Kuyendetsa Magetsi

Zinali zaka zosakwana zisanu zapitazo pamene ndinali pamsika wa galimoto yatsopano. Kunena zowona, ndinali wofunitsitsa kupeza galimoto yatsopano. Kunali kozizira m'mawa wa Disembala pomwe Nissan Sentra yanga, yokhala ndi mtunda wopitilira 250,000, idayamba 'kutsamwa' ndipo ndidawona injini yoyang'anira ndi kuwala kochenjeza kwambiri kukubwera. “Ndilibe nthawi ya izi, osati lero,” ndinatero chamumtima. Ndinagwira ntchito, ndinagwira ntchito kwa maola angapo, kenako ndinatsala tsiku lonse kuti ndikafufuze zomwe ndingasankhe. Nditapita mwachangu kwa makaniko, adauzidwa kuti injini yanga yang'ambika, ikudonthoza, ndikufunika injini yatsopano. Sindikukumbukira mtengo womwe wanenedwa kwa ine, koma ndikukumbukira ndikumva m'mimba mwanga nditamva. Ndinauzidwa kuti ndinali ndi masiku awiri kapena atatu ndikuyendetsa galimoto injini isanakhalenso ozizira. Chifukwa chake, masana amenewo ndimakhala maola ambiri pa intaneti ndikuyang'ana zokonza ndikukweza zomwe ndingasankhe pa galimoto yatsopano.

Apa ndipamene ndidakumbukira anzanga awiri apamtima aliyense adagula magetsi a Chevy Volts ndipo onse adanyoza momwe amagwirira ntchito, kusasamala, komanso mtengo. Ndinalankhula ndi anzanga onse masana amenewo ndikuyamba kufufuza. Malingaliro omwe ankadutsa pamutu panga nthawiyo anali oti, "Sindikufuna kuchepa momwe ndingathere magetsi akatha," "Sindikudziwa kuti ukadaulo wa batri wafika poti nditha kuyendetsa ma mile opitilira 10 osalipiritsa, "" Kodi chimachitika ndi chiani ndikachita ngozi, batire ya lithiamu ion imaphulika monga mukuwonera pazithunzi za YouTube? " "Chimachitika ndi chiyani ndikakhala kuti ndimachoka kunyumba ndikusowa magetsi, kodi ndimakoka galimoto, kapena ndimanyamula chingwe ndikufunsira kuti ndilowetse malo ogulitsira kwa maola asanu ndi limodzi kuti ndikafike kunyumba?" ndipo pamapeto pake "Zedi ndipulumutsa pa gasi, koma ndalama zanga zamagetsi zikwera."

Nditawerenga Malipoti a Consumer, kusanthula zambiri, ndikuwonera makanema ochepa a YouTube omwe ali ndi eni achimwemwe omwe akukambirana zambiri zomwe zidandidetsa nkhawa, ndidayamba kukhala ndi lingaliro lopeza galimoto yamagetsi. Tivomerezane, anzanga nthawi zonse amandiuza mwachikondi kuti ndine 'hippy' wobadwira m'badwo wolakwika, ndikuti ndimakumbatira mtengo, mwanjira yabwino kwambiri. Amatha kunena izi chifukwa nthawi ina ndidadzipangira ndekha magetsi oyendera dzuwa ndikulumikiza ndi mabatire akale agalimoto. Ndinamanga bokosi lokongoletsera, loteteza mozungulira mabatire omwe amakhala mosavomerezeka pakona pakhonde langa ndi mphika waukulu wamaluwa pamwamba pake. Ndidathamangitsa zingwe kuchokera m'bokosilo, mkati mwanyumba ndikulilumikiza ndi malo ogulitsira omwe amakhala pashelefu mkati mnyumba. Tsiku lililonse ndinkayitanitsa laputopu yanga, mafoni am'manja, Fitbit, ndi mabatire ena omwe amandipatsa mphamvu zakutali komanso ma tochi. Sakanatha kuyendetsa firiji, kapena mayikirowevu, koma inali njira yoti ndichepetsere mpweya wanga, ndipo panthawi yamagetsi ochepa anali okwanira kuyatsa nyali ya desiki ndi bulangeti lotentha m'nyengo yozizira.

Patatha masiku awiri, ndidafika pamalo ogulitsa omwe anali ndi ma Volts awiri amtundu womwe ndimafuna. Nditatha maola pafupifupi asanu akundiwonetsa momwe ndingagwiritsire ntchito zoyambira zagalimoto, kukambirana mtengo wotsika, ndikudzitchinjiriza pazowonjezera zosafunikira, ndidathamangitsa pagalimoto yanga yatsopano yamagetsi. Ndinalowa m'garaja yanga, ndipo nthawi yomweyo ndinatsegula thunthu pomwe wogulitsa adayikapo chingwe ndikulowetsa mgalimoto yanga pakhoma lanthawi zonse. Ndichoncho; mu maora ochepa ndikhoza kulipiritsa kwathunthu ndipo ndimatha kuyendetsa ma 65 mamaulendo akubwerera. Mtengo wagalimotoyo unali mkati mwa $ 2,000 yagalimoto yamagesi yanthawi zonse yofanana. Pali misonkho yaboma ndi boma mukamagula magalimoto 'ena', ndipo ndimalandila $ 7,500 pamisonkho yanga chaka chamawa. Izi zidapangitsa galimotoyo kukhala $ 5,500 yotsika mtengo poyerekeza ndi mpweya wake.  

Kutacha m'mawa, ndidadzuka ndikupita kukawona galimoto yanga yatsopano yomwe idalumikizidwabe kuyambira usiku wapitawo. Kuwala kwa dashboard kunali kobiriwira kolimba, kutanthauza kuti idadzazidwa kwathunthu. Ndinatulutsa galimoto, ndikubwezeretsa chingwe mu thunthu, ndipo ndinanyamuka kuti ndikatenge khofi, ndi chikho changa chogwiritsiranso ntchito cha khofi. Nditafika ku shopu ya khofi, ndidatenga buku langa mkati, ndikalandila khofi wanga, ndikuwerenga buku lonselo. Nditapumula kokwanira komanso kumwa khofi, ndidabwerera mgalimoto ndikupita kukayendetsa pa 'joyride' - kuti ndiyese pamsewu. Chimene ndinazindikira kwambiri chinali kusowa phokoso kwa galimoto. Pokhala ndi mota wamagetsi, zomwe ndimangomva ndi "phokoso" lofewa lomwe limayamba kulira pang'ono, ndimathamangitsa kwambiri galimoto.

Ndikunyamula kwapaulendo galimoto yanga idamangiriridwa pamsewu waukulu. Idakula mwachangu kwambiri, ndimatha kumva kuti matayala akuyesetsa kuti agwire pamiyala. Galimoto iyi inali ndi mphamvu yayikulu. Zinali zowona zomwe ndidaziwerenga, magalimoto amagetsi amakhala ndi makokedwe pompopompo poyerekeza ndi mota yamafuta yomwe imafunikira mphamvu zambiri isanakwane liwiro lagalimoto yanga yatsopano yamagetsi. Munali munthawi imeneyi, pomwe ndidakumbukira kuti Chevy Volt inali galimoto yamagetsi yapadera, chifukwa inalinso ndi jenereta yoyendera gasi. M'malo mwake, galimoto yanga imagwiritsa ntchito gasi komanso magetsi, koma amawaganizirabe a EPA ndi boma la feduro kukhala galimoto yamagetsi yonse. Izi ndichifukwa choti mosiyana ndi magalimoto ena a haibridi, wopanga mafuta sanayendetse galimoto nthawi iliyonse. M'malo mwake, idayendetsa galimoto yaying'ono yamagetsi yomwe imatulutsa magetsi kuti ipereke galimotoyo, ikayamba kutsika yamagetsi. Zabwino kwambiri! Pomwepo, izi zinandichotsera nkhawa zilizonse zokhudzana ndi kupita ndi galimoto pamtunda wa makilomita 65 kuchokera kunyumba.

Nditayendetsa ndikukonda mbali iliyonse yamagalimoto anga amagetsi kwazaka pafupifupi zisanu tsopano, ndimalimbikitsa galimotoyi ndi ena onga iyo. Ndalama yanga yamagetsi idakwera ndi $ 5 mpaka $ 10 pamwezi, ndipo izi ndi ngati ndikatsitsa batiri ndipo ndimayiyika usiku uliwonse. Tivomerezane, $ 10 pamwezi amagula pafupifupi malita atatu amafuta pagalimoto yanthawi zonse. Kodi galimoto yanu ingapite patali bwanji ndi mafuta okwana $ 3? Ndazindikira kuti pali malo olipiritsa ponseponse mumzinda wa Denver, ndipo ambiri a iwo ndi aulere. Inde, UFULU! Amawerengedwa kuti ndi charger wachiwiri, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti amalipira mwachangu kuposa ndikatseka galimoto yanga kunyumba. Nthawi iliyonse ndikapita kumalo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi, ndimayikulunga ndikupeza ma 10 mpaka 10 maora pa ola limodzi. Nenani zakulimbikitsanso kuti zizolowezi zanu zolimbitsa thupi zizidutsa Chaka Chatsopano.

Pafupifupi ndimadzaza mafuta okwana magaloni asanu ndi atatu pafupifupi katatu pachaka. Izi zikutanthauza kuti 87% yamagalimoto anga ali pamagetsi 100%, koma nthawi zina ndimapita ku Greeley, ndipo ndimatenganso galimoto kukachezera mabanja ku St. Louis, zomwe zimafuna kuti jenereta wamagetsi ayatse (basi komanso mosasunthika) pamene galimoto ikuyenda), yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito mafuta. Komabe, kuchuluka kwa mafuta omwe galimoto imagwiritsa ntchito ndi kocheperako chifukwa mafuta amangogwiritsidwa ntchito kuyendetsa jenereta osati kuyendetsa galimotoyo. Ndimangofunika kusintha mafuta kamodzi pachaka ndipo chifukwa chakuti jenereta amangogwira ntchito kwakanthawi kochepa, 'injini' imafuna kukonza pang'ono. Zonsezi, sindidzabwereranso pagalimoto yamafuta onse. Sindinataye chilichonse pogula galimotoyi, ndipo ndasunga nthawi yambiri posafunikira kukonza. Ili ndi magwiridwe antchito onse (makamaka ochulukirapo), othamanga, komanso kuthekera ngati galimoto yanga yotsiriza, koma yandipulumutsa ine masauzande amadola.

Kuphatikiza pakupulumutsa ndalama zambiri pamafuta, ndikunyadira kuti ndikuchepetsa zotsalira zanga za kaboni pochepetsa kwambiri kuipitsa kwa galimoto yanga. Nthawi zambiri ndimakambirana mwachisawawa ndi anthu omwe amandiyandikira nditawona galimoto yanga itaima pamalo oimikapo magalimoto, kapena ngakhale nditakhala pa getsi lofiira. Inde, zachitika katatu, pomwe anthu omwe ali mgalimoto pafupi nane amaloza kuti agwetse mawindo ndikundifunsa za galimoto yanga. Awiri mwa atatuwo adandipemphanso kuti ndikwere pambali pa mseu kuti tikambirane zambiri, zomwe ndidachita mosangalala. Chimodzi chomaliza chomwe ndikufuna kugawana nanu ndikuti mukapita zamagetsi, pali mapulogalamu ambiri agalimoto yanu omwe mutha kutsitsa kwaulere. Amathandizira kupereka ziwerengero pagalimoto yanga, kundiuza ngati matayala achepetsedwa, ngati pali vuto lamagetsi, ndipo ndimatha kuwunika mbali zonse za galimoto yanga ndikamayipiritsa. Pulogalamu yothandiza kwambiri yomwe ndimagwiritsa ntchito imatchedwa MalipiroPangidwe ndipo zimandiwonetsa komwe malo onse olipira ali pafupi nane. Nditha kusefa malo ogulira ndi mtengo womwe amalipiritsa (monga ndidanenera koyambirira, ndimapita kwaulere), ndipo zimandiwonetsa ngati siteshoni ikugwiritsidwa ntchito, kapena ngati pali malo ogulitsira. Umu ndi momwe ndingakuuzeni molimba mtima kuti malinga ndi pulogalamu yanga yomwe imayang'anira kubweza konse, ndi mafuta omwe ndaika mgalimoto pazaka zisanu zapitazi, ndasunga $ 2,726 pa mafuta okha.¹ Phatikizani mafuta osintha katatu kapena kanayi pachaka komanso nthawi yocheperako yochepetsera, ndipo gawo labwino kwambiri, SINDINAYENERA kuyesedwa chifukwa mpweya umakhala wamagetsi onse, ndipo nambalayi imapitilira kawiri.

Nkhani yayifupi, ganizirani mozama za galimoto yamagetsi kapena yamagetsi yama hybrid nthawi ina mukadzafuna galimoto. Tsopano makampani ena amakhala ndi magalimoto amagetsi amagetsi, ndi ma SUV. Simumapereka chilichonse mukamagwira ntchito ndipo mumakhala ndi mwayi wambiri, ndipo kwa ife omwe tili ku Colorado omwe timakonda kupita kumapiri, mudzadutsa magalimoto ndi magalimoto ambiri omwe akungokhalira kukwera mapiri osachitapo kanthu. Pogwiritsa ntchito magetsi, sikuti mumangosunga ndalama zokha, mumathandizira kuchepetsa kwambiri kuwonongeka kwa mpweya mumzinda wanu, kuthandizira kusunga madzi ndi mpweya wathu ndikusintha kwamafuta pang'ono, kupatula nthawi ndi kupsinjika kwakanthawi kosintha kwamafuta, kukonza, kuyesa mpweya, mukuyatsa galimoto yanu, kenako mumamwetulira mwaulemu ndikubwezera anzanu ndi anzanu omwe mumagwira nawo ntchito omwe adayimilira pagalimoto, mukapitiliza kusangalala ndi magetsi.

Malemba

^1.Masamu: 37,068 ma mile onse omwe 32,362 anali 100% yamagetsi. Pafupifupi ma 30 mamailosi pagaloni pagalimoto yanthawi zonse, ndipo izi zidandipulumutsira mafuta okwana 1,078, pafupifupi $ 3 pa galoni yomwe ikufanana ndi $ 3236 pamtengo wamafuta osungidwa. Chotsani avareji ya $ 10 pamwezi yamagetsi pamiyezi 51 yomwe ndakhala nayo galimoto, yomwe imakusiyirani ndalama zosunga $ 2,726.