ʻO ka 2023 Cupra Born Electric Car e hele mai ana e hoʻokuʻu ma Australia! Ua hōʻea mai ka hoʻokūkū Paniolo hou ʻo Hyundai Ioniq a me Nissan Leaf EV no ka hoʻāʻo kūloko ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana

ʻO ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o Australia i ka Cupra e ukali koke ʻia e ka hatchback liʻiliʻi Born-electric.

ʻO ka hoʻolaha ʻana o Australia i ka hōʻailona Spanish hou o Volkswagen Group, ʻo Cupra, ke wela nei, me ka hatchback liʻiliʻi Born-electric a pau e hōʻea ana no ka hoʻāʻo kūloko ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana ma hope o ka nalu mua o nā kumu hoʻohālike.

E like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia, e komo mana ka Cupra i ka mākeke Australia a puni ʻo Iune me ka hatchback liʻiliʻi Leon a me nā SUV liʻiliʻi ʻo Ateca a me Formentor, me nā mea mua a me nā mea hope loa i loaʻa me ʻekolu mau mīkini turbo-petrol a me kahi plug-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrain.

Akā ʻo ka nūhou nui ka Born, kahi i manaʻo ai ʻo Cupra Australia e kūʻai aku ma hope o kēia makahiki. No ke aha mai? ʻAe, ʻo ia ke kumu hoʻohālike mua loa i hana ʻia e ka Volkswagen Group ma ka ʻāina, a ua kākoʻo nā koi ikaika ma waho i nā hoʻolālā o VW a me Skoda.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Cupra Australia ʻo Ben Wilks: "ʻO ka Born ʻo kā mākou halo, e hoʻokomo ana i nā hana āpau a me ka hoʻolālā hoʻolālā ʻana o Cupra i loko o kahi pūʻulu hoʻokuʻu ʻole."

Ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻāʻo kūloko, ua hāʻawi ʻia ka mua o ʻekolu mau hiʻohiʻona o ka Born i Sydney, a ʻo kēlā me kēia o lākou e ʻoi aku ma mua o 10,000 km ma nā odometers, e hōʻailona ana i ka manawa mua i hele ai ka hatchback liʻiliʻi ma waho o ʻEulopa. .

Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i nā mea hoʻolaha o Australia i ka mahina o Kepakemapa i hala, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Cupra CEO Wayne Griffiths: "ʻOi aku ka mea nui o Australia iā mākou ma mua o nā mākeke ʻē aʻe…

Ua hoʻohui ʻo Mr Griffiths e hana ana ka brand Spanish i ka mea maikaʻi loa e "ʻimi i kahi hopena no Cupra Born" ma Australia, kahi mea nui i kāna kālā 2022, me ka hoʻohui ʻana "ʻaʻole pili nā pilikia i nā emissions a i ʻole homologation".

"ʻO nā pilikia me ka hoʻohui kaʻa pūnaewele a me ka ʻōnaehana ma hope o ia, akā aia nā workarounds a mākou e hana nei ma ka pragmatically i kēia manawa e hoʻomākaukau i nā kaʻa e hele i Australia," wahi āna.

“Ua palekana nā kaʻa; homologated nā kaʻa. ʻO ka paʻakikī ka pili pūnaewele wale nō, akā inā pono mākou e hana i nā kaʻa mua, ʻo ia kā mākou e hana ai. "

No ka mooolelo, Born pili pili loa i ka VW ID.3, ka mea i ole e hooiaioia no ka haʻahaʻa priority Australia me kona kaikaina, ka ID.4 midsize SUV, a me ka Volkswagen Group ke manao nei no ka 2023 hoʻomaka lā no ia. . ID ʻohana uila a pau.

Ma ʻEulopa, hāʻawi ka hoʻokūkū ʻo Hyundai Ioniq a me Nissan Leaf i ʻekolu mau koho mana (110kW, 150kW a me 170kW), kahi koho o ka kaʻa huila hope (RWD) a i ʻole kaʻa huila holoʻokoʻa (AWD) a me ʻekolu mau koho pākaukau (45kWh, 58kWh). a me 77kWh).