Riaan I-Scorpio Electric, eyasungulwa uMelvin Goh futhi eholwa yindodana yakhe uJoshua Goh, iyinkampani yokuqala yezithuthuthu zikagesi eSingapore. Yasungulwa ngo-2017, ngaphansi kwenkampani engumzali i-EuroSports Global Limited, osekungamashumi eminyaka igxile ekusabalaliseni izimoto zikanokusho.
Igama elithi Scorpio lisuselwa ku-horoscope ka-Melvin’s Scorpio, futhi isiqubulo senkampani esithi “Thatha Inkokhelo” sihlanganisa amanani omlingiswa njengokwethembeka, ukuqina, isibindi, nokukhuthala.
UMelvin uyi-CEO ye-EuroSports Global kanye Nomeluleki Ongumsunguli we-Scorpio Electric, futhi ubone ngeso lengqondo isidingo sezinye izindlela ezisimeme zokuhamba. Nge-Scorpio Electric, usehlose ukuguqula ikusasa lezokuthutha ezisimeme futhi umbono wenkampani uwukwenza izimoto ezikhipha umbhobho we-zero.
Kodwa esikhundleni sokudala inkampani yezimoto, uMelvin waba nomuzwa wokuthi kungaba nokwenzeka kakhudlwana ukwakha inkampani yezithuthuthu zikagesi.
“Bekuzobiza kakhulu ukwakha inkampani yezimoto. Inkampani yezithuthuthu zikagesi ingaba mnandi kakhulu,” kuchaza uJoshua, wengeza ngokuthi bakholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi izimoto ezisebenza ngogesi (EVs) zizophazamisa imboni yezimoto.
Umgomo we-Scorpio Electric uwukwenza izithuthuthu zikagesi ezibukekayo nezijabulisayo, ezigcwele ubuchwepheshe obusha nokuxhumana. Babekela inselele imingcele yolwazi lokugibela nobunikazi, olugxile ezinsikeni ezintathu ezibalulekile zokuklama, ukusebenza, nobuchwepheshe.
Ukuthatha ibhizinisi likababa wakhe
Njengamanje uJoshua uyi-CEO ye-Scorpio Electric. Uzungezwe izimoto zezemidlalo ezingavamile kusukela esemncane, futhi unothando olunzulu lwanoma yini ehlobene nezimoto.
Ngaphambi kokujoyina i-EuroSports Global Limited, uJoshua ube nethuba lokuthola izindima ezahlukahlukene ezimakethe ezinkulu, ezezimali zebhizinisi, kanye nokwakhiwa kabusha kwebhizinisi. Ulwazi lwakhe lwajulisa ulwazi lwakhe lwe-lingua franca ngaphakathi kwezimboni zebhizinisi nezezimali.
UJoshua wajoyina i-EuroSports Global Limited ngo-2017, lapho enza khona izibopho ezihlukahlukene ngaphakathi kwephothifoliyo yemikhiqizo yezimoto inkampani enayo, kusukela ekusebenzeni okujwayelekile kuya ekuhleleni amasu nokuthuthukiswa kwebhizinisi. Ngo-2020, uJoshua wanikeza ukugxila kwakhe okugcwele ku-Scorpio Electric.
Wathatha iScorpio Electric ngemuva kokuthi ubaba wakhe eze kuye ngalo mbono, owambuza ekuqaleni ukuthi uyafuna yini ukuhola uphiko lwebhizinisi lokusabalalisa i-Alfa Romeo. Wacabanga ngalesi sicelo amasonto amabili, wagcina esenquma ukubuyela ebhizinisini lomndeni ngoba ekholelwa ukuthi nguyena osethubeni elihle lokusiza umndeni wakhe.
Ngazimisela ukugxila ekulungiseleleni ibhizinisi lokusabalalisa i-Alfa Romeo ukuze kufike uhlobo olusha lwemodeli. Ibhizinisi lokusatshalaliswa kwezimoto elinenzuzo lingakhulula ukugeleza kwemali okuhle kwe-EuroSports Global ukuze iphinde itshale ku-Scorpio Electric.
Ngeshwa, asikwazanga ukujika ekhoneni, futhi izinyanga eziyisithupha onyakeni wokuqala wokuthengisa ngangazi ukuthi kufanele senze i-pivot. Sikwazile ukuthola amalungelo okusabalalisa eJeep Indonesia, [and] Ngajabula ukubhekelela imakethe yabantu abayizigidi ezingu-270. Ukuhlinza kwase kubekiwe kakade njengoba sase singabasabalalisi abasemthethweni beLamborghini Jakarta, ngakho ngahamba.
– UJoshua Goh, i-CEO ye-Scorpio Electric
Kodwa-ke, ngasekupheleni kuka-2019, izinkomba zobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 zavela futhi ngasekuqaleni kuka-2020, kwabonakala ukuthi imizamo yabo yokwethula uhlobo olusha lwezimoto yayingenakusimama.
Bagcine sebehlanganise kabusha futhi bahlola iziphakamiso ezahlukene zokuthuthukisa imali engenayo noma ukunciphisa izindleko. UMelvin wathola imibono kaJoshua ihlaba umxhwele, okwamenza wacela indodana yakhe ukuthi imsize eScorpio Electric.
“Siyathuthuka ngendlela efanele, kodwa usemkhulu umsebenzi okufanele wenziwe njengoba sisaqala,” kusho uJoshua.
Hlangana nomkhiqizo wayo ophambili, i-X1
Umkhiqizo ohamba phambili we-Scorpio Electric, i-X1, uthathe iminyaka emihlanu ukuklama, unjiniyela, ukuhlola, nokuqinisekisa.
Ngokusho kukaJoshua, isithuthuthu sikagesi sale nkampani i-X1 siyashintsha.
I-ecosystem yezimoto lapha e-Singapore ayikho, futhi sifuna ukwakha amakhono e-Singapore kusenesikhathi. Akekho omunye umuntu eSingapore oke wakhetha le ndlela ngenxa yobunzima, isikhathi kanye nezindleko ezihilelekile ekuzilolongeni okunjalo.
– UJoshua Goh, i-CEO ye-Scorpio Electric
Iqanjwe ngenkanyezi enamandla kakhulu kumlaza we-Scorpio, i-X1 yakhelwe ukubekela inselele imingcele yokuhamba kukagesi wasemadolobheni.
I-X1 iyisithuthuthu sikagesi esisezingeni eliphezulu esinemininingwane emangalisayo, njengejubane eliphezulu elingu-105kph kanye nebanga elihamba phambili embonini elingu-200km ngeshaji eyodwa. Ihlinzeka ngoxhumano lohlelo lokusebenza lweselula olungenamthungo futhi ifakwe izinzwa ezihlukahlukene eziqoqa idatha yesikhathi sangempela yokuhlaziywa kokuqagela okusizwa yi-AI.
Ihambisana nedizayini yesikhathi esizayo nehlukile, i-X1 yethulwa ngendlela esebenzayo ye-maxi-scooter enikezela ngezimfanelo zokugibela eziguqukayo nokubamba.
Ubuchwepheshe be-Smart rider nokuxhumana kufakwe kulesi sikuta, futhi sihlanganisa injini ehambisanayo kazibuthe nebhethri le-lithium manganese cobalt oxide elisebenza ngokuvumelana neyunithi yalo yokulawula imoto ukunika amandla i-X1 ngokungenasici.
Ishaja phambili ukuze udale uhlobo oluqhubekayo lokuhamba
I-Scorpio Electric yabhekana nezinselele eziningi ezinsukwini zayo zokuqala. Inkampani kwadingeka imise iqembu ngendlela efanele, futhi kwabathatha unyaka ogcwele ukwenza lokho.
Ukuthola ithalente elifanele kanye nokusungula i-ecosystem ye-supply chain kwakungenye yezinselelo ezibalulekile okubhekane nazo. “Akuwona wonke umuntu onesibindi futhi ozimisele ukusebenza noma ukwenza ibhizinisi ngokuqala,” kusho uJoshua kalula nje.
Kwa-Scorpio Electric, uMelvin uyena owayeshayela ekwakhiweni kokuqala nasekuthuthukisweni komkhiqizo, umkhiqizo, nesiko lenkampani. Khonamanjalo, inhloso kaJoshua kwakuwukufunda okuningi ngangokunokwenzeka mayelana nezinhlelo zenkampani zamanje nezesikhathi esizayo kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuxhumana okungaguquki nokuhlangene ngaphakathi kwenhlangano.
Le nkampani ibe nenhlanhla yokuthola ukwesekwa yizikhungo zikahulumeni wasekhaya kwezinye zezindaba zayo ezihlobene nezinkampani nezobunjiniyela. Lokhu kusekelwa kusize inkampani ukuthi inqobe ezinye zezinselelo, futhi manje isiphezu kwempumelelo enkulu.
Umqedazwe we-COVID-19 uphazamise amaketanga okulethwa kwezidingo emhlabeni jikelele futhi wabambezela izinhlelo eziningi ze-Scorpio Electric, kodwa futhi wagqamisa isidingo sezixazululo zamandla esimeme, osekuphuthume nakakhulu ezikhathini zamuva nje.
Ekupheleni kuka-2021, saba nokwethulwa kwe-oda langaphambilini kwe-X1. Ibhuku loku-oda beliqinile, futhi abalandeli nabalandeli bethu bakulindele ngabomvu ukulethwa kwe-X1 engxenyeni yesibili ka-2023. I-Singapore ikhaya lethu [so] sizobe sethula i-X1 lapha.
– UJoshua Goh, i-CEO ye-Scorpio Electric
Wengeze ngokuthi i-X1 iwumkhiqizo wamazwe ngamazwe ohlanganisiwe wase-Europe, futhi noma iyiphi imakethe eyamukela izindinganiso zase-Europe zokuthi i-homologation njengendawo eyinkomba izoba inkundla yokudlala ye-Scorpio Electric.
Ngokusebenzisa ulwazi oluqinile lokusabalalisa lwe-EuroSports Global, bazosebenzisana eduze nozakwabo ukuze bamise ukuthengisa okuqondile noma iziteshi zokusabalalisa ngaphakathi kwe-Asia Pacific kanye nezindawo zase-Europe.
Scorpio Electric muva nje ihlanganise u-US$6.75 wezigidi ngezimali ngoMasingana walo nyaka, ezosetshenziselwa ukukhiqiza iqoqo lokuqala lama-prototypes angaphambi kokukhiqizwa kwe-X1. Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka intuthuko nokuhlolwa, uJoshua uthe “i-X1 izobukeka ikhethekile ngendlela yayo yokugcina.”
Le nkampani isekelwa abatshalizimali abawuqondayo umbono wayo, futhi ukujova okusha kwezimali kuzokwenza i-Scorpio Electric iqhubeke nokuthuthukisa izimoto zikagesi ezishintshayo nezisimeme.
“Lo nyaka unyaka othokozisayo kithina. Siyaqhubeka nokubeka isisekelo sebhizinisi, ngenkathi sivuna imbewu esiyihlwanyele eminyakeni emihlanu edlule. Njengoba sibeka imigudu eqinile yokusabalalisa izifunda kuzo zonke izifunda ukuze sidayiswe ngemikhiqizo yangomuso, ekugcineni sesilibona ibhayisikili lethu i-Scorpio Electric emgwaqeni kulo nyaka,” kusho uJoshua.
“Noma kunjalo, ithimba lethu lisebenza ngokuzikhandla ekuklameni, ekwenzeni ama-prototyping kanye nezinhlelo zokuhlola amamodeli esikhathi esizayo. Sizoqhubeka nokuphusha imingcele ukuze samukele inkathi entsha yokuhamba kukagesi,” wengeza.
Ikhredithi Yesithombe Esifakiwe: I-Scorpio Electric
