Ngokusho kombiko we-US CNBC, iFord Motor imemezele kuleli sonto ukuthi izoqala kabusha uhlelo lwayo lokwakha ifektri yamabhethri ezimoto zikagesi eMichigan ngokubambisana neCATL. IFord ithe ngoFebhuwari kulo nyaka izokhiqiza amabhethri e-lithium iron phosphate esitshalweni, kodwa yamemezela ngoSepthemba ukuthi izomisa ukwakhiwa. IFord ithe esitatimendeni sayo sakamuva ukuthi iqinisekisile ukuthi izoqhubekisela phambili iphrojekthi futhi izonciphisa ubukhulu bomthamo wokukhiqiza uma kucatshangelwa ibhalansi phakathi kokutshalwa kwezimali, ukukhula kanye nenzuzo.
Ngokusho kohlelo olwamenyezelwa yiFord ngoFebhuwari kulo nyaka, isitshalo esisha samabhethri eMarshall, eMichigan, sizotshalwa imali engu-$3.5 billion kanye nomthamo wokukhiqiza waminyaka yonke wamahora angu-35 gigawatt. Kulindeleke ukuthi sikhiqizwe ngo-2026 futhi sihlela ukuqasha abasebenzi abangu-2,500. Kodwa-ke, iFord ithe ngomhlaka-21 izonciphisa umthamo wokukhiqiza cishe ngo-43% futhi inciphise imisebenzi elindelekile kusuka ku-2,500 kuya ku-1,700. Ngokuphathelene nezizathu zokunciphisa, iSikhulu Esiphezulu Sezokuxhumana seFord uTruby uthe ngomhlaka-21, “Sicabangele zonke izici, okuhlanganisa nesidingo sezimoto zikagesi, uhlelo lwethu lwebhizinisi, uhlelo lomjikelezo womkhiqizo, ukuthengeka, njll., ukuqinisekisa ukuthi singasuka kulokhu Ukuze sithole ibhizinisi eliqhubekayo kuyo yonke imboni.” UTruby uphinde wathi unethemba elikhulu ngentuthuko yezimoto zikagesi, kodwa izinga lokukhula kwamanje kwezimoto zikagesi alisheshi njengoba abantu babelindele. UTruby uphinde wathi isitshalo samabhethri sisasendleleni yokuqala ukukhiqiza ngo-2026, naphezu kokuba inkampani imise ukukhiqiza kulesi sitshalo cishe izinyanga ezimbili phakathi kwezingxoxo nenyunyana ye-United Auto Workers (UAW).
“UNihon Keizai Shimbun” uthe iFord ayizange iveze ukuthi izinguquko kulolu chungechunge lwezinhlelo zihlobene yini nemikhuba yobudlelwano phakathi kweSino-US. Abezindaba base-US babike ukuthi iFord ithole ukugxekwa kwabanye abenzi bomthetho baseRepublican ngenxa yobudlelwano bayo neCATL. Kodwa ochwepheshe bemboni bayavuma.
Iwebhusayithi yomagazini i-“Electronic Engineering Issue” yase-US yathi ngomhlaka-22 ochwepheshe bemboni bathi iFord yakha ifektri enkulu ebiza izigidigidi zamaRandi eMichigan ne-CATL ukukhiqiza amabhethri ezimoto zikagesi, okuwumshado “odingekayo.” UTu Le, inhloko ye-Sino Auto Insights, inkampani yokubonisana ngemboni yezimoto eseMichigan, ukholelwa ukuthi uma abakhiqizi bezimoto base-US befuna ukukhiqiza izimoto zikagesi abathengi abavamile abangakwazi ukuzikhokhela, ukubambisana ne-BYD ne-CATL kubalulekile. Kubalulekile. Uthe, “Indlela kuphela abakhiqizi bezimoto baseMelika abavamile yokwenza izimoto ezishibhile ukusebenzisa amabhethri aseShayina. Ngokombono womthamo kanye nowokukhiqiza, bazohlala bephambi kwethu.”
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Novemba-24-2023
