Posonyeza kuti ndi nkhani yofunika kwambiri pankhani ya tsogolo lamagetsi, Mercedes-Benz ikukonzekera kuyika ndalama zokwana $1 biliyoni ku Alabama kuti ipange magalimoto amagetsi.

Ndalama zomwe zayikidwazi zipita kukulitsa fakitale ya kampani yapamwamba ya ku Germany yomwe ilipo pafupi ndi Tuscaloosa komanso kumanga fakitale yatsopano ya mabatire ya 1 miliyoni sikweya mita.

Ngakhale kuti kugulitsa magalimoto amagetsi kwakhala kozizira kwambiri, Mercedes yawona Tesla ikutuluka m'galimoto yake yamagetsi ya Model S ndi Model X. Tsopano Tesla ikuopseza gawo lotsika la msika wapamwamba ndi sedan yake ya Model 3 yotsika mtengo.

Kampaniyo ikutsatira njira yakuti "chilichonse chomwe Tesla ingachite, ifenso tingachite bwino", anatero katswiri wa Sanford Bernstein, Max Warburton, m'kalata yake yaposachedwa kwa osunga ndalama. "Mercedes ikukhulupirira kuti ikhoza kukwaniritsa mtengo wa mabatire a Tesla, kupambana mtengo wake wopanga ndi kugula, kukweza kupanga mwachangu komanso kukhala ndi khalidwe labwino. Ikudaliranso kuti magalimoto ake aziyendetsa bwino."

Kusintha kwa Mercedes kukubweranso pamene makampani akuluakulu opanga magalimoto aku Germany, kuphatikizapo Volkswagen ndi BMW, akusiya kugwiritsa ntchito injini za dizilo mwachangu chifukwa cha malamulo okhwima okhudza utsi wapadziko lonse.

Kampani ya Mercedes yati ikuyembekeza kuwonjezera ntchito zatsopano 600 mdera la Tuscaloosa ndi ndalama zatsopanozi. Idzawonjezera kukulitsa kwa malo okwana $1.3 biliyoni omwe adalengezedwa mu 2015 kuti iwonjezere shopu yatsopano yopanga magalimoto ndikusintha makina oyendetsera magalimoto ndi makompyuta.

"Tikukulitsa kwambiri ntchito yathu yopanga magalimoto kuno ku Alabama, komanso tikutumiza uthenga womveka bwino kwa makasitomala athu ku US konse komanso padziko lonse lapansi: Mercedes-Benz ipitiliza kukhala patsogolo pakupanga ndi kupanga magalimoto amagetsi," adatero Markus Schäfer, mkulu wa kampani ya Mercedes, m'mawu ake.

Mapulani atsopano a kampaniyo akuphatikizapo kupanga magalimoto amagetsi a SUV ku Alabama pogwiritsa ntchito dzina la Mercedes EQ.

Fakitale ya mabatire ya 1 miliyoni idzakhala pafupi ndi fakitale ya Tuscaloosa, Mercedes adatero m'mawu ake. Imeneyi idzakhala ntchito yachisanu ya Daimler padziko lonse lapansi yokhala ndi mphamvu zopangira mabatire.

Kampani ya Mercedes yati ikukonzekera kuyamba kumanga mu 2018 ndikuyamba kupanga "kumayambiriro kwa zaka khumi zikubwerazi." Izi zikugwirizana ndi dongosolo la Daimler lopereka magalimoto opitilira 50 okhala ndi mtundu wina wamagetsi osakanikirana kapena amagetsi pofika chaka cha 2022.

Chilengezochi chinalumikizidwa ndi chikondwerero cha zaka 20 chomwe chinachitika ku fakitale ya Tuscaloosa, yomwe idatsegulidwa mu 1997. Pakadali pano fakitaleyi imagwiritsa ntchito antchito oposa 3,700 ndipo imapanga magalimoto oposa 310,000 pachaka.

Fakitaleyi imapanga magalimoto a GLE, GLS ndi GLE Coupe SUV ogulitsidwa ku US komanso padziko lonse lapansi ndipo imapanganso C-class sedan yogulitsidwa ku North America.

Ngakhale mitengo ya petulo yotsika komanso gawo la msika ku US la 0.5% yokha chaka chino pa magalimoto amagetsi, ndalama zomwe zayikidwa mu gawoli zikuchulukirachulukira chifukwa cha malamulo ndi ukadaulo.

Katswiri wa ku Sanford Bernstein, Mark Newman, adaneneratu kuti kutsika kwa mitengo ya mabatire kungapangitse magalimoto amagetsi kukhala ndi mtengo wofanana ndi magalimoto a gasi pofika chaka cha 2021, zomwe ndi "mochedwa kwambiri kuposa momwe ambiri amayembekezera."

Ndipo ngakhale boma la Trump likuganizira zochepetsa miyezo yogwiritsira ntchito mafuta, opanga magalimoto akupitilizabe ndi mapulani a magalimoto amagetsi chifukwa oyang'anira m'misika ina akulimbikitsa kuchepetsa utsi woipa.

Chimodzi mwa izo ndi China, msika waukulu kwambiri padziko lonse wa magalimoto. Xin Guobin, wachiwiri kwa nduna ya mafakitale ndi ukadaulo wazidziwitso ku China, posachedwapa walengeza kuti aletsa kupanga ndi kugulitsa magalimoto a gasi ku China koma sanapereke tsatanetsatane wa nthawi.