Inguqulelo yombane yonke ye-MINI Countryman ngoku iyaqengqeleka kwiintambo kwi-BMW Group Plant Leipzig, kwiinyanga ezine emva kokuqaliswa kwemveliso ye-MINI Countryman etshayo.
Emva kokuphelisa ukuveliswa kwe-BMW i3, indawo yokuzalwa yokuhamba kombane kwi-BMW Group ngoku ivelisa iimodeli ezine ezineentlobo ezintathu zokuqhuba ngeempawu ezimbini, zonke kumgca wemveliso enye: i-BMW 1 Series, i-BMW 2 Series Active Tourer (kubandakanywa i-plug-in hybrid version), i-BMW 2 Series Granelectric version ngokupheleleyo kunye ne-coupe inguqulo ye-MINI yeGranelectric ngokupheleleyo kunye ne-combus MINI .

I-MINI Countryman Electric imele inyathelo elikhulu kutshintsho lwe-MINI brand ukuya kumbane opheleleyo ngo-2030 kwaye idibanisa i-go-kart yombane ivakale kunye ne-zero emissions mobility. Iza ngeentlobo ezimbini zombane ngokupheleleyo: i-Countryman E (150 kW, 204 hp | ukusetyenziswa kombane 17.4 – 15.7 kWh/100 km) kunye nenamandla onke amavili e-Countryman SE ALL4 (230 kW, 313 hp | ukusetyenziswa kombane 18.5 – 16.8 kWh/100 kWh).
Ukuvumela imveliso ukuya kuthi ga kwiiyunithi ezingama-350,000 ngonyaka-i-100,000 ngaphezulu kunangaphambili-iPlant Leipzig iye yaphuculwa ngokuqhubekayo ukusukela ngo-2018, kunye nokongezwa okubanzi kunye nophuculo kwi-bodyshop, ipeyinti, indibano kunye nezixhobo.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje iQela leBMW lityale imali emalunga ne-1.6 yeebhiliyoni zeeyuro kwindawo yaseLeipzig ukuvelisa iimoto ezongezelelweyo kunye nezinto zombane, kwaye ngoku sonyusa umthamo wezithuthi, eziziindaba ezimnandi kakhulu kwiplanti yethu.
-UPetra Peterhänsel, uMlawuli weZityalo
Umqhubi oyintloko emva kokunyuka kwevolumu yi-MINI Countryman. Ebudeni bonyaka ka-2024, imveliso iya kunyuka ifikelele phantse kwiiyunithi ezingama-500 ngosuku, ngaphezulu kwama-800 okanye ngaphezulu kweemoto ze-BMW eziveliswa liziko. Ngenkqubo yayo yokuvelisa i-flexible, i-Plant Leipzig isesimweni sokuphendula ngokukhawuleza kwimfuno yabathengi-umzekelo ngokunyusa isabelo sezithuthi zombane ngokupheleleyo.
Izakhiwo zendibano eziguquguqukayo zikwathetha ukuba i-MINI Countryman Electric inokudityaniswa ngokungenamthungo kwimveliso. Imeko iyafana neeyunithi ezahlukeneyo zokuqhuba, zonke ziveliswa kumgca omnye kunye nomgca ofanayo kwindibano edibeneyo kwaye ilungiselelwe umtshato kunye nomzimba.
I-e-drives, i-transmissions kunye nokulawula i-electronics (eyaziwa ngokuba yi-electric drive topology edibeneyo edibeneyo, okanye i-HEAT) kwiimodeli ezimbini zombane zixhunyiwe ngokuthe ngqo kwi-plant. Umgca omtsha wemveliso wawufuneka kuphela kulawulo lwe-elektroniki.
Ekupheleni kuka-2024, iPlant Leipzig iza kuqesha malunga nama-7,000 abasebenzi bakwaBMW. Iiyure zokusebenza ziya kufuneka zihlengahlengiswe kuzo zonke iitekhnoloji, kunye ne-nightshift kwindibano eqala okokuqala ngoSeptemba walo nyaka kwaye iimoto ziveliswa ubusuku nemini ngeeshifti ezintathu.
Ngokusungulwa kwemveliso ye-MINI Countryman Electric, zontathu izigaba ze-Gen 5 yenkqubo yokuvelisa ibhetri ephezulu ngoku imelwe kwi-BMW Group Plant Leipzig: i-cell coating, imveliso yemodyuli kunye nokuhlanganisa ibhetri. Imisebenzi kuzo zontathu ngoku iyanyuka, kunye ne-cell-coating emihlanu, imodyuli emithathu-yemveliso kunye nemigca emibini yokuvelisa ibhetri ephezulu ngoku ikhoyo.

Siphakathi kwinguqu kwi-e-mobility. Ukuqala kulo nyaka, iPlant Leipzig iya kuqhuba onke amanqanaba enkqubo yethu yokuvelisa ibhetri yangaphakathi. Linyathelo lethu elilandelayo elikhulu ukuya phambili.
-UMarkus Fallböhmer, iNtloko yeMveliso yeBattery kwiQela leBMW
Imveliso ye-e-component ye-Plant Leipzig iye yanda ukususela ngo-2021. Ngoku ayizukuvelisa kuphela iibhetri eziphezulu ze-MINI Countryman Electric kodwa kunye neekhomponenti ze-e ze-BMW iX1, i-BMW iX2, i-BMW i4, i-BMW i5 kunye ne-BMW iX eyenziwe kwezinye iisayithi. Iyunithi yemveliso ye-e-component eLeipzig ngoku iqeshe abantu abali-1,000.
Ukwenza ukuveliswa kweebhetri zombane ophezulu, iindawo ebezifudula zisetyenziselwa i-BMW i3 kunye neBMW i8 zitshintshiwe kwaye izakhiwo ezitsha zongezwa. Enye yazo yiholo entsha enomda omalunga ne-61,000 m2. Le igcina imigca emibini ekwaziyo ukuvelisa ukuya kuthi ga kwi-300,000 yeebhetri zombane ophezulu ngonyaka. IQela leBMW lityale imali engaphezulu kwe-900 yezigidi zeerandi kwimveliso ye-e-component kwiPlant Leipzig ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
Iinkqubo zokupeyinta ezigcina izixhobo. Ekuqalisweni, umbane ogcweleyo we-MINI Countryman uza ngemibala emithathu eyongezelelweyo yomzimba: uMdyarho waseBritane oLuhlaza, iChili eBomvu kunye neBlazing Blue-kunye nophahla lophawu lwentengiso lwe-MINI, ukuba uyanqwena. Oku kupeyintwa kusetyenziswa indlela entsha engenazitshizi egcina izixhobo kwaye ngoku ilungiselelwa ukusebenza ngothotho.
Igama elithi "overspray" libhekisa kwinkungu yamasuntswana epeyinti agqithileyo enzayo xa imizimba ipeyintwe ngendlela eqhelekileyo. Ngobuchule obutsha, le nkungu ayisekho. Oku kwenza kube lula ukupeyinta ngemibala emininzi njengoko inkqubo enzima yokufihla ubuso ingasafuneki. Ukupeyinta ngaphandle kwe-Oversray kwakhona kunceda ukugcina i-CO2 ukukhutshwa, njengoko ukukhupha kwi-cabin kufuna ukucocwa okuncinci. Ukongeza, ifuna umoya ophantsi kakhulu—umoya oziswe kwiqondo lobushushu elichanekileyo kunye nokufuma okufunekayo xa kupeyintwa. Ngenxa yoko, amandla amancinci afunekayo ukufudumeza umoya kunye nokunyanga umbhobho.
Itekhnoloji yesitshisi esetyenzisiweyo ukomisa ipeyinti kuphahla olwahlukileyo nayo yaguqulwa ukuze kuqaliswe imveliso ye-MINI Countryman kwaye ngoku inenkqubo ye-bivalent. Izitshisi eziguquguqukayo ze-fuel zinokusebenza kwi-hydrogen kunye negesi (i-methane) kwaye zitshintshe phakathi kwezi zimbini ngelixa zisebenza. Izitshisi ezintlanu ezifana ne-bivalent hydrogen-ezikwaziyo ukutshisa zisetyenziselwa ukuvelisa uphahla olwahlukileyo lwe-MINI Countryman.
Ezinye izitshisi kwindawo yokupeyinta ziya kutshintshela ngokuthe ngcembe kwimisebenzi ye-bivalent, kunye nezitshisi ezizayo ezintandathu ezine-hydrogen ezisanda kufakwa. Oku kwenza iLeipzig ibe nguvulindlela kwishishini leemoto kwaye iyisondeza ngakumbi kwi-CO ephantsi2 ukuphuma.
Umbono wethu kwiPlant Leipzig kukwenza i-decarbonise imveliso kangangoko sinakho ngokususa amafutha efosili ngehydrogen eluhlaza.
—UPetra Peterhänsel
Oku kuya kufuna i-hydrogen eluhlaza eyaneleyo kwigridi. Igridi yehydrogen yengingqi ikwisicwangciso ngoku, kunye nePlant Leipzig emiselwe ukuba ixhamle.
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