Ngemva kweminyaka yokubonisa ubukhona bamamotho kagesi nama-hybrid, ekugcineni sesithola inqubekelaphambili ethile kulo mkhakha. I-Schleswig-Holstein, isifunda esisenyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Germany, isiqalile ukusebenzisa amaphrojekthi okuhlola i-eHighway ukuze yenze izimoto zikagesi nezengxubevange zokuthutha ezinkulu zisebenze kakhudlwana.
Ungacabanga ukuthi uhulumeni ubeke inqwaba yeziteshi zokushaja ukuze abashayeli balezi zimoto basebenzise, kodwa cha; impendulo ingaphezulu kakhulu… imisiwe. UTom Scott muva nje uthathe uhambo oluya edolobheni elisenyakatho yeLübeck futhi wabona ukuthi imigwaqo yabo emikhulu isishintshe kanjani.
Ngasohlangothini ngalunye lwengxenye engamakhilomitha angu-5 yomgwaqo onguthelawayeka u-A1 kumi ulayini ongaphezulu ophakanyiswe yizinsika. Ngokusetshenziswa kweziteshi ezincane, lezi zintambo zihlinzeka ngogesi emalolini ayingxube ekhethekile: izimoto ezifakwe ama-pantographs (lezo zinto ozibona phezulu kumathilamu nezitimela).
Lapho engaphansi kwemigqa ephezulu, lamaloli ayingxube angakwazi ukusekela ama-pantograph awo. Lokhu akubavumeli kuphela ukuthi basebenzise ugesi ophehlwa yidolobha ukuze bawaqhubekisele phambili, kodwa kuphinde kushaje namabhethri abo. Uma esephumile ohlelweni, amaloli ayi-hybrid asebenzisa idrayivu yawo eyi-hybrid drive ukuze aqhubeke nendlela yawo ejabulisayo.
Uma kucatshangelwa amaloli amaningi anesisindo esisindayo asetshenziselwa ukuthutha nokulethwa phakathi kwamadolobha, ukubeka imigqa kuthelawayeka ophithizelayo kwenza umqondo ophelele. Abashayeli bamaloli bangasebenzisa amadrayivu abo ayingxube emigwaqweni emincane enganabantu abaningi ukuze bafike lapho beya khona ekuqaleni, bese besekela ama-pantograph abo emgwaqeni omkhulu ngenqwaba yohambo. Lapho bedinga ukwehla kuthelawayeka, ama-pantographs ahlehla ngokuzenzakalelayo. Lokhu kuvumela iloli ukuthi likwazi ukungena ngaphansi kwamabhuloho kanye namahubhu.
Yilokho I-Field Test eHighway Schleswig-Holstein (FESH), isinyathelo esisethwe e-Schleswig-Holstein sokubona ukuthi ukuhlinzeka amandla ngolayini abaphezulu kuyisixazululo esisebenzayo noma cha.
Isizathu salokhu yingoba ukubeka olayini abaphezulu emabangeni amade akushibhile. Ngokusho kukaDavid Cebon, uprofesa wobunjiniyela bemishini eNyuvesi yaseCambridge, ucabanga ukuthi lolu hlelo luzokwazi ukuzikhokhela ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Imali ezokongwa entengo kaphethiloli ngabashayeli bamaloli ingasetshenziselwa ukukhokha intela encane kagesi ebekwe nguhulumeni ngokusebenzisa izintambo ezihamba phezulu. Lokhu ngeke kukhokhele ugesi kuphela, kodwa imali ezotholwa ingase isetshenziselwe ukuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe futhi kwandiswe ukutholakala kwayo kwezinye izingxenye zaseJalimane ezingenabantu.
Iphrojekthi isasebenza, ngakho-ke ngeke siyazi imiphumela kuze kube sekupheleni kuka-2022. Noma kunjalo, imiphumela ayinakuzitshwa. Ubuchwepheshe buyasebenza ngempela, futhi abashayeli bamaloli ababonakali benokungabaza ngokushayela amaloli abo ngogesi, inqobo nje uma befika lapho beya khona ngesikhathi. Isikhathi kuphela esizosho, kodwa lokhu kakade kubheka ukuba yisinyathelo esisodwa esikhulu esibheke endleleni yokuphila yemoto kagesi.
