Inkampani yezokuvakasha yaseNew Zealand ifuna umhlaba kuqala ngebhasi labavakashi elisebenzisa uwoyela wokupheka osewake wasetshenziswa.

I-Stray, inethiwekhi yamabhasi "e-hop-on-hop-off" eqondiswe emakethe ye-backpacker, yethule ibhasi ukuze kukhiqizwe umoya ongcolile kanye nokonga okukhulu ezindlekweni zokusebenza.

Umqondisi ophethe u-Neil Geddes uthe ibhasi lakwaMercedes lika-1982 lasebenzisa amafutha okupheka amaphesenti angu-100 esikhundleni sengxube noma i-biofuel ekhiqizwayo.

Uthe manje ibhasi lisebenzisa uwoyela osugaywe kabusha aphuma e-Gordonton fish and chip shop, eduze nendawo yokusebenzela yenkampani, kanti belifuna umphakeli ojwayelekile wase-Auckland.

“Izitolo zezinhlanzi nama-chips ngokuvamile kufanele zikhokhe u-R10 umphongolo ukuze abantu bathathe uwoyela wabo ongcolile ukuze kube ukonga imali yangempela kumuntu osebenzisa uwoyela omkhulu.”

Amafutha asetshenzisiwe adinga ukuhlala amasonto amathathu ukuze inzika ihlale.

UMnu Geddes uthe leli bhasi lisetshenziselwa ukuvakasha emadolobheni okuhloswe ukuvakashela izivakashi ezintsha ezivakashela e-Auckland ezilindele ezokuvakasha ezisimeme.

“Iningi lamabhasi ethu enzelwe inhloso futhi alethwa amasha kule minyaka emithathu edlule. Baphakathi kodizili ukonga kakhulu emakethe futhi bahlangabezana nezidingo zokukhishwa kwe-Euro III.”

nzherald.co.nz