Mota dzemagetsi dziri kuramba dzichinyanya kufarirwa muUnited States, asi dzichiri kungopa chikamu chidiki chete chekutengesa mota itsva. Zvisinei, dzimwe nyika dziri kuona kukura kukuru mukutengesa mota dzemagetsi. Asi idzi hadzisi mota dzemagetsi chaizvo. Dzakawanda dzacho ingoro, mota dzine mavhiri matatu dzinoshandiswa pamabhasikoro nemidhudhudhu inova nzira yakakurumbira yekufambisa munyika zhinji dzeAsia.
Sekureva kweThe Atlantic, huwandu hwee-rickshaw dziri mumigwagwa hwakawedzera zvakanyanya mumakore mashoma apfuura. Semuenzaniso, zvinonzi hafu yerickshaw dzinotengeswa muIndia dzine magetsi. Panguva iyi, mota dzemagetsi dzinotakura vanhu dzinongotora 5.8% chete yemotokari dzekuAmerica dzinotengeswa. Chinonyanya kufadza ndechekuti kuwedzera kwee-rickshaw hakusi kukonzerwa nevagadziri vemotokari kana hurumende.
Nyaya yacho yakati makore angangoita gumi nemashanu apfuura, apo mabhatiri e lead-acid akava akachipa, vatyairi verickshaw vakatanga kutsvaga magetsi mumotokari dzavo. Izvi zvakaita kuti zvitoro zvakawanda zvakazvimiririra zvitengese zvikamu kubva kuChina uye zvigadzire ma e-rickshaw avo kuti vaatengese nemitengo yakaderera. Pakupedzisira, vagadziri vemotokari vakateverawo ndokutanga kupa mavhezheni avo, kusanganisira Mahindra e-Alfa, rickshaw yemagetsi inogadzira simba remabhiza maviri uye inodhura zvishoma pane $1,800.
Kuwanda kwema e-rickshaw kwakakosha munyika dzakadai seIndia uko kusvibiswa kwemhepo kuri dambudziko guru. Ongororo yakaitwa muPakistan yakawana kuti mota imwe neimwe yemagetsi ine mavhiri matatu inogona kuchengetedza matani matatu kusvika matanhatu emhepo inoburitsa carbon dioxide pagore, izvo zvakafanana nemhepo inoburitsa gore rega rega yemota yakajairika muUnited States. Izvi zvinodaro nekuti kunyangwe ma rickshaw achidhura zvishoma pane mota dzepakati semota dzemhuri, anowanzo tyairwa zuva rese pane kumiswa padivi pemugwagwa nguva zhinji. Saka, kuchinja kushandisa e-rickshaw kune mukana mukuru uye kunogona kuva nemhedzisiro huru pakuchenesa mhepo.
Nguva yekutumira: Mbudzi-18-2023