I-Audi icabanga ukwakha indawo yokuqala yokuhlanganisa izimoto zikagesi e-US, noma ukwabelana ngayo namamodeli eVolkswagen Porsche

I-Reducing Inflation Act, esayinwe emthethweni kuleli hlobo, ihlanganisa nekhredithi yentela exhaswe uhulumeni yezimoto zikagesi, okwenza iVolkswagen Group, ikakhulukazi uhlobo lwayo lwe-Audi, icubungule ngokujulile ukukhulisa umkhiqizo eNyakatho Melika, kubika abezindaba.I-Audi icabanga nokwakha indawo yokuqala yokuhlanganisa izimoto zikagesi e-United States.

Ikhredithi yesithombe: Audi

U-Oliver Hoffmann, inhloko yezokuthuthukiswa kwezobuchwepheshe kwa-Audi, uthe engxoxweni ekhethekile ukuthi imithetho emisha “izoba nomthelela omkhulu esu lethu eNyakatho Melika.”“Njengoba inqubomgomo kahulumeni ishintsha, sibheke ngabomvu ukuhlangabezana nezimfuneko zikahulumeni,” kusho uHoffmann.

UHoffmann uphinde wengeza ngokuthi, “Kithina, sinethuba elihle eqenjini ukufeza lokhu, futhi sizobheka ukuthi sizozakha kuphi izimoto zethu esikhathini esizayo.”UHoffmann uthe isinqumo sokwandisa ukukhiqizwa kwezimoto zikagesi zakwa-Audi siye eNyakatho Melika kungenzeka Senziwe ekuqaleni kuka-2023.

Ngaphansi kwalowo owayeyisikhulu esiphezulu u-Herbert Diess, abakwaVolkswagen Group bazibophezele ekuqedeni izimoto zenjini evuthayo yangaphakathi emhlabeni wonke ngo-2035 futhi bebesebenzela ukuhlanganisa inqwaba yezimoto zikagesi zesikhathi esizayo endaweni yesikhulumi.I-VW, edayisa izimoto ezintsha e-US, ikakhulukazi kwaVolkswagen, Audi kanye nePorsche, bazofaneleka ukuthola ikhefu lentela uma benemboni yokuhlanganisa ngokuhlanganyela e-US futhi benze amabhethri endaweni, kodwa kuphela uma ama-sedan kagesi, ama-hatchback namaveni anenani lentengo. ngaphansi kuka-$55,000, kuyilapho ama-pickup kagesi nama-SUV anenani elingaphansi kuka-$80,000.

I-Volkswagen ID.4 okwamanje ekhiqizwa abakwa-VW e-Chattanooga iyona kuphela imodeli engase ifanelekele ikhredithi yentela yase-US EV.Isikhungo sokuhlanganisa sakwa-Audi saseNyakatho Melika kuphela siseSan José Chiapa, eMexico, lapho yakha khona i-crossover ye-Q5.

I-Q4 E-tron entsha yakwa-Audi kanye ne-Q4 E-tron Sportback compact electric crossovers zakhelwe endaweni efanayo neVolkswagen ID.4 futhi zingahlanganyela umugqa wokuhlanganisa e-Chattanooga ne-ID yakwaVolkswagen.Lesi sinqumo senziwe.Muva nje, IQembu lakwaVolkswagen lisayine isivumelwano nohulumeni waseCanada sokusebenzisa amaminerali ambiwa eCanada ekukhiqizeni amabhethri esikhathini esizayo.

Ngaphambilini, izimoto zikagesi zakwa-Audi zazingeniswa e-United States.Kodwa u-Hoffmann nabanye abaphathi bohlobo lwe-Audi "bahlabeke umxhwele" ngokukhula okusheshayo kwezimoto zikagesi e-US naphezu kwezinselelo mayelana nezwe kanye nengqalasizinda yokushaja.

“Ngicabanga ukuthi ngoxhaso olusha lukahulumeni wase-US lwezimoto zikagesi, isu lethu eNyakatho Melika nalo lizoba nomthelela omkhulu.Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso kuzoba nomthelela omkhulu ekufakweni kwezimoto lapha,” kusho uHoffmann.