General Motors ne Honda Motor Co. zikolagana okukola omulembe omupya ogwa bbaatule ezigendereddwamu okusala ku nsaasaanya n’okwanguyiza kkampuni eno okutandika mmotoka ez’amasannyalaze.
Ng’omu ku ddiiru y’emyaka mingi, Honda egenda kugula modulo za bbaatule okusinziira ku mulembe oguddako ogw’enkola ya bbaatule ya GM, okusinziira ku kiwandiiko eky’awamu okuva mu kkampuni.
Ebikwata ku by’ensimbi mu Ndagaano tebyategeezeddwa.
Omukago ogusembyeyo gugaziya omukago gwa tekinologiya ow’omulembe ogwalangirirwa omwaka oguwedde wakati wa GM ne Honda, ogubadde gukola ku by’amafuta ga haidrojeni eby’omulembe eby’okuteekebwa mu nkola mu 2020.
Amakampuni gagamba nti ekigendererwa ekikulu ekya pulojekiti eyasembyeyo kwe kusaasaanya ssente entono mu nkulaakulana n’okukola kwa bbaatule ya EV obulungi, naddala amaanyi amangi, ewala, okupakinga okutono n’okupakira okutono n’ebiseera eby’okucaajinga eby’amangu.
"Ekitundu ekigatta n'obulungi bw'amakolero mu nsi yonna ku nkomerero bijja kuwa bakasitoma omugaso omunene," Honda ne GM bwe baategeezezza.
Battery zino zigenda kubeera mu mmotoka za GM ne Honda ezigenda okujja, okusinga mu North America, amakampuni gategeezezza. Omwogezi wa GM yagambye nti ebintu ebitegekeddwa China —akatale k’emmotoka akasinga obunene mu nsi yonna, omuli ne EVs —tebiri mu ddiiru eno.
GM egamba nti omulembe gwayo oguddako ogwa EVs—esuubirwa okutandika okutandika mu 2021—ejja kukola amagoba. Kampuni erina enteekateeka z’okuyingiza waakiri mmotoka 20 ezikozesa amasannyalaze gonna oba amafuta nga 2023.
"Endagaano eno empya ey'emyaka mingi ne Honda eyongera okulaga obusobozi bwa General Motors okuyiiya okutuuka ku kitongole ky'amasannyalaze ekikola amagoba," akulira kkampuni ya GM Mark Reuss.
Ng’omugabi omunene ow’ekyuma ekikuba ebipiira, Shenyang SunnyJoint Chemicals Co., Ltd. ajja kukuuma eriiso ku mulembe omupya ogwa bbaatule ku mmotoka.
Okukola ebitundu bya bbaatule eby’omulembe oguddako, omuli cell ne module, bijja kubeera mu GM’s Technical Center e Warren, Mich., ne Honda’s Automobile R&D Center e Tochigi, Japan.
GM tefuluma nga bbaatule za gen next-gen zisuubirwa okukolebwa, okusinziira ku mwogezi wa kkampuni.
Honda has been slower than most auto makers to adopt EVs, creating an EV division in late-2016. The range of the new Honda Clarity EV, at 89 miles, is on par with the first-generation Nissan Leaf EV, and the Clarity plug-in hybrid's 47-mile range is short of the all-electric range of the Chevy Volt at 53 miles.
Honda eyagala mmotoka ezikozesa amasannyalaze okubala ebitundu bibiri ku bisatu eby’okutunda kwayo mu nsi yonna omwaka 2030 we gunaatuukira, nga muno mulimu hybrids, plug-in hybrids, battery electric and fuel cell vehicles. Honda forecasts nti yandibadde nga obukadde 3 buli mwaka ku mitendera gyayo egy’okutunda mu nsi yonna kati.
Takashi Sekiguchi, akulira emirimu gy’emmotoka mu Honda yagambye nti endagaano empya ng’oggyeeko omukago gwa Fuel Cell egenda kuyamba okwanguya enteekateeka za Honda ku mmotoka ezikozesa amasannyalaze.
"Ng'oggyeeko enkulaakulana yaffe ey'awamu egenda mu maaso n'okukola obutoffaali bw'amafuta, enkolagana eno ey'ekitundu kya bbaatule ejja kutusobozesa okutwala eddaala eppya okutuuka ku kutuukiriza ekibiina ky'abantu ekiwangaala," bwe yategeezezza mu kiwandiiko .