Le nkampani ithi le moto ibhabhayo iya kukwazi ukuthutha abakhenkethi abajikeleza isixeko ngesantya esifikelela kwiimayile ezingama-80 ngeyure kwiminyaka embalwa nje.
I-Xpeng X2 esebenza ngombane wonke kulindeleke ukuba ihlale iphakame kangangeemitha ezingama-300 – malunga nobude beBig Ben.
Kodwa inqwelo-moya enezihlalo ezibini ekwaziyo ukubhabha imigama emide ingafikelela kwinqanaba eliphezulu le-Empire State Building.
Kwabo baxhalabileyo malunga nexesha eliphezulu lokubhabha lemizuzu engama-35, ikwanayo neparashuti eqhotyoshelweyo xa kunokwenzeka.
Inkampani yaseTshayina iXpeng Motors ikholelwa ukuba ifanelekile kwiihambo ezimfutshane ezijikeleza isixeko, ezifana nokubona iindawo kunye nokuthutha izinto zonyango.
Kulindeleke ukuba ixabiso layo lilingane nelemoto yodidi oluphezulu efana neBentley okanye iRolls-Royce kwaye ifikelele kwimarike ngo-2025.
I-X2 XPeng ine-cockpit evalekileyo, uyilo lwe-teardrop oluncinci kunye nembonakalo yesayensi. Yenziwe ngokupheleleyo nge-carbon fiber ukuze kongiwe ubunzima.
Njengehelikopta, i-X2 iyaphakama ize iwele ngokuthe nkqo isebenzisa iipropeller ezimbini kwaye idla ngokuba namavili kwikona nganye kwezine.
Inesantya esiphezulu se-81 mph, ingabhabha ukuya kuthi ga kwimizuzu engama-35, kwaye ifikelele kubude obuziimitha ezingama-3,200, nangona kusenokwenzeka ukuba iya kubhabha malunga neenyawo ezingama-300.
UMongameli kunye noSekela Sihlalo uBrian Gu uthe injongo yokugqibela kukuba abantu abazizityebi bayisebenzise njengesithuthi sabo semihla ngemihla.
Kodwa, njengoko kukho imiqobo emininzi yokulawula ekusafuneka yoyiswe, uthe imoto isenokukhawulelwa "kwiindawo zasezidolophini okanye ezintle" ekuqaleni.
Oku kungabandakanya ulwandle lwaseDubai, apho lwenze uhambo lwalo lokuqala lukawonke-wonke ngoMvulo njengenxalenye yomsitho weGitex Global.
Njengehelikopta, i-X2 iyaphakama ize iwele ngokuthe nkqo isebenzisa iipropeller ezimbini kwiikona ezine zesithuthi, esihlala sinamavili.
Le moto inobude obuziimitha ezili-16 ubude inobunzima obumalunga nesiqingatha setoni, ineengcango ezimbini ezivulekayo emacaleni, kwaye inokuthwala abantu ababini abanobunzima obungaphantsi kweekhilogram ezili-16.
Inesantya esiphezulu se-81 mph, ingabhabha ukuya kuthi ga kwimizuzu engama-35, kwaye ifikelele kubude obuziimitha ezingama-3,200, nangona kusenokwenzeka ukuba iya kubhabha malunga neenyawo ezingama-300.
UGu uthe abanini kulindeleke ukuba bafune ilayisenisi yokuqhuba kuphela, njengoko uhambo lokuqala lusenokufuneka lube lolwenzekelayo.
“Ukuba ufuna ukuqhuba imoto, mhlawumbi kuya kufuneka ube nesatifikethi, uqeqesho oluthile,” utshilo.
Ebuzwa ukuba imoto ingasetyenziswa na ziinkonzo zongxamiseko, uthe, “Ndicinga ukuba ezo ziimeko ezinokusingathwa njengeemoto ezibhabhayo.”
Kodwa uthe inkampani ayizange igxile “ekusetyenzisweni kwekhonkrithi” kwaye endaweni yoko yenza uyilo lwayo “ngokuyintloko lube yinyani.”
I-Xiaopeng X2 ayivelisi ukukhutshwa kwe-carbon dioxide ngexesha lokubhabha, kwaye ifanelekile kwiindiza zasezidolophini ezikwindawo esezantsi, njengokubona iindawo kunye nonyango lwezonyango kwixesha elizayo.
I-XPENG X2 ixhotyiswe ngeendlela ezimbini zokuqhuba: ngesandla kunye nezenzekelayo. Kulindeleke ukuba umniniyo afune kuphela ilayisenisi yokuqhuba, njengoko uhambo lokuqala lusenokufuneka lwenziwe ngokuzenzekelayo.
Abantu abangaphezu kwe-150 abavela kwi-Chinese Consulate General eDubai, kwi-Dubai International Chamber of Commerce, kwi-DCAA, kwiSebe lezoQoqosho noKhenketho laseDubai, kwi-Dubai World Trade Center nakwimidiya yehlabathi babonile uhambo lokuqala lukawonke-wonke lweXpeng.
“Inguqulelo ye-beta ineparashuti esebenzayo eqala ukusebenza ngokuzenzekelayo, kodwa iimodeli zexesha elizayo ziya kuba namanyathelo okhuseleko angakumbi,” wongeze watsho uGu.
UGu uthe inkampani ijonge ukuba iimoto ezibhabhayo zilungele abathengi ngo-2025, kodwa iyaqonda ukuba kungathatha ixesha ukuba abathengi baqhelane neemoto ezibhabhayo.
“Ndicinga ukuba xa kukho imveliso eyaneleyo endleleni nakwiidolophu kwihlabathi liphela, ndicinga ukuba iya kwandisa imakethi ngokukhawuleza,” utshilo.
Kukho utyalo-mali oluziibhiliyoni zeedola kwi-eVTOL (ukusuka kunye nokufika ngombane) kwaye iinkampani ziyasokola ukufumana impumelelo kwezorhwebo.
I-NASA ivavanya inqwelo-moya entsha yombane enokusuka ize ihlale ngokuthe nkqo, inethemba lokuthwala abakhweli kwiidolophu ezixakekileyo ngesantya se-320 km/h ngo-2024.
Ngokutsho kweqela leNASA eliseBig Sur, eCalifornia, izithuthi zeJoby Aviation ziya kukwazi ukubonelela ngeenkonzo zeeteksi zomoya kubantu abasezidolophini nakwiindawo ezikufutshane, zongeza enye indlela yokuthutha abantu kunye neempahla.
"Iteksi ebhabhayo" esebenza ngombane kuphela inokusuka ize ihlale ngokuthe nkqo kwaye yihelikopta enezijikelezi ezintandathu eyenzelwe ukuba ithule kangangoko.
Njengenxalenye yolu phando lweentsuku ezili-10, oluqale nge-1 kaSeptemba, amagosa avela kwi-Armstrong Flight Research Center ye-NASA aza kuvavanya ukusebenza kwayo kunye ne-acoustic.
Inqwelo-moya yombane yokuthatha nokuhla (eVTOL) yeyokuqala kwiinqwelo-moya ezininzi ezivavanyiweyo njengenxalenye yephulo le-NASA le-Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) lokufumana iindlela zothutho olukhawulezayo kwixesha elizayo ezinokuvunywa ukuba zisetyenziswe luluntu.
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