Izimoto zikagesi ziyaqhubeka nokuthandwa kakhulu e-United States, kodwa zisabala ingxenye encane kuphela yokuthengiswa kwezimoto ezintsha. Kodwa-ke, amanye amazwe abona ukukhula okukhulu ekuthengisweni kwezimoto zikagesi. Kodwa lezi akuzona izimoto zikagesi empeleni. Eziningi zazo ziyi-rickshaw, imoto enamasondo amathathu esekelwe kumabhayisikili nezithuthuthu okuyindlela ethandwayo yokuhamba emazweni amaningi ase-Asia.
Ngokusho kwe-Atlantic, inani lama-rickshaw emigwaqweni likhule kakhulu eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Isibonelo, kubikwa ukuthi ingxenye yama-rickshaw athengiswa eNdiya asebenza ngogesi. Okwamanje, izimoto zikagesi zabagibeli zibiza u-5.8% kuphela wokuthengiswa kwezimoto zase-US. Okuthakazelisa nakakhulu, nokho, ukuthi ukwanda kwama-rickshaw akuqhutshwa abakhiqizi bezimoto noma ohulumeni.
Lesi sihloko sathi eminyakeni engaba ngu-15 eyedlule, lapho amabhethri e-lead-acid eba eshibhile ngokwanele, abashayeli bama-rickshaw baqala ukufuna ukufaka ugesi ezimotweni zabo. Lokhu kuholele ezitolo eziningi ezizimele ezithengisa izingxenye ezivela eShayina futhi zakha ama-rickshaw azo ukuze ziwathengise ngamanani aphansi. Ekugcineni, abenzi bezimoto balandela lokho futhi baqala ukunikeza izinhlobo zabo, okuhlanganisa neMahindra e-Alfa, i-rickshaw kagesi eyenza cishe amahhashi amabili futhi ibiza ngaphansi kuka-$1,800.
Ukwanda kwama-e-rickshaw kubalulekile emazweni afana ne-India lapho ukungcola komoya kuyinkinga enkulu. Ucwaningo ePakistan luthole ukuthi i-e-rickshaw ngayinye kagesi enamasondo amathathu ingasindisa amathani amathathu kuya kwayisithupha okukhishwa kwe-carbon dioxide ngonyaka, okucishe kufane nokukhishwa kwemoto okuvamile e-United States minyaka yonke. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi yize ama-rickshaw engabizi kakhulu kunezimoto eziphakathi nendawo njengezimoto zomndeni, avame ukushayelwa usuku lonke kunokuba amiswe eceleni komgwaqo isikhathi esiningi. Ngakho-ke, ukushintshela kuma-e-rickshaw kunamandla amakhulu futhi kungaba nomthelela omkhulu ekuhlanzeni umoya.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Novemba-18-2023