Da yake nuna muhimmancin makomar wutar lantarki, Mercedes-Benz na shirin zuba jarin dala biliyan 1 a Alabama don samar da motocin lantarki.

Zuba jarin zai shafi faɗaɗa masana'antar kayan alatu ta Jamus da ke kusa da Tuscaloosa da kuma gina sabuwar masana'antar batirin mai faɗin murabba'in ƙafa miliyan 1.

Duk da cewa tallace-tallacen motocin lantarki sun yi tsauri gaba ɗaya, Mercedes ta kalli yadda Tesla ta fice ta zama babbar 'yar wasa a cikin ɓangaren super-premium tare da motar Model S ta lantarki da kuma motar Model X ta crossover. Yanzu Tesla tana barazana ga ɓangaren da ke ƙasa da matakin shiga na kasuwar alfarma tare da motar Model 3 mai rahusa.

Kamfanin yana bin tsarin "duk abin da Tesla za ta iya yi, za mu iya yin abin da ya fi kyau", in ji wani mai sharhi kan harkokin kasuwanci na Sanford Bernstein, Max Warburton, a cikin wata sanarwa da ya fitar ga masu zuba jari kwanan nan. "Mercedes ta gamsu cewa za ta iya daidaita farashin batirin Tesla, ta doke farashin kera da siyan sa, ta kara yawan samar da kayayyaki cikin sauri da kuma samun inganci mafi kyau. Haka kuma tana da yakinin cewa motocinta za su fi tuki."

Matakin na Mercedes ya zo ne yayin da manyan kamfanonin kera motoci na Jamus, ciki har da Volkswagen da BMW, ke sauya sheka daga injinan dizal cikin sauri, a daidai lokacin da ake ƙara tsaurara ƙa'idojin hayaki mai gurbata muhalli a duniya.

Kamfanin Mercedes ya ce yana sa ran ƙara sabbin ayyuka 600 a yankin Tuscaloosa tare da sabon jarin. Zai ƙara faɗaɗa cibiyar da aka sanar a shekarar 2015 da darajar dala biliyan 1.3 don ƙara sabon shagon kera motocin da kuma haɓaka tsarin sufuri da kwamfuta.

"Muna kara yawan masana'antunmu a nan Alabama, yayin da muke aika sako bayyananne ga abokan cinikinmu a fadin Amurka da kuma duniya baki daya: Mercedes-Benz za ta ci gaba da kasancewa a sahun gaba wajen bunkasa da kuma samar da ababen hawa masu amfani da wutar lantarki," in ji Markus Schäfer, wani jami'in kamfanin Mercedes, a cikin wata sanarwa.

Sabbin tsare-tsaren kamfanin sun haɗa da samar da motocin SUV masu amfani da wutar lantarki na Alabama a ƙarƙashin sunan Mercedes EQ.

Kamfanin samar da batirin mai girman murabba'in ƙafa miliyan 1 zai kasance kusa da masana'antar Tuscaloosa, in ji Mercedes a cikin wata sanarwa. Wannan zai zama aiki na biyar da Daimler ke yi a duk duniya tare da ƙarfin samar da batiri.

Kamfanin Mercedes ya ce yana shirin fara gini a shekarar 2018 sannan ya fara samar da shi a "farkon shekaru goma masu zuwa." Wannan matakin ya yi daidai da shirin Daimler na samar da motoci sama da 50 masu amfani da wani nau'in injin lantarki ko kuma na hybrid nan da shekarar 2022.

Sanarwar ta danganta ne da bikin cika shekaru 20 da kafuwa a masana'antar Tuscaloosa, wadda aka bude a shekarar 1997. A halin yanzu masana'antar tana daukar ma'aikata sama da 3,700 kuma tana samar da motoci sama da 310,000 a kowace shekara.

Masana'antar tana yin motocin GLE, GLS da GLE Coupe SUV da ake sayarwa a Amurka da ma duniya baki ɗaya, kuma tana yin motar sedan ta C-class don sayarwa a Arewacin Amurka.

Duk da ƙarancin farashin mai da kuma kaso 0.5% kacal na kasuwar Amurka zuwa yanzu ga motocin lantarki a wannan shekarar, jarin da aka zuba a wannan fanni yana ƙaruwa saboda dalilai na ƙa'ida da fasaha.

Mark Newman, manazarci a Sanford Bernstein, ya yi hasashen cewa faduwar farashin batirin zai sa motocin lantarki su yi daidai da farashin motocin mai nan da shekarar 2021, wanda ya yi "da wuri fiye da yadda mutane ke tsammani."

Kuma duk da cewa gwamnatin Trump na la'akari da rage darajar tattalin arzikin mai, kamfanonin kera motoci suna ci gaba da shirin motocin lantarki saboda masu kula da sauran kasuwanni suna matsa lamba don rage hayakin da ke gurbata muhalli.

Babban cikinsu shine China, babbar kasuwar motoci a duniya. Xin Guobin, mataimakin ministan masana'antu da fasahar sadarwa na China, ya sanar da haramta kera da sayar da motocin iskar gas a China kwanan nan amma bai bayar da cikakken bayani kan lokaci ba.