Ngokwedatha evela kwi-European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), zizonke malunga ne-559,700 izithuthi zombane ezithengisiweyo kumazwe angama-30 aseYurophu ukususela ngoJanuwari ukuya ku-Epreli, ngo-2023, ukunyuka kwama-37 ekhulwini unyaka nonyaka. Xa kuthelekiswa, ukuthengiswa kweemoto zepetroli ngexesha elifanayo bekuziiyunithi ezingama-550,400 kuphela, kwehle nge-0.5% ngonyaka.
IYurophu yayililizwe lokuqala ukuvelisa iinjini zepetroli, kwaye ilizwekazi laseYurophu, elilawulwa ngamazwe aseNtshona Yurophu, belisoloko lilizwe elinolonwabo lokuthengiswa kwezithuthi zepetroli, nto leyo ebangela ukuba kubekho uninzi lweentlobo zezithuthi zepetroli ezithengiswayo. Ngoku kweli lizwe, ukuthengiswa kweemoto zombane kuye kwaphumelela ngokuchaseneyo.
Ayikokuqala ukuba iimoto zombane zithengise ngaphezu kwamafutha eYurophu. Ngokutsho kweFinancial Times, ukuthengiswa kwezithuthi zombane eYurophu kudlule iimodeli zamafutha okokuqala ngoDisemba ka-2021, njengoko abaqhubi bethanda ukukhetha izithuthi zombane ezixhaswa ngemali kunezo zifakwe kwiingxaki zokukhupha umbane. Idatha yemarike enikwe ngabahlalutyi ngelo xesha ibonise ukuba ngaphezulu kwesinye kwisihlanu seemoto ezintsha ezithengisiweyo kwiimarike ezili-18 zaseYurophu, kuquka ne-UK, zazisebenza ngeebhetri ngokupheleleyo, ngelixa izithuthi zamafutha, kuquka ne-fuel hybrids, zazingaphantsi kwe-19% yentengiso iyonke.
Ukuthengiswa kweemoto zepetroli kuye kwehla kancinci ukusukela oko kwatyhilwa ukuba iVolkswagen ifumene uvavanyo lokukhupha umbane olukhohlisayo kwiimoto zepetroli ezili-11 lezigidi ngo-2015. Ngelo xesha, iimodeli zepetroli zazingaphezulu kwesiqingatha sezithuthi ezithunyelwe kumazwe ali-18 aseYurophu apho kuhlolwe khona.
Ukudana kwabathengi ngeVolkswagen kwakungeyonto iphambili eyabangela impembelelo kwimarike yeemoto, kwaye ukuthengiswa kweemoto zepetroli kwaqhubeka nokuhlala kunenzuzo enkulu kuneemoto zombane kwiminyaka elandelayo. Kutshanje ngo-2019, ukuthengiswa kweemoto zombane eYurophu bekuyiyunithi ezingama-360,200 kuphela, nto leyo ethetha ishumi elinesithathu kuphela lokuthengiswa kweemoto zepetroli.
Nangona kunjalo, ngo-2022, iimoto ezithwala ipetroli ezifikelela kwi-1,637,800 zathengiswa eYurophu kwaye kwathengiswa iimoto zombane eziyi-1,577,100, kwaye umsantsa phakathi kwezi zimbini unciphile waya kwizithuthi ezimalunga nama-60,000.
Ukunyuka kwakhona kwentengiso yeemoto zombane kungenxa yemithetho ye-European Union yokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni kunye nenkxaso-mali karhulumente kwiimoto zombane kumazwe aseYurophu. I-European Union ibhengeze ukuvalwa kokuthengiswa kweemoto ezintsha ezineenjini zomlilo zangaphakathi ezisebenzisa ipetroli okanye ipetroli ukususela ngo-2035 ngaphandle kokuba zisebenzisa "ii-e-fuels" ezinobuhlobo nokusingqongileyo.
Ipetroli ye-elektroniki ikwaziwa ngokuba yipetroli yokwenziwa, ipetroli engathathi cala yekhabhoni, izinto ezisetyenzisiweyo ziyihydrogen kunye nekhabhoni diokside kuphela. Nangona le petroli ivelisa ungcoliseko oluncinci kwinkqubo yemveliso kunye nokukhupha ukungcola kunepetroli kunye nepetroli, iindleko zemveliso ziphezulu, kwaye zifuna inkxaso enkulu yamandla avuselelekayo, kwaye uphuhliso lucotha kwixesha elifutshane.
Uxinzelelo lwemithetho engqongqo luye lwanyanzela abenzi beemoto eYurophu ukuba bathengise izithuthi ezikhupha umbane kancinci, ngelixa imigaqo-nkqubo yenkxaso-mali kunye nemigaqo ibikhawulezisa ukhetho lwabathengi lwezithuthi zombane.
Singalindela ukukhula okuphezulu okanye okuqhumayo kwizithuthi zombane kungekudala kwi-EU. Ekubeni zonke iinqwelo zombane kufuneka zitshajwe ngaphambi kokuba zisetyenziswe, ukukhula okuphezulu okanye okuqhumayo kwitshaja ze-EV okanye kwizikhululo zokutshaja nako kunokulindeleka.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Juni-12-2023
