Kuthiwani Uma I-EV Yakho Ingasebenza Ekhaya Lakho Ngesikhathi Sokucima Kogesi?

Ukushaja okuqondiswayo kushintsha indlela esiphatha ngayo ukusetshenziswa kwethu kwamandla. Kodwa okokuqala, kudingeka kubonakale kuma-EV amaningi.

Kwakuwumdlalo webhola kuthelevishini owavusa isithakazelo sikaNancy Skinner ekushajeni okuqondiswayo, ubuchwepheshe obusha obuvumela ibhethri le-EV ukuthi lingagcini nje ngokumunca amandla kodwa futhi liwakhiphe — liye ekhaya, kwezinye izimoto noma libuyele kugridi yezinsiza.

“Bekukhona isikhangiso seloli le-Ford F-150,” kukhumbula uSkinner, iSenator yesifundazwe saseCalifornia emele i-East Bay yaseSan Francisco. “Lo mfo ushayela ekhuphukela ezintabeni futhi ufaka iloli lakhe ekhabini. Hhayi ukushaja iloli, kodwa ukuyonika amandla ikhabini.”

Ngebhethri layo elingu-98-kWh, i-F-150 Lightning ingagcina amandla evuliwe kuze kube yizinsuku ezintathu. Lokho kungaba usizo kakhulu eCalifornia, okuye kwaba nokuphazamiseka okukhulu cishe izikhathi eziyi-100 eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, ngaphezu kwanoma yisiphi esinye isifundazwe ngaphandle kweTexas. NgoSepthemba 2022, igagasi lokushisa lezinsuku eziyi-10 labona igridi yamandla yaseCalifornia ifinyelela ukuphakama okuphezulu kakhulu kwama-megawatts angaphezu kuka-52,000, okucishe kwaphazamisa igridi kagesi ingasebenzi.

NgoJanuwari, uSkinner wethula uMthethosivivinywa We-Senate 233, ozodinga zonke izimoto zikagesi, amaloli alula kanye namabhasi esikole athengiswa eCalifornia ukusekela ukushaja okuqondiswayo ngakunye ngonyaka wemodeli ka-2030 — eminyakeni emihlanu ngaphambi kokuba umbuso uvinjelwe ukuthengiswa kwezimoto ezintsha ezisebenzisa uphethiloli. Igunya lokushaja okuqondiswayo ngakunye lizoqinisekisa ukuthi abenzi bezimoto “abakwazi nje ukubeka intengo ephezulu kusici esithile,” kusho uSkinner.

“Wonke umuntu kumele abe nayo,” enezela. “Uma bekhetha ukuyisebenzisa ukusiza ekunciphiseni amanani aphezulu kagesi, noma ukukhanyisa izindlu zabo ngesikhathi sokucima kukagesi, bazoba naleyo ndlela.”

I-SB-233 iphumelele kwiSenate yesifundazwe ngoMeyi ngamavoti angu-29-9. Kungakabiphi, abakhiqizi bezimoto abaningana, okuhlanganisa i-GM ne-Tesla, bamemezele ukuthi bazokwenza izinga lokushaja eliqondiswe ohlangothini ngalunye kumamodeli e-EV azayo. Njengamanje, i-F-150 kanye ne-Nissan Leaf yiwona kuphela ama-EV atholakala eNyakatho Melika anokushaja okuqondiswe ohlangothini ngalunye okuvunyelwe ngaphezu kwamandla ayisisekelo.
Kodwa intuthuko ayihlali ihamba ngendlela eqondile: NgoSepthemba, i-SB-233 yafa ekomitini e-California Assembly. USkinner uthi ufuna “indlela entsha” yokuqinisekisa ukuthi bonke abantu baseCalifornia bayazuza ekushajweni kwezindiza okuqondiswayo.

Njengoba izinhlekelele zemvelo, isimo sezulu esibi kanye neminye imiphumela yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu iba sobala kakhulu, abaseMelika baphendukela kakhulu ezindleleni zamandla avuselelekayo njengezimoto zikagesi kanye namandla elanga. Ukwehla kwamanani kuma-EV kanye nezikweletu zentela ezintsha kanye nezikhuthazo kusiza ekusheshiseni lolo shintsho.
Manje ithuba lokushaja ama-EV linikeza esinye isizathu sokucabangela ama-EV: ithuba lokusebenzisa imoto yakho njengomthombo wamandla oyisipele ongakusindisa uma ucima noma uthole imali uma ungayisebenzisi.

Ngokuqinisekile, kunezingqinamba zomgwaqo ezingaphambili. Abakhiqizi kanye nomasipala basanda kuqala ukuhlola izinguquko zengqalasizinda abazodinga ukuzikhulisa ukuze benze lesi sici sibe wusizo. Izesekeli ezidingekayo azitholakali noma zibiza kakhulu. Futhi kuningi ukufundisa okufanele kwenziwe kubathengi, futhi.

Okusobala nokho ukuthi lobu buchwepheshe bunamandla okushintsha kakhulu indlela esisebenzisa ngayo amandla ezimpilweni zethu.