NgoLwesibini kusasa, uWaymo utyhile iqabane lakhe elitsha kwinkonzo yakhe yeteksi ezenzekelayo: iJaguar. Ezi nkampani zimbini zisebenza kunye ukwakha uluhlu lwee-I-Paces eziziqhuba ngokwazo, izithuthi ezintsha zombane zeJaguar (BEV), eziza kuthengiswa kamva kulo nyaka. Ezi zithuthi ziza kuqala ukuvavanywa kulo nyaka kwaye zingene kwiinqwelo zeWaymo ngo-2020. Olu luodolo olubaluleke kakhulu-i-CEO yeWaymo uJohn Kravsick uthe kuya kwakhiwa ii-I-Paces eziziqhuba ngokwazo ezingama-20,000 kwiminyaka emibini yokuqala.
Okubaluleke ngokufanayo, ukuhlanganiswa kwezixhobo zokuvavanya iWaymo kunye netekhnoloji yokuqhuba ezimeleyo kuya kufakwa kwezi I-Paces kwisityalo saseGraz e-Austria. I-minivan yangoku yePacifica Hybrid kaWaymo yaziswa yiChrysler yaza kamva yaguqulwa yiWaymo, kodwa njengoko yona kunye neUber (eVolvo XC90 yayo eyadlula kwinkqubo efanayo) bafumanisa, le ayisiyondlela isebenzayo yokwenza izinto.
“Nangona besigxile kwiWaymo ukuqeqesha abaqhubi abanamava kakhulu kwihlabathi liphela, iqela leJaguar Land Rover liphuhlise iqonga elitsha lombane ngebhetri, linethemba lokubeka imigangatho emitsha ngokubhekiselele kukhuseleko, uyilo kunye nobuchule,” utshilo uKrafcik kwingxelo yakhe ethi Say. “Siqinisekile ukuba abakhweli beWaymo baya kuyonwabela amava akhuselekileyo, asemgangathweni ophezulu namnandi aza kunikezelwa yi-I-PACE yokuqhuba ngokuzimeleyo.”
Kwinkomfa yabezindaba, uKrafcik uchaze ukuba iqonga lesibini lezithuthi (ukongeza kwiiveni ezincinci ezikhankanyiweyo apha ngasentla) likhethwe ukunika abathengi ukhetho. Kwabo bafuna indawo eninzi, kuya kubakho iPacifica, ngelixa iJaguar yongeza ezinye iindlela ezinesitayile nezincinci. Oku kuthetha ukuba iWaymo iya kuba neendlela zombane kuphela-ezo Pacificas zizithuthi zombane ezidityanisiweyo-kwaye inkampani eziqhuba ngokwayo ayizukunxulunyaniswa ne-OEM yemoto enye.
KwiJaguar Land Rover, oku kukwayinzuzo ebalulekileyo. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, phantsi kweTata, inkampani yenze okuninzi ukubuyisela udumo lwayo njengomenzi weemoto ojonge phambili, kwaye iya kuba yimoto yokuqala yobunewunewu ukufaka izithuthi zombane ezicocekileyo kwimveliso ukuze zikhuphisane nophawu lweTesla. Nangona inesicwangciso sayo sokuqhuba esizimeleyo, akukho mathandabuzo ukuba iWaymo iphambili kakhulu kunezinye iimboni kule nkalo.
“NgeJaguar I-Pace, sinemoto ekumgangatho wehlabathi ebamba iingcinga zabathengi kwihlabathi liphela,” utshilo uNjingalwazi uGqr. Ralf Speth, i-CEO yeJaguar Land Rover. “Umdla wethu wokuqhubela phambili ukuhamba okukrelekrele ufuna amaqabane angoochwephesha bexesha elide. Ngokudibanisa amandla noWaymo, sivula imida yetekhnoloji. Sisonke siza kubonelela ngesantya sendalo ngobuhle, indawo kunye nolindelo lwabathengi.”
UWaymo uceba ukuqalisa inkonzo yokuthutha abantu ngenqwelo-mafutha ePhoenix ngo-2018, kodwa ekubeni kukho ii-I-Paces ezininzi ezizenzekelayo eziye za-odolwa, sikholelwa ukuba ezi Jags zombane ziya kubonelela ngeenkonzo kwezinye izixeko ngo-2020.
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