NgoMashi 2021, i-Lime yethula i-Gen4 e-bike yayo entsha enamabhethri ashintshwayo. Eyakamuva ingasetshenziswa esizukulwaneni sakamuva sama-e-scooters e-Lime. Namuhla I-TechCrunch ibike ukuthi inkampani isiqalile ukuthumela amabhayisikili kagesi amasha emigwaqweni yaseWashington, DC.
Eqinisweni, i-Lime itshale imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-50 zamaRandi kule phrojekthi, okubandakanya ukushintsha amamodeli amanje enkampani emadolobheni amakhulu emhlabeni jikelele. I-Washington DC ingeyokuqala ukuthola ama-e-bikes amasha angama-250. Lapha, inkampani ihlela ukushintsha umkhumbi ogcwele wamabhayisikili e-e-2500 ngo-April. Ngemuva kwalokho, amanye amadolobha amakhulu aseNyakatho Melika, eYurophu, e-Australia naseNew Zealand nawo azothola isabelo sawo. Ukushintshwa kufanele kuqedwe ngonyaka ozayo.
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Imvamisa, i-Lime yethule ama-e-bikes ayo ezimakethe ezingama-50 emhlabeni jikelele, okuhlanganisa iLondon, Seattle, Paris, Denver, futhi maduze iCharleston, eNingizimu Carolina. Imodeli entsha, ebizwa nge-Gen4 e-bike, kufanele ingene emakethe ehlobo lika-2021. Kepha ngenxa yezinkinga ze-supply chain, inkampani kudingeke ukuthi ihlehlise usuku lokwethulwa.
I-Lime Gen4 Izici Eziyinhloko
Ngokuqondene nebhayisikili ngokwalo, njengoba kushiwo ngenhla, ukugqama okukhulu ibhethri elishintshwayo. Ihambisana kahle nokubukeka kwesikuta sakamuva se-Lime Gen4.
“Lokhu kungase kube igxathu eliya phambili embonini,” kusho I-TechCrunch Russell Murphy, Umqondisi Omkhulu Wezokuxhumana Kwebhizinisi. “Uma unebhethri elilodwa lezinhlobo ezihlukene zezimoto, ungaphatha uxhaxha lwemikhumbi esetshenziswa ngezindlela eziningi.”
Ngokusho kokulindelwe nguLime, ukuthuthukiswa kwebhethri kuzoholela ekuwongeni okungcono kukaphethiloli. Esikushoyo ukuthi ngenxa yedizayini yebhethri eshintshwayo, abasebenzisi ngeke kudingeke bathathe ama-e-bike abo ukuze bawashaje. Mayelana nomqhubi, i-micromobility izozuza kakhulu njengoba kuzoba nezimoto eziningi emgwaqweni.
“Kuzophinde kusho ukuthi ithimba elilodwa lingakwazi ukwenza yonke imisebenzi yokushaja esikhundleni seqembu elilodwa lamabhayisikili nelinye lama-scooters,” usho kanje.
Ngaphandle kwalokhu, i-e-bike ye-Lime Gen4 izofika nenjini ethuthukisiwe. Lesi sakamuva kufanele sisize abagibeli bakhuphuke amagquma kalula. Ngaphezu kwalokho izoba nesibambi sefoni, isiteringi esisha nesidonsa ngamagiya amabili ozishintshayo. Ngenxa yalokho, ibhayisikili likagesi lizoqala ngokushelela.
Ukufingqa, i-Lime inezinhlelo eziqinile zokuthola ucezu olukhudlwana lukaphayi ngokungena emadolobheni amaningi emhlabeni jikelele. Ukuze enze lokhu, usebenza ngenkuthalo kubuchwepheshe obusha. Ekupheleni konyaka odlule, i-micromobility yase inyuse amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-523 ezikweletini eziguqulekayo kanye nokuxhaswa ngezimali kwemali mboleko yesikhathi eside. Lona umjikelezo wokugcina wenkampani wokuxhasa ngezimali ngaphambi kokuthi uye esidlangalaleni ngo-2022.
