokusebenzisana neLG Energy Solution ukukhiqiza amabhethri kuleli, kunokuthi ithenge kwamanye amazwe ubuchwepheshe bamabhethri ashibhile. Lesi sinyathelo samasu asisekeli nje kuphela imisebenzi yaseMelika, kodwa futhi sihambisana nomgomo wabaphathi wokugqugquzela ukukhiqizwa kwasekhaya. “Sizoqhubeka nokusebenzisana nabaphathi ngoba ngicabanga ukuthi izinhloso zethu mayelana nemisebenzi yaseMelika zihambisana kakhulu nezinhloso zabaphathi,” kusho uJacobson.
Njengengxenye yokuzibophezela kwayo ekufakeni ugesi, i-GM isendleleni yokukhiqiza nokudayisa izimoto zikagesi ezingu-200,000 eNyakatho Melika kulo nyaka. UJacobson uthe inzuzo eguquguqukayo yophiko lwezimoto zikagesi, ngemuva kwezindleko ezimisiwe, kulindeleke ukuthi ibe yinhle kule kota. Umbono omuhle ubonisa impumelelo ye-GM ekukhuliseni ukukhiqizwa kwezimoto zikagesi kanye nokuhlangabezana nesidingo esikhulayo sezixazululo zezokuthutha ezisimeme. Ukugxila kwenkampani ekuletheni izimoto ezisebenza ngogesi ezisezingeni eliphezulu kukhombisa ukuzibophezela kwayo ekunikezeni isevisi nemikhiqizo engcono kakhulu kumakhasimende ayo.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uJacobson uphinde wanikeza ukuhlaziya okujulile kwesu lokuphathwa kwempahla yeGM, ikakhulukazi ezimotweni zenjini evuthayo yangaphakathi (ICE). Ulindele ukuthi ekupheleni kuka-2024, uhlu lwenkampani lwe-ICE kulindeleke ukuthi lufinyelele ezinsukwini ezingama-50 kuye kwezingama-60. Kodwa-ke, ukucacisile ukuthi i-GM ngeke ilinganise ukusungulwa kwe-EV ngezinsuku ngoba inkampani igxile ekwethuleni amamodeli amasha ukukhulisa ukuqwashisa ngomkhiqizo. Esikhundleni salokho, ukukalwa kohlu lwe-EV kuzosuselwa enanini lama-EV atholakalayo kumthengisi ngamunye, okubonisa ukuzibophezela kwe-GM ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi amakhasimende afinyelela kumikhiqizo yakamuva ye-EV.
Kafushane, i-GM iqhubekela phambili ne-ajenda yayo yokufakwa kukagesi ngokuzimisela ngenkathi izulazula ngezinguquko ezingaba khona zokulawula kanye nomthelela wezohwebo. Ukuqonda kukaJacobson kugqamisa ukugxila kwamasu enkampani ekukhiqizeni izimoto ezihlangabezana nezidingo zabathengi, ukukhuthaza ukukhiqizwa kwasekhaya, kanye nokugcina inzuzo yokuncintisana ezimakethe zomhlaba. Njengoba i-GM iqhubeka nokusungula nokwandisa uhlelo lwayo lwezimoto zikagesi, isazimisele ukuhlinzeka amakhasimende ngemikhiqizo namasevisi akhethekile ahambisana nokushintsha kwesimo semboni yezimoto. Ukuzibophezela kwenkampani ekusimameni nasekuneliseni amakhasimende kuyibeka njengomholi oguqukweni oluya ekusasa eligcwele ugesi.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Nov-26-2024