- Isizukulwane esisha sokuhamba komoya emadolobheni sihlela ukusetha irekhodi lomhlaba njengendiza kagesi esheshayo.
- Umkhakha we-aerospace usebenza ukuhlangabezana nenhloso yokuzikhandla yokwakha ukubuyela esimweni esibucayi kulo bhubhane.
- Indiza yokuqala yendiza enamandla kagesi ihlelelwe intwasahlobo lapho indiza izonikeza amandla angaphezu kwama-300mph, ibeka irekhodi elisha lejubane lomhlaba lendiza kagesi.
Ibhanoyi i- “Spirit of Innovation” lidlule ebubini bamuva ohambweni lwayo lokuba yindiza esheshayo ehamba phambili emhlabeni wonke. Ngokokuqala ngqa, indiza yagudla umgwaqo ovulekile owawuqhutshwa amandla ayo kagesi angama-500hp [400kw] anamandla kanye nobuchwepheshe bamuva bokugcina amandla obuthuthukisiwe ukuze kusethwe amarekhodi asheshayo emhlabeni futhi kunike amandla isizukulwane esisha semicabango yokuhamba komoya emadolobheni.
Indiza yokuqala ihlelelwe Intwasahlobo futhi lapho isisebenza ngokugcwele ukuhlanganiswa kwamandla kagesi nohlelo lwebhethri oluthuthukisiwe kuzonikeza amandla indiza ibe ngaphezu kuka-300mph, kusetha irekhodi elisha lejubane lomhlaba indiza kagesi.
UNgqongqoshe Wezebhizinisi uPaul Scully uthe “Ukushayiswa kwamatekisi kweRoll-Royce's 'Spirit of Innovation' kuyingxenye yesahluko esisha esithokozisayo kwezindiza njengoba silibangise endizeni yokuqala entwasahlobo. Hlela ukuthi ibe esheshayo emhlabeni indiza kagesi, le ndiza ehamba phambili iveza ukubaluleka kokubambisana okusondelene phakathi kwemboni nohulumeni.
"I-UK izibophezele ekufezeni ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni ngo-2050. Ngemixhaso kahulumeni yocwaningo nentuthuko, sigqugquzela ukuqanjwa kwezinto ezintsha emkhakheni wezindiza ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nale njongo yokuvelela njengoba sakha ubungozi kulesifo."
Uhlelo lwe-ACCEL, olufushane ngokuthi “Ukusheshisa ukufakelwa komoya kweNdiza,” lufaka phakathi abalingani abalulekile i-YASA, abakhiqizi bezimoto zikagesi nabalawuli, kanye ne-Electroflight yokuqalisa izindiza. Ithimba le-ACCEL liqhubekile nokwenza izinto ezintsha ngenkathi linamathela ekuqhekekeni komphakathi kukaHulumeni wase-UK nakwimihlahlandlela yezempilo.
URob Watson, uMqondisi - uRolls-Royce Electrical, uthe: “Ukufakwa kwezindiza endizeni kuyingxenye ebalulekile yecebo lethu lokusimama njengoba sihlose ukuthola u-zero zero carbon ngo-2050. Ukumiswa kwamatekisi 'we-Spirit of Innovation' kuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu eqenjini le-ACCEL njengoba siqhubekela phambili ezindizeni zokuqala nasemzameni wokuqopha umlando ngasekupheleni konyaka. Ngokokuqala ngqá, indiza yazihambisa yaya phambili isebenzisa amandla avela kubhethri esezingeni eliphakeme kanye nohlelo lwe-propulsion olwephuka phansi ngokobuchwepheshe bukagesi. Lolu hlelo namandla athuthukiswayo kuzosiza ukubeka uRolls-Royce njengomholi wezobuchwepheshe ohlinzeka ngezinhlelo zamandla emakethe ye-Urban Air Mobility. ”
Uhhafu woxhaso lwephrojekthi uhlinzekwa yi-Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI), ngokubambisana noMnyango Wezebhizinisi, Amandla Necebo Lezimboni kanye ne-Innovate UK.
UGary Elliott, oyiChief Executive Officer ye-Aerospace Technology Institute, uthe: “I-Aerospace Technology Institute iyaziqhenya ngokuxhasa ngemali iphrojekthi ye-ACCEL. Izinhloso ze-ACCEL ukuhambisana nezinhloso zesikhathi eside zesu le-ATI: ukuxhasa ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe obuthokozisayo nobusha obuqinisekisa ukuhola kwe-UK ekuqhubekeni kwesizukulwane esilandelayo zero-emission, nokuqhubeka nokuxhasa imisebenzi enamakhono kakhulu futhi ikhiqize ukubuya kwezomnotho ukuze kuzuze i-UK. Sihalalisela ithimba le-ACCEL ngokufinyelela leli qophamlando lakamuva ebhekene nesimo esiyinselele kakhulu. ”
Iphrojekthi ye-ACCEL iyingxenye yohambo lukaRolls-Royce olubheke ku-net zero carbon ngonyaka ka-2050 kanti futhi ibheke nokugqugquzela abantu abasha, ngokusebenzisa iphrojekthi ye-ACCEL, ukuthi bacabangele imisebenzi ye-STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering neMathematics). Le phrojekthi isungule izinto ezingalandwa ezibhekiswe ezinganeni zamabanga aphansi eziseduze kwephrojekthi.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Indiza yokuqala ihlelelwe iNtwasahlobo futhi uma isinamandla aphelele inhlanganisela ye-powertrain kagesi kanye nesistimu yebhethri ethuthukisiwe izonika indiza amandla angaphezu kuka-300mph, okubeka irekhodi elisha lejubane lomhlaba lokundiza ngogesi.
- ukuxhasa ngezimali ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe okuthokozisayo nokusha okuvikela i-UK ukuhola esizukulwaneni esilandelayo sokususa umoya ongcolile, nokuqhubeka nokweseka imisebenzi enamakhono aphezulu kanye nokwenza imbuyiselo yezomnotho ukuze kuzuze i-UK.
- Ngokokuqala ngqa, indiza ihambisana nomzila wezindiza oqhutshwa amandla kagesi angu-500hp [400kw] kanye nobuchwepheshe bakamuva bokugcina amandla obuthuthukisiwe ukuze kumiswe amarekhodi esivinini kanye nokwenza isizukulwane esisha semiqondo yokuhamba komoya yasemadolobheni.