Ngokusho kwedatha evela kwi-European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), cishe izimoto zikagesi ezingu-559,700 zithengisiwe emazweni angu-30 aseYurophu kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya ku-Ephreli, 2023, okuwukwenyuka ngamaphesenti angu-37 unyaka nonyaka. Uma kuqhathaniswa, ukuthengiswa kwezimoto zikaphethiloli ngesikhathi esifanayo kwakungamayunithi angu-550,400 kuphela, kwehle ngo-0.5% unyaka nonyaka.
IYurophu yayiyisifunda sokuqala ukusungula izinjini zikaphethiloli, kanti izwekazi laseYurophu, elibuswa amazwe aseNtshonalanga Yurophu, belilokhu liyindawo ejabulisayo yokuthengiswa kwezimoto zikaphethiloli, okubalwa nengxenye enkulu kunazo zonke izinhlobo zezimoto zikaphethiloli ezithengiswayo. Manje kuleli zwe, ukuthengiswa kwezimoto zikagesi kufinyelele okuphambene nalokho.
Akusikho okokuqala izimoto zikagesi zithengisa uphethiloli odlula uphethiloli eYurophu. Ngokusho kwe-Financial Times, ukuthengiswa kwezimoto zikagesi eYurophu kudlule amamodeli kaphethiloli okokuqala ngoDisemba 2021, njengoba abashayeli bevame ukukhetha izimoto zikagesi ezixhaswe ngemali kunophethiloli oye wahileleka ezinsongweni zokukhishwa komoya. Imininingwane yemakethe enikezwe abahlaziyi ngaleso sikhathi ibonise ukuthi izimoto ezintsha ezingaphezu kwengxenye yesihlanu ezithengiswe ezimakethe zaseYurophu ezingu-18, okuhlanganisa ne-UK, zazisebenza ngamabhethri ngokuphelele, kuyilapho izimoto zikaphethiloli, okuhlanganisa nezinhlobo zikaphethiloli ezihlanganisiwe, zazingaphansi kuka-19% wokuthengiswa okuphelele.
Ukuthengiswa kwezimoto zikaphethiloli kuye kwehla kancane kancane selokhu kwembulwa ukuthi iVolkswagen isebenzise izivivinyo zokukopela zokukhishwa komoya ezimotweni zikaphethiloli eziyizigidi ezingu-11 ngo-2015. Ngaleso sikhathi, izinhlobo zikaphethiloli zazingaphezu kwengxenye yezimoto ezilethwe emazweni angu-18 aseYurophu ahlolwe.
Ukudumala kwabathengi ngeVolkswagen kwakungeyona into ebalulekile eyathonya imakethe yezimoto, futhi ukuthengiswa kwezimoto zikaphethiloli kwaqhubeka nokulondoloza inzuzo enkulu kunezimoto zikagesi eminyakeni eyalandela. Muva nje ngo-2019, ukuthengiswa kwezimoto zikaphethiloli eYurophu kwakungamayunithi angu-360,200 kuphela, okwenza kwaba yinye kuphela ingxenye yeshumi nantathu yokuthengiswa kwezimoto zikaphethiloli.
Kodwa-ke, ngo-2022, izimoto zikaphethiloli ezifika ku-1,637,800 zathengiswa eYurophu kanti izimoto zikagesi ezifika ku-1,577,100 zathengiswa, kanti igebe phakathi kwalezi ezimbili linciphile laba yizimoto ezingaba ngu-60,000.
Ukwanda kokuthengiswa kwezimoto zikagesi kungenxa yemithetho ye-European Union yokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni kanye nokuxhaswa kukahulumeni kwezimoto zikagesi emazweni aseYurophu. I-European Union imemezele ukuvinjelwa kokuthengiswa kwezimoto ezintsha ezinezinjini zokushisa zangaphakathi ezisebenzisa uphethiloli noma uphethiloli kusukela ngo-2035 ngaphandle kokuthi zisebenzisa "ama-e-fuel" anobungani nemvelo.
Uphethiloli we-elekthronikhi waziwa nangokuthi uphethiloli wokwenziwa, uphethiloli ongathathi hlangothi kwekhabhoni, izinto zokusetshenziswa ziyi-hydrogen ne-carbon dioxide kuphela. Nakuba lophethiloli ukhiqiza ukungcola okuncane enqubweni yokukhiqiza nokukhipha uphethiloli kunophethiloli kaphethiloli, izindleko zokukhiqiza ziphezulu, futhi zidinga ukwesekwa okukhulu kwamandla avuselelekayo, futhi intuthuko ihamba kancane esikhathini esifushane.
Ingcindezi yemithetho eqinile iphoqe abenzi bezimoto eYurophu ukuba bathengise izimoto eziningi ezikhipha ugesi omncane, kuyilapho izinqubomgomo nemithethonqubo yoxhaso ibilokhu isheshisa ukukhetha kwabathengi izimoto zikagesi.
Singalindela ukukhula okuphezulu noma okuqhumayo ezimotweni zikagesi maduze e-EU. Njengoba zonke izimoto zikagesi kudingeka zishajwe ngaphambi kokusetshenziswa, ukukhula okuphezulu noma okuqhumayo ezishajeni ze-EV noma eziteshini zokushaja nakho kungalindelwa.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Juni-12-2023
