Agasti 8, 2023
Ama-ejensi kahulumeni wase-US ahlele ukuthenga izimoto zikagesi eziyizi-9,500 ngonyaka wesabelomali ka-2023, umgomo ocishe waphinda kathathu kusukela onyakeni wesabelomali odlule, kodwa uhlelo lukahulumeni lubhekene nezinkinga ezifana nokungatholakali kokwanele kanye nezindleko ezikhuphukayo.
Ngokusho kweHhovisi Lokuphendula Kukahulumeni, ama-ejensi angama-26 anezinhlelo zokuthenga izimoto zikagesi ezigunyazwe kulo nyaka azodinga imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-470 zamaRandi ekuthengeni izimoto kanye nemali ecishe ibe yizigidi ezingama-300.Ukufakwa kwengqalasizinda edingekayo kanye nezinye izindleko.
Izindleko zokuthenga imoto kagesi zizokwenyuka cishe ngezigidi ezingu-200 zamaRandi uma kuqhathaniswa nemoto kaphethiloli enenani eliphansi kakhulu esigabeni esifanayo.Lawa ma-ejensi enza ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-99 emikhumbi yezimoto zikahulumeni, ngaphandle kwe-United States Postal Service (USPS), okuyinhlangano ehlukene yombuso.Uhulumeni wase-US akazange aphendule ngokushesha esicelweni sokuphawula.
Enqubweni yokuthenga izimoto zikagesi, izikhungo zikahulumeni wase-US nazo zibhekana nezithiyo ezithile, njengokungakwazi ukuthenga izimoto ezisebenza ngogesi ezanele, noma ukuthi izimoto zikagesi zingahlangabezana yini nesidingo.UMnyango Wezokuthutha waseMelika utshele iHhovisi LikaHulumeni Lokuphendula ukuthi inhloso yawo yasekuqaleni ngo-2022 bekuwukuthenga izimoto zikagesi ezingu-430, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi abanye abakhiqizi bawahoxise ama-oda athile, bagcina behlise isibalo saba ngu-292.
Iziphathimandla zase-US Customs and Border Protection nazo zathi zikholelwa ukuthi izimoto zikagesi “azikwazi ukusekela okokusebenza komthetho noma zenze imisebenzi yomthetho ezindaweni eziyingozi kakhulu, njengasezindaweni ezisemngceleni.”
NgoZibandlela wezi-2021, uMongameli uJoe Biden wakhipha umyalo wokuphatha odinga izikhungo zikahulumeni ukuthi ziyeke ukuthenga izimoto zikaphethiloli ngo-2035. Umyalo ka-Biden uphinde uthi ngo-2027, amaphesenti angu-100 okuthengwa kwezimoto ezilula zikahulumeni kuzoba izimoto zikagesi ezihlanzekile noma eziyi-plug-in hybrid ( PHEVs).
Ezinyangeni eziyi-12 eziphela ngoSepthemba 30, 2022, izinhlangano zikahulumeni ziphindaphinde kane ukuthengwa kwezimoto zikagesi nama-plug-in hybrids kuya ezimotweni ezingu-3,567, futhi isabelo sokuthenga sikhuphuke sisuka kumaphesenti angu-1 okuthengwa kwezimoto ngo-2021 saya kumaphesenti angu-12 ngo-2022.
Lokhu kuthengwa kusho ukuthi ngokwanda kwezimoto ezisebenza ngogesi, nesidingo seziteshi zokushaja sizokhula, okuyithuba elikhulu embonini yenqwaba eshajayo.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Aug-08-2023