Kuthekani Ukuba i-EV yakho ingasebenza ekhaya lakho ngexesha lokucima kombane?

Ukutshaja ngamacandelo amabini kuyatshintsha indlela esilawula ngayo ukusetyenziswa kwamandla ethu. Kodwa kuqala, kufuneka kubonakale kwiimoto ezininzi ze-EV.

Yayingumdlalo webhola ekhatywayo kwiTV owavuselela umdla kaNancy Skinner ekutshajeni ngamacandelo amabini, iteknoloji entsha evumela ibhetri ye-EV ukuba ingagcini nje ngokufunxa amandla kodwa iwakhuphele, — ekhayeni, kwezinye iimoto okanye ibuyele kwigridi yezixhobo.

“Bekukho intengiso yelori yeFord F-150,” ukhumbula uSkinner, isenator yelizwe laseCalifornia emele iEast Bay yaseSan Francisco. “Lo mfo uqhuba imoto yakhe esiya ezintabeni aze afake ilori yakhe kwikhabhinethi. Hayi ukutshaja ilori, kodwa ukuyokunika amandla ikhabhinethi.”

Ngebhetri yayo engama-98-kWh, i-F-150 Lightning ingagcina umbane uvuliwe ukuya kuthi ga kwiintsuku ezintathu. Oko kunokuba luncedo kakhulu eCalifornia, ebone ukunqamka okukhulu phantse izihlandlo ezili-100 kwiminyaka emihlanu edlulileyo, ngaphezu kwalo naliphi na elinye ilizwe ngaphandle kweTexas. NgoSeptemba 2022, ubushushu obuphezulu beentsuku ezili-10 babona igridi yombane yaseCalifornia ifikelela kwinqanaba eliphezulu elingaphezulu kwama-52,000 megawatts, nto leyo ephantse yabangela ukuba igridi yombane ingasebenzi.

NgoJanuwari, uSkinner wazisa uMthetho weSenate 233, oza kufuna ukuba zonke iimoto zombane, iilori ezikhaphukhaphu kunye neebhasi zesikolo ezithengiswa eCalifornia zixhase ukutshaja kweendlela ezimbini ngonyaka wemodeli ka-2030 — iminyaka emihlanu ngaphambi kokuba urhulumente amisele ukuvala ukuthengiswa kweemoto ezintsha ezisebenzisa igesi. Umyalelo wokutshaja iindlela ezimbini uya kuqinisekisa ukuba abenzi beemoto “abanakubeka ixabiso eliphantsi kwisici,” utshilo uSkinner.

“Wonke umntu kufuneka abe nayo,” wongezelela. “Ukuba bakhetha ukuyisebenzisa ukunceda ekunciphiseni amaxabiso aphezulu ombane, okanye ukukhanyisa amakhaya abo ngexesha lokucima kombane, baya kuba nayo loo ndlela.”

I-SB-233 iphumelele kwiSenate yelizwe ngoMeyi ngevoti yama-29-9. Kungekudala emva koko, abenzi beemoto abaliqela, kuquka iGM kunye neTesla, babhengeze ukuba baza kwenza umgangatho wokutshaja kabini kwiimodeli ze-EV ezizayo. Okwangoku, i-F-150 kunye neNissan Leaf zezona zithuthi ze-EV zifumanekayo eMntla Melika ezinokutshaja kabini ngaphaya kwamandla aqhelekileyo.
Kodwa inkqubela ayisoloko ihamba ngokuthe tye: NgoSeptemba, i-SB-233 yafa kwikomiti kwi-California Assembly. USkinner uthi ujonge "indlela entsha" yokuqinisekisa ukuba bonke abemi baseCalifornia bayazuza ekutshajweni kweenqwelo-moya ezimbini.

Njengoko iintlekele zemvelo, imozulu embi kunye nezinye iziphumo zotshintsho lwemozulu zibonakala ngakumbi, abantu baseMelika baya beguqukela ngakumbi kwiindlela zamandla avuselelekayo ezifana nezithuthi zombane kunye namandla elanga. Ukuhla kwamaxabiso kwiimoto ze-EV kunye neekhredithi zerhafu ezintsha kunye neenkuthazo kunceda ekukhawuleziseni olo tshintsho.
Ngoku ithuba lokutshaja iimoto eziya kumacala omabini linika esinye isizathu sokuqwalasela iimoto zombane: ithuba lokusebenzisa imoto yakho njengomthombo wamandla ongasemva onokukusindisa xa ucinyiwe okanye ufumane imali xa ungayisebenzisi.

Ngokuqinisekileyo, kukho iingxaki ezithile eziza kubakho. Abavelisi kunye noomasipala baqala nje ukujonga utshintsho lweziseko ezingundoqo abaya kuzidinga ukuze balwenze lube luncedo. Izixhobo ezifunekayo azifumaneki okanye zibiza kakhulu. Kwaye kukho ukufundisa okuninzi okunokwenziwa kubathengi.

Okucacileyo, nangona kunjalo, kukuba le teknoloji inamandla okutshintsha kakhulu indlela esilawula ngayo ubomi bethu.