8 Agasti 2023
Izikhungo zikahulumeni wase-US zihlela ukuthenga izimoto zikagesi ezingu-9,500 ngonyaka wesabelomali sika-2023, umgomo ocishe uphindwe kathathu kunonyaka wesabelomali odlule, kodwa uhlelo lukahulumeni lubhekene nezinkinga ezifana nokuntuleka kokunikezwa kanye nokwenyuka kwezindleko.
Ngokusho kweHhovisi Lokuziphendulela Kukahulumeni, izinhlangano ezingu-26 ezinezinhlelo zokuthenga izimoto zikagesi ezivunyiwe kulo nyaka zizodinga imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-470 zamaRandi ekuthengeni izimoto kanye nemali eyengeziwe ecishe ibe yizigidi ezingama-300 zamaRandi. Ukufakwa kwengqalasizinda edingekayo kanye nezinye izindleko.
Izindleko zokuthenga imoto kagesi zizokhuphuka cishe ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-200 uma kuqhathaniswa nemoto kaphethiloli enentengo ephansi kakhulu esigabeni esifanayo. Lezi zikhungo zibiza ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-99 ezimoto zikahulumeni, ngaphandle kwe-United States Postal Service (USPS), okuyinhlangano kahulumeni ehlukile. Uhulumeni wase-US akazange aphendule ngokushesha esicelweni sokuphawula.
Enkambisweni yokuthenga izimoto zikagesi, izinhlangano zikahulumeni wase-US nazo zibhekene nezingqinamba ezithile, njengokungakwazi ukuthenga izimoto zikagesi ezanele, noma ukuthi izimoto zikagesi zingahlangabezana yini nesidingo. UMnyango Wezokuthutha wase-US utshele iHhovisi Lokuzibophezela Kukahulumeni ukuthi umgomo wawo wokuqala ka-2022 kwakuwukuthenga izimoto zikagesi ezingu-430, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi abanye abakhiqizi bakhansele amanye ama-oda, bagcina behlise inani laba ngu-292.
Izikhulu ze-US Customs and Border Protection nazo zithi zikholelwa ukuthi izimoto zikagesi “azikwazi ukusekela imishini yokuphoqelela umthetho noma ukwenza imisebenzi yokuphoqelela umthetho ezindaweni ezimbi kakhulu, njengasezindaweni zasemingceleni.”
NgoDisemba 2021, uMongameli uJoe Biden wakhipha umyalelo ophethe odinga izinhlaka zikahulumeni ukuba ziyeke ukuthenga izimoto zikaphethiloli ngo-2035. Umyalo kaBiden uphinde uthi ngo-2027, amaphesenti ayi-100 okuthengwa kwezimoto zikagesi ezikhanyayo zikahulumeni kuzoba izimoto zikagesi ezihlanganisiwe noma ezihlanganisiwe (ama-PHEV).
Ezinyangeni eziyi-12 eziphele ngoSepthemba 30, 2022, izinhlangano zikahulumeni ziphinde kane ukuthengwa kwezimoto zikagesi kanye nezimoto ezihlanganisiwe ezihlanganisiwe kwaba yizimoto ezingu-3,567, kanti isabelo sokuthengwa sikhuphuke sisuka ku-1% wokuthengwa kwezimoto ngo-2021 saya ku-12% ngo-2022.
Lokhu kuthengwa kusho ukuthi ngokwanda kwezimoto zikagesi, isidingo seziteshi zokushaja sizokhula, okuyithuba elikhulu embonini yezinqwaba zokushaja.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Agasti-08-2023
