Okokuqala mnalicofe iqhoshaukuqalisa imoto, kwakulula kakhulu kwaye kulula – ngokungathi ndibambeke ngandlel’ ithile kwisibiyeli serhafu endingengowam.“Utsho,” ndacinga, “ukuba ndingafaka izitshixo epokothweni yam kwaye imoto iya kundingenisa ndihambe ndijikeleza?”
Cofa-iqhoshaUkutshisa lelinye lala maqhosha angongezi ngenene naluphi na usebenziso olutsha kwinto ethatha indawo yayo (kulo mzekelo, inkqubo yokulayita ekuvumela ukuba ufake kwaye ujike isitshixo).Ikhona kuphela ukwenzela ukuba kube lula, nto leyo eyenza kakuhle.Ungena emotweni, cofa i-pedal ye-brake kunye neqhosha, kwaye ulungele ukuhamba.Kunzima kakhulu kunokuvula ifowuni yakho.
Nokuba kunjalo, kuninzi lwethu, ikwangawona mandla akhohlakeleyo esinokuwenza ngeminwe yethu.Ngokucofa iswitshi kumkhuseli wotyando, uya kufumana phantse iiwathi ezingama-2000 zamandla.Ayisiyonto encinci, kodwa ngokucofa iqhosha ukuqalisa imoto, ungazithutha wena, usapho lwakho, imithwalo kwaye, ewe, imoto enobunzima obungamawaka eeponti kuhola wendlela.
Iqhosha ngokwalo lisemgangathweni kushishino lweemoto, nto leyo eyothusayo xa kujongwa ukuba zihluke njani izitshixo ezindala.Zonke endizibonileyo zingqukuva, zibekwe ndaweni ithile ngasekunene kwevili lokuqhuba, kwaye zinezibane ezibonisa ukuba imoto yakho ilayitiwe.Kukho amanyathelo okhuseleko - iimoto ezininzi zithintela ukuqala ngengozi ngokufuna ukudakumba kwangaxeshanye kwi-pedal ye-brake.Ngokwam, ndicinga ukuba ludibaniso olugqibeleleyo lokulula kunye nenkqubo yezandla - ukulungelelaniswa kwemilenze kunye neengalo kwenza ukuba uzive ngathi kukho into oyenzayo, kodwa akufuneki udibanise nezitshixo.
Xa ndiqala ukubhala eli nqaku, ndandiphantsi kwebonisa elo qhoshaukuqaliswa yinto entsha, kodwa imvelaphi yayo ibuyela emva kwinkulungwane.I-Cadillac Model 30 ka-1912 yayiyenye yeemoto zokuqala ezibonisa ukucinywa kweqhosha, iqhosha elavula isiqalisi sombane esathatha indawo ye-injini yokukrazula.Ewe, "kwiimoto" ezi ziintsuku zokuqala, ngoko ke ukulungeleka kuncitshiswe ngamanye amanyathelo ambalwa ekufuneka uwalandele, njengokuseta i-injini ye-fuel / ratio yomoya kunye nokuseta ixesha lokucima.Nangona kunjalo, kufanelekile ukuchaza iModeli 30 njengesiqalo seqhosha.Kananjalo ayinasitshixo, hayi ngenxa yokuba inxibelelana nesitshixo ngaphandle kwamacingo njengeemoto zanamhlanje (ngokucacileyo), kodwa ngenxa yokuba…akukho sitshixo konke konke.
Nangona kunjalo, ngaxa lithile, abantu baqonda ukuba kufuneka kubekho indlela yokuthintela umntu ukuba aqalise imoto yakho.Kwakukho ixesha apho iimoto zazinezitshixo ezilayitayo, kodwa awuzange usebenzise isitshixo xa uvula imoto.Ngeminyaka yee-1950s, nangona kunjalo, iimoto ezininzi zazifakelwe inkqubo yokutshisa i-turnkey esiyaziyo namhlanje, ithatha indawoinkqubo yokutyhala-iqhosha.Ngokusisiseko yahlala ngolo hlobo ixesha elide, de umntu wagqiba ekubeni lixesha lokubuyisela iqhosha kunye nayo yonke into engenasitshixo esiza nayo.
I-Mercedes-Benz idla ngokunikwa imbeko ngokwazisa olu phawu nge-KeylessGo inkqubo kwi-S-Class ka-1998 (Ndayibuza inkampani ukuba izibona ingabaqambi benkqubo ye-KeylessGo yangoku, kodwa andafumana mpendulo).Ngelixa le moto ifike nesitshixo esisemgangathweni osijikayo ukuqalisa imoto, ungakhetha isitshixo esingenasitshixo esingayi kuphelelwa kwindawo yemoto yala maxesha.Ngalo lonke ixesha unekhadi leplastiki elikhethekileyo, unokuhamba uye emotweni, ungene kuyo, kwaye ucofe iqhosha eliphezu kokutshintsha ukuze usebenze.
Kwakukho ixesha apho ukuqala kweqhosha lokucofa kwakubunewunewu.I-S-Class yaqala kwi-$ 72,515, malunga ne-$ 130,000 kwiidola zanamhlanje.Ukuba ukhumbula iingoma ezininzi ezibhalwe ngo-2010 ngabantu abafana no-2 Chainz, uRae Sremmurd, uGucci Mane, uLil Baby kunye noWiz Khalifa ababenamazwi ngeemoto ezazingenazitshixo okanye eziqalwe ngamaqhosha, nantsi isizathu.I-Khalifa ibhekisa kwiqhosha lokucinywa kweqhosha kwiingoma ezimbini).
Ngelixa eli nqaku lingeyiyo yonke into engaqhelekanga ngo-2022, ayikasasazeka kakhulu;ukuba ujonga i-10 ephezulu ethengiswa kakhulu kwiimodeli ze-2022 e-US, kuphela isiqingatha sazo esinolu phawu njengomgangatho.Ukuba uthenga iToyota RAV4 encinci, iCamry okanye iTacoma, iHonda CR-V okanye iFord F-150, uya kufumana isitshixo sokuqalisa.(Ukuba isiseko se-F-150 asisebenzisi i-push-start akumangalisi, ekubeni ilori ayizi nokuza ixhotyiswe nge-cruise control-ewe, ndizimisele.) Gxila i-cylinder yokuvutha njengeqhosha.
Ukufumana kwam iqhosha lokuqala lokucofa iqhosha lokuqalisa imoto ngo-2020, ndafumanisa ukuba iinyanga ezimbalwa zokuqala zibhidekile (mhlawumbi kuba bendiqhuba iimoto kumashumi ambalwa eminyaka emva koko).Ndacofa iqhosha umzuzwana phambi kokuba ndiqhoboshe, kwaye i-beep ecaphukisayo kunye nomyalezo othi "qalisa ukufaka i-brake" waphuma emotweni yam.Kodwa ke ndiye ndayithanda, ngoku xa ndiqhuba enye imoto, kufuneka ndikhuphe isitshixo epokothweni yam ndisifake kwindawo yomlilo kubonakala ukuba siphelelwe lixesha.Nangona kunjalo, ndiyavuma ukuba inyanga okanye ezimbini ndazama ukuphuma emotweni (i-2016 Ford Fusion Energi) ngaphandle kokuyicima ngokupheleleyo, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba aphinde andingxolise.
Nangona kunjalo, oku kudala ingxaki: njengezinto ezininzi eziluncedo,ucofa iqhoshaiza ngexabiso.Abantu abaninzi basweleke ngenxa yetyhefu yecarbon monoxide okanye ukuphulukana nolawulo lwezithuthi emva kokuba iimoto zabo zishiywe zilinde ukucima emva kokuhamba nezitshixo.INational Highway Traffic Safety Administration ide ibe nephepha elilumkisa abantu ukuba balumke ngakumbi ukuba imoto yabo inesitshixo esingenazitshixo.Oku kufa kubonisa ukuba xa imoto isiba lula ukuyisebenzisa ngaphandle kokucinga ngayo, abantu abayicingi nokuyicinga loo nto – kwaye abavelisi abakhange bayithathele ngqalelo imiphumo eyingozi yale meko.Ngo-2021, iisenethi ezininzi zazisa umthetho wokwenza amanyathelo anyanzelekileyo ukuthintela ubuthi be-carbon monoxide kunye ne-rollovers, kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku le mithetho isayilwayo ayikapasiswa.
Abavelisi abaninzi baqala ukuza neenkqubo zokuthintela ukufa okungakumbi.Kodwa iintsuku zokubetha iqhosha lokuqala zinokubalwa ngoku njengoko iinkampani zityhala lula ngakumbi.Uninzi lweemoto zombane zombane, ngakumbi iTesla, ziyahamba zisuka kwincwadana yokuqala.Ungena, khetha indlela yakho yokuqhuba, kwaye imoto ikulungele ukukuthatha.
Ngelixa inani elikhulu lezithuthi zombane ezivela kubenzi beemoto zemveli ezifana neFord, iHyundai kunye neToyotaqalisa iqhosha-push, kukho imiqondiso ebonisa ukuba iqhosha-liqhosha lokuqala linokuba sele lifumana amandla.I-Volvo XC40 Recharge iyazilayita kwaye icime ngokuzenzekelayo, ngelixa i-VW ID 4 ineqhosha lokuqala / lokumisa kwaye, ngokutsho kwencwadana yomnini wemoto, ukusetyenziswa kwayo kukuzikhethela ngokupheleleyo.Kungaphezulu okanye ngaphantsi kweteknoloji efanayo;ezi moto zichonga nge-key fob, ikhadi, okanye i-smartphone yakho, kodwa zivula okanye zicime injini xa usebenzisa isikhethi segiya, hayi njengenyathelo elahlukileyo.
Njengoko benditshilo, andingomlandeli omkhulu wezithethe, ngoko ke ndicinga ukuba kuya kuba lihlazo ukuba iqhosha lokutyhala-ukuze liqale litshintshwe ngokupheleleyo.Ngethamsanqa, ukuba eli likamva, kunokuthatha ixeshana ngokuqwalasela indlela iqhosha eliye lasasazeka ngayo ukusuka ekuzalweni kwakhona kwayo.Kude kube lelo xesha, iqhosha lisasebenza njengobunewunewu obuncinci, livumela abo banethamsanqa ngokwaneleyo ukuba babe nengxabano encinci yokujongana nayo kusasa xa beqhuba ukuya emotweni.
Ulungiso ngoMeyi 31, 7:02 pm ET: Ushicilelo lwentsusa yeli nqaku lubhekiselwe ngokungachanekanga kwicarbon monoxide njengeCO2.Ifomula yayo yokwenyani yeekhemikhali yi-CO. Siyaxolisa ngempazamo.