Ibali le-EVnSteven

Imoto etshisayo. Umama oswelelekileyo. Ikhomishini ye-strata eyayinqabile ngokungaqondanga isikhululo sayo sokutshaja. Kwaye intlanganiso engalindelekanga nomntu owaye waba ngusomashishini kunye nomhlobo osondeleyo.

Igama lam ndinguDavid Williston. Ndinguye umsunguli-mbini we-EVnSteven. Le yindlela eqalakeleyo ngayo.

Phambi kokuba afe, umama wam wandinika imiyalelo emithathu: thatha imali yakhe, uthenge imoto entsha, kwaye ukhuphe i-murdercycle. Wandicebisa i-Kia Soul — wayeyithanda kakhulu. Andizange ndonwabe ngayo. Wandicela ukuba ndiyihambe ndayo ndayo.

Ukuhamba kovavanyo kundithengise. Unyaka emva kokuba esweleke, ndayithenga ebomvu ngenkumbulo yakhe.

Iminyaka emine kamva, loo modeli yaqatshelwa njengesoyikiso somlilo. Ndihlala ndinento yokucima umlilo esitulweni sangasemva. Andizukuthengisa iSoul yam, ndathetha ngomhlekisi. Kwaye ndathetha ngokungqinelana.

Xa iwaranti yayisisondele ekupheleni, ndiyithathile ukuyohlolwa okokugqibela. Ndisalindile egumbini lokulinda ndabona into ethile kwindawo yokubonisa: umzimba ofanayo, umgca ophakamileyo ofanayo, imoto efanayo — kodwa isilivere, inebheji encinci ethi EV. Andizange ndiyazi ukuba iKia yenze enye. Ndacela ukuyihamba nayo.

Ukuqhuba okungenazithintelo. Akukho ngxolo yinjini. Kwakuyimota yakhe.

Ndixelele umthengisi ukuba andinakuthengisa iSoul yam.

Wahleka, waza wabalula amanani. Iinkuthazo zikazwelonke. Iinkuthazo zengingqi. Ukutshintshiselana okomeleleyo ngemoto eyaziwayo ngokutshisa. Iindleko ezipheleleyo: $22,000 yemoto entsha ye-2019 Kia Soul EV enesilingi selanga kunye nengqondo ecocekileyo.

Ndayithenga ngoko nangoko. Ngokusemthethweni ndatshintsha iSoul yam. Ke ke.

Iinyanga ezimbalwa ngaphambili bendiqeshile iyunithi kwindlu entsha enezinye iiyunithi ezingama-42. Incinci ngokwaneleyo ukuze ndizive ngathi ndisekuhlaleni okwenene, ndacinga.

Kwakukho isikhululo sokutshaja i-EV kwipaka. Entsha ngokupheleleyo. Engasetyenziswanga kwaphela. Yahlala apho njengobungqina obuncinci.

Iinyanga ezimbalwa kamva ndandine-EV. Ndandine ndawo yokuyitshaja.

Kude kube yiminyaka emibini, yonke into isebenza kakuhle.

Emva koko abanye abantu baqalisa ukufumana ii-EV.

Ngo-2022 sasine-EV ezine okanye ezintlanu zabelana ngesikhululo esinye, silungelelanisa ngezimyalezo zombhalo. Gqibezela ngo-10. Iyakuba yakho emva koko. Yasebenza, kancinci, ngenxa yomonde kunye nobubele.

Ndandiva ikhomishini ye-strata ibukela. Ingathandabuzeki. Ingavumelaniyo. Isikhululo sokutshaja sasiyimbono yomphuhlisi — isibonelelo esibhaliweyo kwiibhalowu zokuqala. I-strata ayizange icele kwaye ayifuni. Babengabathathi-mali, uninzi lwabo, kwaye babefundile ngokwaneleyo iipropeganda zoshishino lwepetroli ukuze bakholelwe ukuba ukutshaja i-EV kuyachitha umbane wonke wesakhiwo kwaye kubiza wonke umntu imali eninzi. Akunjalo. Kodwa zama ukubaxelela loo nto.

Ngoko ke, ndaqala ukuqokelela idatha phambi kokuba kube nengxabano. Ndakha i-Google Sheet. Ndacela oontanga bam ukuba bangenelele kwiiseshoni zabo: umhla, ubungakanani bebhetri, ukuqala kokutshaja, ukuphela kokutshaja. I-mathematics yayilula. Umbane ubiza $0.125 nge-kilowatt-hour. I-bhetri x ipesenti = i-kilowatt-hours. I-kilowatt-hours x ixabiso = ibhili.

I-October iyonke: $52.09 phakathi koontanga abathathu — ibalwe ngokuchanekileyo. Ihlanjululwe kwiiyunithi ezingama-42, oko kuthetha $1.24 ngeyunithi nganye. Imali ebesoyika ngayo.

Le spreadsheet yaba yimbewu. Andizange ndiyazi ngelo xesha, kodwa bendisele ndakha imveliso. I-spreadsheet yayisebenzisa i-delta yebhetri — ipesenti yokuqala, ipesenti yokugqibela, yenza i-mathematics. Yasebenza, kodwa yayibeka umthwalo kubahlali ukuba bangenelele idatha yabo ngokunyanisekileyo nangokuchanekileyo. Akukho mntu ofuna ukwenza loo nto ngonaphakade.

Emva koko ndabona ukuba kukho indlela engcono. Ukutsalwa kwamandla kuhlala kungaguquki kwimveliso ethile exhunyiwe kwisokethi ethile. Ngalo lonke ixesha. Oku kuthetha ukuba awudingi ukufunda ibhetri kwaphela — kufuneka nje ixesha. Ngena, uphume, ugqibile. Ibhili iyazibala ngokwayo.

Ngexesha elifanayo bendidlala ngeFlutter, isakhelo esitsha sesicelo seselfowuni. Ndandicinga njalo: mntu kufuneka enze isicelo saloku. Ngena, uphume, fumana ibhili yakho. Akukho hardware ekhethekileyo. Akukho sikhululo esilinganisiweyo. Kufuneka nje imithetho yesayensi kunye nokuthembana phakathi koontanga.

Ndacinga ngalo unyaka wonke. Emva koko ndadibana noMekonnen.

Wavela kwi-subreddit yeFlutter apho bendiphendula imibuzo. Imibuzo yakhe yayichanekileyo. Ukucinga kwakhe kwakucacile. Ikhowudi yakhe yayihlelwe ngendlela endandicinga ngayo: lo mntu uyacinga ngokucokisekileyo.

Wayeneminyaka engama-24. Usandigqiba eyunivesithi eBahir Dar, e-Ethiopia — phantse iikhilomitha ezingama-17,000 ukusuka eVancouver Island. Wayezifundise isiNgesi ukuze akwazi ukusifundisa ehlobo aze afumane imali yokuthenga ilaptop yakhe. Usisi wakhe wayefana nento ayigcinileyo. Ngoku wayenamathuluzi okwakha umsebenzi njengonjiniyela wesofthiwe — ukuba umntu wayemnika ithuba. Iinkampani zazihlala zimphosa. Zazibona idilesi yakhe zize ziqhubeke.

Yiyo ilahleko yabo.

Ndandikhathele kancinci. Ndandinamaxesha angaphezulu. Imali encinci — hayi kakhulu. Wayephantsi kwexabiso. Ndathatha isigqibo sokumqesha iveki enye. Ukuze ndinike ithuba. Ithuba.

Andandikhangela umsebenzi. Ndandikhangela into enomdla yokuyenza — ndaza ndafumana into engcono kakhulu kunoko.

UMekonnen wavela kwifowuni yethu yokuqala ngexesha. Wayexhalabile ngokubonakalayo. Ndamxelela ukuba azole — akukho nto ibalulekileyo, abantu ababini benza into.

Iveki yaba ezimbini. Ezibini zaba zintathu. Emva kweminyaka emithathu, nguye usomashishini wam. Akazange azame ukusebenzisa imeko. Wayevuka yonke imihla, ngexesha, eprofeshenali, kwaye enombulelo wokwenene owandikhumbuza ukuba ndiyabulela kangakanani.

Sakha izicelo ezintathu zovavanyo kwiinyanga ezintathu. Akukho nanye eyaba yishishini. Kodwa ndandazi amandla akhe. Ndandinemvakalelo yesine.

Isilandeleli sokutshaja i-EV. Masisiqale ukwakha.

Ngoko ke kwaqala i-EVnSteven.

Iinyanga ezintandathu ukuya kweziyisixhenxe kamva sasinalo into elungele ukuvelisa.

Ngelixa besakha, into engathandekiyo yenzeka kwindlu yam. Ii-EV ezintlanu, isikhululo esinye, wonke umntu ethetha ngezimyalezo zokulungelelanisa. Emva koko ndagqiba kwelokuba ndisebenzise into endandihamba kuyo amaxesha angamakhulu: isokethi esiqhelekileyo esikholam ecaleni kwesithuba sam sokupaka. Ngokungazelelweyo, ndaxhuma. Ekuseni, imoto yayitsha ngokupheleleyo.

Ndayeka ngokupheleleyo ukusebenzisa isikhululo esizinikeleyo.

I-strata yaphawula. Ndacelwa ukuba ndicacise. Ndakhomba kwiibhalowu. Akukho nto ivimbela oko. Babekhangela. Ndandilungile.

Ngoko ke babhala kwakhona ibhalowu.

Oku kulandeleyo kwaba yenye yeempazamo ezinkulu kakhulu kwimbali yolawulo lwamakhaya. Ibhalowu entsha yathi ukutshaja ngeLevel 2 akuvumelekanga kwaye iLevel 1 wall outlets zazingumgaqo ovunyiweyo.

Baxubene ngemigaqo. Level 1 yisokethi esiqhelekileyo. Level 2 yisikhululo esizinikeleyo.

Bavimbela isikhululo sabo sokutshaja ngokungaqondanga.

Ukutshintsha ibhalowu kufuna iNtlanganiso eKhethekileyo yeSizwe. Babengafuni ukuyibiza. Babebambezeleke kuyo unyaka wonke.

Isikhululo esizinikeleyo sasihlala singasetyenziswanga iinyanga ezilishumi elinambini — sivaliwe ngumthetho wesakhiwo — ngelixa ndanditshaja ndonwabile kwisokethi yam. Bonke abanye baqalisa ngokuthula ukusebenzisa isikhululo sikarhulumente esikufutshane. Eso esithi sibe ngabasebenzi karhulumente kuphela.

Ngexesha elifanayo, i-strata kwenye indawo e-BC yamisela imali yenyanga engaguqukiyo yokutshaja i-EV. Umhlali wayiphikisa. Ikomkhulu lathatha isigqibo: ngaphandle kokulinganisa ngokwenene umbane osisityebiweyo, imali engaguqukiyo ayinakuphoqelelwa. Izakhiwo zifuna i-hardware enomlinganiselo — ebiza iidakethi — okanye isoftware elandelela ukusetyenziswa ngokwenene.

I-EVnSteven yisoftware.

Saqalisa ngo-2023. Abantu bayasifumana kancinci kancinci, kodwa kunzima. Ii-EV zisabambalwa, kwaye sifuna uhlobo oluthile lomntu — umntu onayo, ohlala kwindlu enezinye iiyunithi, kwaye onomdla wokwenza into malunga nendawo yokutshaja. Luhlobo oluncinci lwabantu. Okwangoku. Imakethi iyanda minyaka le kwaye nathi siyanda nayo. Ukufikelela kubantu abafanelekileyo, ngexesha elifanelekileyo — yiyo le nto sisebenza kuyo ngoku.

Ekugqibeleni ndashiya isakhiwo. Ingxabano yandinika umonakalo. Ezinye iikhomishini ziphathwa ngabantu abakhetha ukudala ukungqubana kunokuthula noluntu. Abantu abafuna i-EVnSteven kakhulu asoloko bengabantu bakufuphi nawe. Ngamanye amaxesha kufuneka uye kude ukufumana abo bakulungele.

UMekonnen ngoku usomashishini wam kunye nomnye woomhlobo bam abasondeleyo. Sisakhulisa kwaye siphucula. Ingxaki ayikapheli — iyanda minyaka le.

I-EVnSteven ikhona ngenxa yemoto enobungozi, isipho sokufa, ikhomishini ye-strata eyaphoswa yinto ebalulekileyo, i-Google spreadsheet, kunye nentlanganiso engalindelekanga nomntu owaye waba ngusomashishini kunye nomnye woomhlobo bam abasondeleyo.

I-EVnSteven yiplatifomu yesoftware yokubala imali yokutshaja i-EV kwizakhiwo zokuhlala ezinezindlu ezininzi. Akufuneki hardware ekhethekileyo. Isebenza nanoma yisiphi isokethi esikhoyo okanye isikhululo seLevel 2. Iyafumaneka kwi-iOS nakwi-Android.