NgoLwesibili ekuseni, iWaymo yembule umlingani wayo omusha wesevisi yayo yamatekisi ezenzakalelayo ehleliwe: iJaguar. Lezi zinkampani ezimbili zisebenza ndawonye ukwakha inqwaba yama-I-Paces azishayelayo, izimoto zikagesi ezintsha zebhethri zeJaguar (BEV), ezizoqala ukuthengiswa kamuva kulo nyaka. Lezi zimoto zizoqala ukuhlolwa kulo nyaka futhi zingene emikhunjini yeWaymo ngo-2020. Lokhu kuyi-oda elibaluleke kakhulu - i-CEO yeWaymo uJohn Kravsick uthe kuzokwakhiwa ama-I-Paces azishayelayo angafika ku-20,000 eminyakeni emibili yokuqala.
Okubaluleke ngokufanayo, ukuhlanganiswa kwezinzwa zeWaymo kanye nobuchwepheshe bokushayela obuzimele kuzokwakhiwa kulezi zimoto ze-I-Paces esitshalweni saseGraz e-Austria. Iveni encane yamanje yeWaymo iPacifica Hybrid yalethwa yiChrysler futhi kamuva yashintshwa yiWaymo, kodwa njengoba yona kanye ne-Uber (iVolvo XC90 yayo eyadlula enkambisweni efanayo) bathola, lena akuyona indlela ephumelela kakhulu yokwenza izinto.
"Nakuba besilokhu sigxile kuWaymo ukuqeqesha abashayeli abanolwazi olukhulu emhlabeni, ithimba leJaguar Land Rover lithuthukise ipulatifomu entsha kagesi ngebhethri, lithemba ukubeka amazinga amasha ngokuphepha, ukwakheka kanye namakhono," kusho uKrafcik esitatimendeni i-Say. "Siyaqiniseka ukuthi abagibeli beWaymo bazojabulela ulwazi oluphephile, olusezingeni eliphezulu nolujabulisayo oluzohlinzekwa yi-I-PACE yokushayela ngokuzimela."
Esithangamini nabezindaba, uKrafcik uchaze ukuthi ipulatifomu yesibili yezimoto (ngaphezu kwamaveni amancane okukhulunywe ngawo ngenhla) ikhethwe ukunikeza abathengi ithuba lokukhetha. Kulabo abadinga isikhala esiningi, kuzoba nePacifica, kuyilapho iJaguar ingeza izinketho eziningi ezinesitayela nezincane. Lokhu kusho nokuthi iWaymo izoba nezinketho zikagesi kuphela - lezo zePacifica ziyizimoto zikagesi ezihlanganisiwe - futhi inkampani ezishayelayo ngeke ihlotshaniswe ne-OEM yemoto eyodwa.
KuJaguar Land Rover, lokhu kuyinzuzo ebalulekile. Eminyakeni yamuva nje, ngaphansi kwesandla sikaTata, inkampani yenze okuningi ukubuyisela idumela layo njengomkhiqizi wezimoto obheke phambili, futhi izoba imoto yokuqala yokunethezeka ukufaka izimoto zikagesi ezihlanzekile ekukhiqizweni ukuze zincintisane nomkhiqizo weTesla. Nakuba inohlelo lwayo lokushayela oluzimele, akungabazeki ukuthi iWaymo iphambili kakhulu kunezinye izimboni kulokhu.
"NgeJaguar I-Pace, sinemoto esezingeni lomhlaba ebamba umcabango wamakhasimende emhlabeni wonke," kusho uSolwazi uDkt. Ralf Speth, i-CEO yeJaguar Land Rover. "Intshiseko yethu yokuthuthuka okuqhubekayo kokuhamba okuhlakaniphile idinga abalingani abangochwepheshe besikhathi eside. Ngokuhlanganisa amandla neWaymo, sivula imingcele yobuchwepheshe. Sisonke sizoletha ijubane lemvelo ngobuhle, isikhala kanye nokulindelwe ngamakhasimende."
UWaymo uhlela ukwethula isevisi yokuthutha izimoto ePhoenix ngo-2018, kodwa njengoba seku-odwe ama-I-Paces amaningi azenzakalelayo, sikholelwa ukuthi la ma-Jag kagesi azohlinzeka ngezinsizakalo kwamanye amadolobha ngo-2020.
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Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Novemba-15-2021