I-BMW i8BMW / Facebook Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, kuye kwafuneka ndibekho kuphehlelelo lwehlabathi lwe-BMW i3. KwakuseAmsterdam, ngenxa yoko ndandixulutywe ngamatye kwinkomfa yoonondaba. Kodwa ndawabhala amanqaku. Namhlanje, ndibhengeze umphathi weemoto onekratshi (ngokungathi belukho nolunye uhlobo), sibhengeza ukuvela kwexesha elitsha le-electromobility!
Amava obomi andifundise ukulumkela amaJamani abhengeza ukuqala kwexesha elitsha, kodwa uvavanyo olulandelayo lwe-i3 lwandenza ndanomdla kwikamva. Zijikeleze iikona kwaye unokuyipaka naphina. Ndiqhube iimayile ezininzi ngaphandle kokuqhekeza. Ukuqhuba nge-pedal enye, iBMW ibize obu buchule. Ngaphakathi, yayifana negumbi lokuphumla elikwinqanaba lokuqala kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iStockholm, okanye ubuncinci into endicinga ukuba iya kubonakala ngathi iyindawo. Ixesha elitsha labonakala linokwenzeka. Ndavuya kakhulu!
Kodwa eyona ndebe yegolide yelo xesha litsha yayiyi-BMW i8. I3 yayiyeyona moto i-gussied-up Smart, yuppie Nissan Leaf. I8 yayingumbane oveliswe ngentengiso imoto yezemidlalo, kwaye andinakulinda ndibuye emva kwevili.
Kwadlula iminyaka emine. Okokugqibela, emva kokuba wonke omnye umbhali wemoto kumazwekazi amahlanu beye kuyo, bayishiya i8 endlwini yam. Kwaye ndiyazisola ngokutsho kwelanga liphendukele ngongcwalazi. 
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Umlingiswa kaRob Corrdry utsalwe kwi-i8 ukuya esiphelweni seXesha lokuQala le Iibhola, umboniso we-2014. Unayo i8! Iliwa lakhwaza, lichukumisekile ngumhlobo wakhe ochitha imali. Yimoto ebizayo kulungile. Imodeli endiyiqhubileyo ixabisa i-152,695 yeedola. Ixabiso lesiseko lilodwa laliyi- $ 143,400, eneedola ezingama-8,300 zamavili angama-intshi angama-intshi kunye nento ebizwa ngokuba yi-BMW Laserlight, kunye ne- $ 2000 ngaphezulu kwento ebizwa ngokuba yiGigaWorld, ekusenokwenzeka ukuba yayiyimidlalo yeNintendo efihliweyo kwideshi. Ke ufumana ntoni ngexabiso lendlu eIowa?
Ngokuqinisekileyo i8 yeyona moto ifana neBatmobile kwintengiso, ngaphandle kwePorsche 918 Spyder ephezulu kakhulu, isixhobo sombane esixabisa isigidi seedola, okanye iLamborghini Aventador, ene-tag yezigidi ezifanayo kwaye ihlala iza iorenji. Ke ifana nosozigidi Batmobile ngokuchaseneyo nosozigidi. Ihla iye ezantsi, ijet emnyama inezinto ezincinanana eziluhlaza, kwaye ineengcango ezinamaphiko amabi ngokufuthi ezingavali kakuhle. Yinto yokudlala entle eyilelwe ukuvela ngokukhupha umsi.
I8 ayinaso isiqu esithetha ngaso kuba ipakethe yebhetri ye-lithium-ion ye-7.1 ithatha uninzi lwesiphelo esingasemva. Kwaye isihlalo sangasemva asinakubamba kamnandi kamnandi. Izihlalo zangaphambili zilungile ngokwaneleyo, nangona zihleli ngaphantsi komgca wephiko lomnyango. Ukuba uza kuqhuba le moto, kungcono ube namandla angundoqo alungileyo, kuba ifuna umshicileli olungileyo kwifayibha yekhabhoni kunye nokuphakamisa kancinci ukutyibilika kwimilenze yakho ukuze uphume.
Ngelixa i8 ikhawuleza kakhulu, kunye ne-357 hp edibeneyo nebhetri kunye ne-cylinder ezintathu, ayisiyiyo lonto ngokukhawuleza, kwaye ngelixa li-agile entle, ayikhawulezi ibekho. Yindlela ekhangeleka kupholile, kodwa akukho kuqhuba kupholileyo, kunokuba, yithi, into efana neLexus LS. Inqaku eliphambili lokuthengisa kukuba le imoto yemidlalo yombane. Kodwa ngaba ngokwenene?
Imfihlo emdaka malunga ne-i8 kukuba ine-15 yeemayile zombane. Kulungile, iikhilomitha ezili-15. Ndihlala eTexas, iimayile ezili-15 luhambo oluya kwivenkile yehardware. NgoMgqibelo ndiyiqhubile iimayile ezisibhozo ndisiya kwindawo enamaphiko enkuku apho ndandidlala khona kwitumente ye-freeroll poker. Ndacinga ukuba iingxowa zokungcola apho zaziza kucinga ukuba zipholile (azizange). Emva kokuba ndityhafile, ndayigodusa. Kwaye kwafuneka ndiyipakishe kuba ibingahlawuliswa. Ndinomsebenzi we-eco ohamba ngalo lonke ixesha. Baleka uthe cwaka, baleka kungenzeki.
IBMW ibanga ukuba ixesha lokuhlawulisa ziiyure ezimbini. Mhlawumbi umbane ovela kwigaraji yam ubuthathaka, kodwa xa ndingena kuyo ukuqhuba kwakhona ngentsasa elandelayo, iiyure ezili-16 kamva, ibisabiza kuphela iikhilomitha ezilithoba kuluhlu. Umbane kunye ne-MPG yegesi, nge-100 yeekhilomitha, imelwe ukuba yi-76. Kwipetroli kuphela ifumana i-28 yeekhilomitha ukuya kwilitha. Ayonto imbi leyo kwimoto ekhanyayo njengentsiba, eqinileyo njengebhodi. Kodwa akukho xesha litsha le-electromobility.
Nayiphi na imoto yakwaMercedes AMG okanye nayiphi na iPorsche ngaphandle kweCayenne iyakhawuleza. I-Nissan Leaf kunye ne-Prius Prime zihlawulisa ngcono kwaye zinombane ophezulu kakhulu. ICorvette entsha ijongeka kabini ipholile. Kwaye masingayilibali i-Tesla Model S kuyo yonke le nto, imoto sesona sizathu sokuba i8 ikho konke konke, imoto esaza kubakho, kwezinye izinto, kudala emva kokuba i8 ibuyele kwikona ekhethekileyo kaJay Leno's igaraji. Xa kuthelekiswa neModeli S, i8 yimoto yodongwe yemodeli yomboniso wemoto.
Ungajonga i8 njengenyathelo lokuzivelela kwezinto. Kwiminyaka embalwa ezayo, i-BMW iya kuba nomgca opheleleyo wezithuthi zombane, ngokulangazelela ukufuna ingqalelo kuyo yonke into eveliswa ngu-Elon Musk. Umntu kufuneka acinge ukuba baya kwenza ngombane ngaphezulu kokufumana okanye ukusuka kwindawo yokutya. Xa zivela, abanini bazo baya kuba nakho ukujonga i8 ngothando.
Imoto leyo, baya kuthi, yayiyibhola yokwenyani ngo-2014.
