He aha mēnā ka taea e tō waka hiko te whakakaha i tō whare i te wā e mate ana te po?

Kei te huri te huarahi e whakamahia ai e tātou te pūngao mā te whakamahi i te hiko e rua ngā taha. Engari tuatahi, me kitea tēnei i roto i ngā waka hiko maha atu.

Nā tētahi kēmu whutupaoro i runga i te pouaka whakaata i whakaoho te hiahia o Nancy Skinner ki te utu hiko e rua ngā taha, he hangarau hou e āhei ai te pākahiko o te EV ki te mimiti i te pūngao, engari ki te tuku atu hoki - ki te kāinga, ki ētahi atu motuka, ki te whatunga hiko rānei.

"I puta he pānuitanga mō te taraka Ford F-150," te mahara o Skinner, he mema paremata nō te kawanatanga o California e tohu ana i te East Bay o San Francisco. "Kei te taraiwa tēnei tangata ki ngā maunga, ā, ka mono i tana taraka ki roto i tētahi kāpini. Ehara i te mea hei utu i te taraka, engari hei whakakaha i te kāpini."

Mā te pākahiko 98-kWh, ka taea e te F-150 Lightning te pupuri i te hiko mō ngā rā e toru. Tērā pea he tino whai hua tēnei i California, kua tata ki te 100 ngā motuhanga nui i roto i ngā tau e rima kua pahure ake nei, he nui ake i tētahi atu kawanatanga engari ko Texas. I te marama o Hepetema 2022, nā te wera nui 10-rā i eke te whatunga hiko o California ki te taumata teitei rawa atu i te 52,000 megawatts, me te tata kore e whakamahia te whatunga hiko.

I te marama o Hānuere, i whakaurua e Skinner te Pire 233 o te Whare Paremata, e hiahia ana kia tautokohia e ngā waka hiko katoa, ngā taraka mahi māmā me ngā pahi kura e hokona ana i California te utunga hiko rua-ara i mua i te tau tauira 2030 — e rima tau i mua i te wā e aukatia ai e te kawanatanga te hoko o ngā waka penehīni hou. Mā te ture mō te utunga hiko rua-ara ka whakarite kia "kore e taea e ngā kaihanga waka te whakatakoto noa i te utu nui ki runga i tētahi āhuatanga," te kī a Skinner.

"Me whiwhi te katoa i tēnei," tāna tāpiri. "Mēnā ka whiriwhiri rātou ki te whakamahi hei āwhina i te whakaheke i ngā utu hiko teitei, hei whakakaha rānei i ō rātou kāinga i te wā e motu ana te hiko, ka whai wāhi rātou ki tēnā kōwhiringa."

I te marama o Mei, i wikitoria a SB-233 i te Runanga Nui o te kawanatanga mā te pōti 29-9. Kāore i roa i muri mai, he maha ngā kaihanga motuka, tae atu ki a GM me Tesla, i kī ka hangaia e rātou he paerewa utu rua-ara mō ngā tauira EV e haere ake nei. I tēnei wā, ko te F-150 me te Nissan Leaf anake ngā EV e wātea ana i Amerika Te Raki me te whakahohenga utu rua-ara i tua atu i te kaha taketake.
Engari kāore te ahunga whakamua e neke tika tonu: I te marama o Hepetema, i mate a SB-233 i roto i te komiti i te Runanga o California. E ai ki a Skinner kei te rapu ia i "tētahi ara hou" hei whakarite kia whai hua ngā tāngata katoa o California i te utunga ā-rua.

I te mea ka kitea haeretia ngā āhuatanga kino o te taiao, te huarere kino me ētahi atu pānga o te huringa āhuarangi, kei te huri haere ngā Amerikana ki ngā kōwhiringa pūngao hou pērā i ngā waka hiko me te hiko o te rā. Ko te hekenga o ngā utu mō ngā EV me ngā whiwhinga taake hou me ngā kaupapa whakatenatena kei te āwhina i te tere ake o taua whakawhiti.
Ko te whakaaro ki te utu hiko ā-rua he take anō hei whakaaro māu ki ngā EV: ko te kaha ki te whakamahi i tō waka hei puna hiko tārua hei whakaora i a koe i te wā e mate ana te hiko, hei whiwhi moni rānei ina kore e whakamahia.

He pono, kei te haere tonu ētahi ara uaua. Kei te tīmata noa ngā kaihanga me ngā kaunihera ki te tirotiro i ngā panonitanga hanganga e hiahiatia ana kia whānui ake ai kia whai hua ai tēnei āhuatanga. Kāore e wātea ana, he utu nui rānei ngā taputapu e tika ana. Ā, he nui hoki ngā mahi whakaakoranga hei mahi mā ngā kaihoko.

Heoi, ko te mea e mārama ana, ka taea e tēnei hangarau te whakarerekē nui i te huarahi e whakahaere ai tātou i ō tātou ao.