Ngesikhathi sokuqala ngicindezela inkinobho yokudumisa imoto, kwakulula kakhulu futhi kulula - sengathi ngibambeke ngandlela thize kubakaki bentela engangingeyena owabo.“Uthi,” ngacabanga, “ukuthi ngingafaka okhiye ephaketheni lami futhi imoto izongingenisa futhi ngishayele ngizulazule?”
Inkinobho yokucindezelaqalaingenye yalezo zinkinobho ezingangezi ngempela noma yikuphi ukusebenza okusha kulokho elikufaka esikhundleni (kulokhu, i-anqalauhlelo olukuvumela ukuthi ufake futhi uphendule ukhiye).Ikhona kuphela ukuze kube lula, okwenza kahle.Ungene emotweni, ucindezele i-pedal yebhuleki nenkinobho, futhi usulungele ukuhamba.Akunzima ukudlula ukuvula ifoni yakho.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi, kwabaningi bethu, kungamandla anonya kakhulu esingawakhiqiza ngeminwe yethu.Ngokuphendula iswishi kusivikeli sokuhlinza, uzothola amandla acishe abe ngu-2000.Akuyona imali encane, kodwa ngokucindezela inkinobho ukuqalisa imoto, ungakwazi ukuzithwala wena, umndeni wakho, imithwalo kanye, oh yebo, imoto enesisindo izinkulungwane zamaphawundi emgwaqeni omkhulu.
Inkinobho ngokwayo isezingeni elijwayelekile embonini yezimoto, okumangazayo uma kubhekwa ukuthi okhiye abavamile abajwayelekile bahluke kanjani.Wonke lawa engiwabonile ayindilinga, abekwe ndawana thize kwesokudla sesiteringi, futhi anamalambu akhombisa ukuthi imoto yakho iyakhanya.Kunezinyathelo ezithile zokuphepha - izimoto eziningi zivimbela ukuqala ngengozi ngokudinga ukucindezelwa kanyekanye kwe-brake pedal.Ngokwami, ngicabanga ukuthi inhlanganisela ephelele yokwenza lula kanye nenqubo eyenziwa ngesandla - ukuhlotshaniswa kwemilenze nezingalo kwenza kuzwakale sengathi kukhona okwenzayo, kodwa akudingekile ukuthi ubambene nezikhiye.
Ngesikhathi ngiqala ukubhala lesi sihloko, nganginomuzwa wokuthi ukwethulwa kwenkinobho kuyisici esisha, kodwa umsuka wayo ubuyela emuva eminyakeni eyikhulu.I-Cadillac Model 30 ka-1912 yayingenye yezimoto zokuqala ukufaka inkinobho ye-pushqala, inkinobho evule isiqalisi sikagesi esithathela indawo i-crank yenjini.Yebo, “ezimotweni” lezi yizinsuku zokuqala, ngakho-ke ukunethezeka kuncipha ezinye izinyathelo ezimbalwa okudingeka uzilandele, njengokusetha isilinganiso sikaphethiloli/umoya wenjini kanye nokubeka izinga lokushisa.qalaisikhathi.Nokho, kulungile ukuchaza iModel 30 njengesiqalo senkinobho.Futhi ayinakhiye, hhayi ngoba ixhumana nokhiye ngokungenantambo njengezimoto zesimanje (ngokusobala), kodwa ngoba…awukho ukhiye nhlobo.
Kodwa-ke, ngesinye isikhathi, abantu baqaphela ukuthi kufanele kube khona indlela yokuvimbela othile ukuthi aqale imoto yakho.Kunesikhathi lapho izimoto zazinokhiye obuvula khonaqala, kodwa empeleni awuzange usebenzise ukhiye ukuze uvule imoto.Nokho, ngawo-1950, izimoto eziningi zase zifakwe i-turnkeyqalauhlelo esilwaziyo namuhla, lungena esikhundleni sohlelo lwenkinobho yokusunduza.Ihlale injalo isikhathi eside, kwaze kwaba yilapho othile enquma ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokubuyisela inkinobho kanye nakho konke ukunethezeka okungenakhiye okulethayo.
I-Mercedes-Benz ivamise ukuhlonishwa ngokuqhakambisa lesi sici ngohlelo lwe-KeylessGo ku-S-Class yango-1998 (ngabuza inkampani ukuthi izibona yini njengabasunguli bohlelo lwesimanje lwe-KeylessGo, kodwa yangayithola impendulo).Yize le moto ifike nokhiye ojwayelekile owuvulayo ukuze uvule imoto, ungakhetha i-keyless system engeke ilunge emotweni yesimanje.Uma nje unekhadi lepulasitiki elikhethekile, ungakwazi ukuya emotweni, ungene kuyo, bese ucindezela inkinobho engaphezulu kweswishi ukuze uyivule.
Kunesikhathi lapho ukuqala kwenkinobho yokucindezela kwaba ukunethezeka.I-S-Class iqale ku-$72,515, okungaba ngu-$130,000 ngamadola anamuhla.Uma ukhumbula izingoma eziningi ezabhalwa ngeminyaka yawo-2010 ngabantu abafana no-2 Chainz, Rae Sremmurd, Gucci Mane, Lil Baby noWiz Khalifa ababenezinhlamvu ezikhuluma ngezimoto ezazingenabo okhiye noma eziqale ngezinkinobho, nakhu-ke.I-Khalifa ibhekisela kunkinobho yokucindezelaqalangezingoma ezimbili).
Yize lesi sici singesona esingavamile ngo-2022, asikakasabalali kakhulu;uma ubheka amamodeli ayi-10 athengiswa kakhulu e-2022 e-US, uhhafu wawo kuphela onalesi sici njengesijwayelekile.Uma uthenga iToyota RAV4 encane kunazo zonke, iCamry noma iTacoma, iHonda CR-V noma iFord F-150, uzothola ukhiye wokuqala wendabuko.(Ukuthi i-base F-150 ayisebenzisi i-push-start akumangazi, njengoba iloli alinayo ngisho ne-cruise control—yebo, ngizimisele.) Kufakwe esikhundleniqalaisilinda ngenkinobho.
Lapho ngithola imoto yami yokuqala yokucisha inkinobho yokuqala ngo-2020, ngathola ukuthi izinyanga ezimbalwa zokuqala zidida kakhulu (mhlawumbe ngoba ngase ngishayele imoto amashumi ambalwa eminyaka emuva ngaleso sikhathi).Ngaciphiza inkinobho isikhashana ngaphambi kokuba ngibhuleki, futhi umsindo ocasulayo nomyalezo othi “qala ukubopha ibhuleki” kwaphuma emotweni yami.Kodwa-ke sengiyayithanda, manje uma ngishayela enye imoto, kufanele ngikhiphe ukhiye ephaketheni lami ngiwufake phakathi.qalaibonakala isiphelelwe yisikhathi ngokuphelele.Kodwa-ke, ngiyavuma ukuthi inyanga eyodwa noma ezimbili ngizama ukuphuma emotweni (i-Ford Fusion Energi ka-2016) ngaphandle kokuyicisha ngokuphelele, okwamenza waphinde wangithethisa.
Nokho, lokhu kudala inkinga: njengezinto eziningi eziwusizo, ukucindezela inkinobho kuza ngentengo.Inqwaba yabantu ishonile ngenxa ye-carbon monoxide noma ukulahlekelwa ukulawula izimoto ngemuva kokuba izimoto zabo zishiywe zilinde ukucisha ngemuva kokuhamba nokhiye.I-National Highway Traffic Safety Administration inekhasi elixwayisa abantu ukuthi baqaphele ikakhulukazi uma imoto yabo ine-keylessqalauhlelo.Lokhu kushona kwabantu kukhombisa ukuthi uma imoto isiba lula ukuyisebenzisa ngaphandle kokucabanga ngayo, abantu abacabangi ngakho – futhi abakhi bezimoto abakaze bayicabangele imiphumela ebulalayo yalesi simo.Ngo-2021, izigele eziningana zethula umthetho ukwenza izinyathelo eziyimpoqo ukuvimbela ubuthi carbon monoxide kanye rollovers, kodwa kuze kube manje lezi zikweletu ayikaphasiswa.
Abakhiqizi abaningi baqala ukuza nezinhlelo zokuvimbela ukufa okwengeziwe.Kepha izinsuku zokushaya inkinobho yokuqala zingase zibalwe manje njengoba izinkampani zenza kube lula nakakhulu.Izimoto eziningi zikagesi zikagesi, ikakhulukazi i-Tesla, ziyasuka lapho ziqala khona ngokuphelele.Ungena, khetha imodi yakho yokushayela, futhi imoto isilungele ukukuthatha.
Nakuba inqwaba yezimoto zikagesi ezivela ezinkampanini zendabuko ezifana neFord, Hyundai neToyota seziqalile ukucisha izinkinobho, kunezimpawu zokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi ukuqala kwenkinobho yokuphusha sekuvele kudlondlobala.IVolvo XC40 Recharge iyazikhanyisa izivale, kanti iVW ID 4 inenkinobho yokuqalisa/yokumisa kanti ngokwebhukwana lomnikazi wemoto, ukusetshenziswa kwayo ungazikhethela.Kucishe kufane nobuchwepheshe obufanayo: lezi zimoto zikuhlonza nge-fob yokhiye, ikhadi, noma i-smartphone yakho, kodwa zivele zenze injini isebenze noma yenze ingasasebenzi uma usebenzisa isikhethi segiya, hhayi njengesinyathelo esihlukile.
Njengoba ngishilo, angiyena umlandeli omkhulu wemikhuba, ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi kungaba ihlazo uma inkinobho yokusunduza ukuze uqale ishintshwe ngokuphelele.Ngenhlanhla, uma leli kuyikusasa, kungathatha isikhashana kucatshangelwa ukuthi inkinobho isabalale kancane kangakanani kusukela yazalwa kabusha.Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, ibhathini lisazosebenza njengokunethezeka okuncane, okuvumela labo abanenhlanhla ukuthi babe nomdonsiswano owodwa nje wokudlala ekuseni lapho beshayela beya emotweni.
Ukulungiswa Meyi 31, 7:02 pm ET: Inguqulo yasekuqaleni yalesi sihloko ibhekisele ngokungalungile ku-carbon monoxide njenge-CO2.Ifomula yayo yangempela yamakhemikhali ithi CO. Siyaxolisa ngephutha.