Da yake nuna muhimmancinsa game da makomar wutar lantarki, Mercedes-Benz na shirin kashe dala biliyan 1 a Alabama don kera motocin lantarki.

Zuba jarin zai kai ga fadada masana'antar kayan alatu ta Jamus kusa da Tuscaloosa da kuma gina sabuwar masana'antar batir mai murabba'in ƙafa miliyan 1.

Yayin da tallace-tallacen motocin lantarki ya kasance mai zafi gabaɗaya, Mercedes ya kalli yayin da Tesla ya yi tsalle ya zama ɗan wasa mai ban tsoro a cikin babban babban yanki tare da Model S sedan na lantarki da Model X crossover. Yanzu Tesla yana barazana ga ƙananan, matakin shigarwa na kasuwar alatu tare da ƙananan farashin Model 3 sedan.

Kamfanin yana bin "duk wani abu da Tesla zai iya yi, za mu iya yin mafi kyau" dabarun, Sanford Bernstein manazarci Max Warburton ya ce a cikin kwanan nan bayanin kula ga masu zuba jari. "Mercedes ya hakikance cewa zai iya daidaita farashin batirin Tesla, ya doke masana'antarsa ​​da farashin sayayya, haɓaka samar da sauri da inganci. Tana kuma da kwarin gwiwar cewa motocinta za su yi tuki da kyau."

Matakin na Mercedes ya kuma zo ne a daidai lokacin da manyan kamfanonin kera motoci na Jamus da suka hada da Volkswagen da BMW ke tafiyar hawainiya cikin hanzari daga injunan dizal sakamakon tsauraran ka'idojin fitar da hayaki a duniya.

Mercedes ta ce tana sa ran kara sabbin ayyuka 600 a yankin Tuscaloosa tare da sabon jarin. Zai kara fadada dala biliyan 1.3 na ginin da aka sanar a cikin 2015 don ƙara sabon shagon kera jikin mota da haɓaka kayan aiki da tsarin kwamfuta.

"Muna matukar haɓaka sawun masana'antar mu a nan Alabama, yayin da muke aika saƙo mai haske ga abokan cinikinmu a duk faɗin Amurka da ma duniya baki ɗaya: Mercedes-Benz za ta ci gaba da kasancewa kan matakin haɓakawa da samar da motocin lantarki," in ji Markus. Schäfer, wani jami'in kamfanin Mercedes, a cikin wata sanarwa.

Sabbin tsare-tsaren kamfanin sun hada da samar da Alabama na samar da wutar lantarki SUV a karkashin lambar sunan Mercedes EQ.

Kamfanin samar da baturi mai murabba'in ƙafa miliyan 1 zai kasance a kusa da tashar Tuscaloosa, in ji Mercedes a cikin wata sanarwa. Zai zama aikin Daimler na biyar a duk duniya tare da damar samar da baturi.

Mercedes ya ce yana shirin fara gini a cikin 2018 kuma ya fara samarwa a "farkon shekaru goma masu zuwa." Yunkurin ya yi dai-dai da shirin Daimler na bayar da motoci sama da 50 masu dauke da wani nau'i na matasan ko wutar lantarki nan da shekarar 2022.

Sanarwar ta danganta ne da bikin cika shekaru 20 a masana'antar Tuscaloosa, wanda aka buɗe a cikin 1997. Kamfanin a halin yanzu yana ɗaukar ma'aikata sama da 3,700 kuma yana yin motoci sama da 310,000 kowace shekara.

Masana'antar tana yin GLE, GLS da GLE Coupe SUVs don siyarwa a cikin Amurka da duniya kuma suna yin sedan na C-class don siyarwa a Arewacin Amurka.

Duk da ƙarancin farashin mai da kasuwar Amurka na kashi 0.5% kawai a wannan shekara don motocin lantarki, saka hannun jari a ɓangaren yana haɓaka don ka'idoji da dalilai na fasaha.

Wani manazarci Sanford Bernstein Mark Newman ya yi hasashen cewa faduwar farashin batir zai sa motocin lantarki farashi ɗaya da na iskar gas nan da shekarar 2021, wanda ya yi nisa fiye da yadda ake tsammani.

Kuma duk da cewa gwamnatin Trump na tunanin rage ka'idojin tattalin arzikin man fetur, masu kera motoci suna ci gaba da shirin samar da motoci masu amfani da wutar lantarki saboda masu kula da wasu kasuwanni na kokarin rage hayakin.

Babban cikinsu shi ne kasar Sin, babbar kasuwar motoci a duniya. Xin Guobin, mataimakin ministan masana'antu da fasahar watsa labaru na kasar Sin a baya-bayan nan, ya sanar da haramta kera da sayar da motocin iskar gas a kasar Sin, amma bai bayar da cikakken bayani kan lokaci ba.