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Tesla aphinde ehlise amanani entengo yezinhlobo zayo ezibiza kakhulu, ngemuva kwezinsuku u-Elon Musk ethe ukuncipha ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka kudale isasasa ezimotweni zikagesi zale nkampani.
I-Model S ne-X manje iqala ku-$89,990 kanye ne-$99,990 e-United States, yehle ngo-5.3% no-9.1% ngokulandelanayo, ngokusho kwewebhusayithi kaTesla. Inkampani yehlise amanani entengo yezinhlobo ze-Plaid ezisezingeni eliphezulu zemoto ngayinye ngo-4.3% no-8.3%.
Ngo-$109,990, ukuphindaphindwa kwe-Plaid kwe-S ne-X manje kubiza u-$26,000 kanye no-$29,000 ngaphansi kunangasekuqaleni kukaJanuwari.
UMusk uthe ngesonto eledlule isifiso sokuba ngumnikazi we-Teslas “asibonakali kokungapheli,” futhi leso sidingo “sizohlanya” njengoba inkampani yenza izimoto zayo zithengeke kakhulu. Ukwehliswa kwamanani entengo yezinhlobo ze-S kanye ne-X kuphinde kuphakamisa ukuthi lezo zimoto kungenzeka zithole amandla amancane ekunciphiseni inkampani ekwenzile emasontweni ayisikhombisa edlule.
“Sithole ukuthi ngisho nezinguquko ezincane entengo zinomthelela omkhulu ekufuneni, okukhulu kakhulu,” kusho uMusk phakathi nosuku lwabatshalizimali lukaTesla lwangoMashi 1.
Amasheya e-Tesla ehle ngo-0.8% kusukela ngo-9:55 am ngesikhathi saseMpumalanga ngoMsombuluko. Isitoko sikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-61 kulo nyaka ngemuva kokwehla ngo-65% ngo-2022.
I-Model S ne-X bezingaphezudlwana nje kuka-5% wezimoto zikaTesla ezilethwe ngonyaka odlule, ngakho ukushintsha amanani azo kuzoba nomthelela omncane kumugqa ophansi wenkampani kanye namandla emakethe ye-EV kunokulungisa izindleko zezimoto ezinevolumu ephezulu. Noma kunjalo, ukusikeka kuyahambisana nokuphawula kukaMusk nabanye abaphathi okwenziwe ngesonto eledlule mayelana nokukhipha izindleko endleleni abaklama ngayo, onjiniyela kanye nabakhiqiza izimoto ukuze kuvuleke isidingo esiningi.
“UTesla ugijima ngesivinini emjahweni wezimoto emhlabeni wonke ukuze anciphise izindleko, njengoba belwela ukuba ngumpetha wokukhiqiza emhlabeni wonke onganikeza inkampani inzuzo esimeme yokuncintisana,” kusho uJoel Levinington, umhlaziyi wezikweletu weBloomberg Intelligence.
Amanani entengo kaTesla ahlukile emhlabeni wezimoto, lapho abakhiqizi ngokuvamile benza izinguquko kulokho abaphakamisa ukuthi abathengisi babo bakukhokhise ukusuka onyakeni owodwa kuya komunye. Ukwehliswa kuModel 3 kanye no-Y ngoJanuwari kwenze lezo zimoto zashibhe uma kuqhathaniswa nenani elimaphakathi lemoto entsha e-United States kunangaphambili.
Izinguquko ku-3 kanye no-Y okungenani ngokwengxenye beziqhutshwa u-Tesla efuna lawo mamodeli afanelekele ukuthola amakhredithi entela atholakala ngoMthetho Wokuncishiswa Kwemali. Ngemuva kokuthi abaphathi beBiden beguqule indlela ababehlukanisa ngayo phakathi kwezimoto zabagibeli nezimoto zezemidlalo ekuqaleni kukaFebhuwari, ngaleyo ndlela benyusa umkhawulo wentengo wamaModel Ys ukuze afanelekele ukuthola amakhredithi, uTesla wehlise amanani entengo.
