Indaba ka-EVnSteven

Imoto evutha umlilo. Umama oshonayo. I-strata council evimbele isiteshi sayo sokushaja ngokungaqondile. Futhi ukuhlangana okungahleliwe nomuntu owayezoba umlingani webhizinisi nomngane oseduze.

Igama lami nginguDavid Williston. Ngiyisunguli-mbili ye-EVnSteven. Nansi indlela yaqala ngayo.

Ngaphambi kokuba afe, umama wami wanginika imiyalelo emithathu: thatha imali yakhe, uthenge imoto entsha, futhi ususe i-murdercycle. Waphakamisa i-Kia Soul — wayeyithanda kakhulu. Angizange ngijabule ngayo. Wangicela ukuthi ngiyihlole ngisho noma kunjalo.

Ukuhlola kwangithengisa. Ngemva konyaka eshade, ngathenga ebomvu ngenkumbulo yakhe.

Eminyakeni emine kamuva, le modeli yatholakala iyingozi yomlilo. Ngagcina i-extinguisher esihlalweni sangemuva. Angisoze ngidayise iSoul yami, ngasho ngokuhleka. Futhi ngangisho iqiniso.

Lapho iwaranti isiseduze ukuphela, ngayithatha ukuyihlola yokugcina. Ngesikhathi ngihleli egumbini lokulinda ngabona okuthile phansi egumbini lokubonisa: umzimba ofanayo, umugqa ophakeme ofanayo, imoto efanayo — kodwa isiliva, enebheji encane ethi EV. Angizange ngazi ukuthi i-Kia iyenza. Ngacela ukuyishayela.

Ukuqaliswa okungenazinkinga. Akukho umsindo wenjini. Futhi kwakuyimoto yakhe.

Ngatshela umthengisi ukuthi angikwazi ukudayisa iSoul yami.

Wahleka, wabe esebala izinombolo. Izikhuthazo zikahulumeni. Izikhuthazo zesifundazwe. Ukushintshisana okuqinile ngemoto eyaziwa ngokuvutha umlilo. Izindleko eziphelele: $22,000 yemoto entsha ye-2019 Kia Soul EV enesango elivulekile nelizwi elihlanzekile.

Ngayithenga lapho. Ngokobuchwepheshe ngashintshisana ngeSoul yami. Ngakho-ke.

Izinyanga ezimbalwa ngaphambili ngangiqashe indawo endaweni entsha enezakhiwo ezingama-42. Encane ngokwanele ukuzizwa njengomphakathi wangempela, ngacabanga.

Kwakukhona isiteshi sokushaja se-EV epaki. Entsha ngokuphelele. Engakaze isetshenziswe. Yahlala lapho njengophrofethi encane.

Izinyanga ezimbalwa kamuva nganginayo i-EV. Nganginendawo yokuyishaja.

Iminyaka cishe emibili, konke kwakusebenza.

Kwabe sekuthi abanye abantu baqala ukuthola ama-EV.

Ngo-2022 sasinenqwaba yama-EV amane noma amahlanu esabelana ngesiteshi esisodwa, behlela ngokuthumela imiyalezo. Qeda ngo-10. Ngemuva kwalokho iyakho. Kwakusebenza, kancane, ngokubekezela nangokuzimisela okuhle.

Ngangizwa i-strata ibuka. Inezinkinga. Ayivumelani. Isiteshi sokushaja kwakuyisu lomthuthukisi — into ebhalwe emthethweni wokuqala. I-strata ayizange iyicele futhi ayifuni. Babe ngabantu asebekhulile, abaningi babo, futhi babefunde okwanele ngezindaba zezimboni zamafutha ukuze bakholelwe ukuthi ukushaja kwe-EV kuyadonsa amandla wonke wesakhiwo futhi kubiza wonke umuntu imali eningi. Akuzange kube njalo. Kodwa zama ukubatshela lokho.

Ngakho ngaqala ukuqoqwa kwedatha ngaphambi kokuba kube nengxabano. Ngakha i-Google Sheet. Ngacela omakhelwane bami ukuthi bafake izikhathi zabo: usuku, usayizi webhethri, ukushaja kokuqala, ukushaja kokugcina. Izibalo zazilula. Ugesi ubiza u-$0.125 ngekilowatt-hour. Ibhethri x iphesenti = amakhilowatt-hour. Amakhilowatt-hour x izindleko = ibhili.

Isamba sika-Okthoba: $52.09 phakathi kwabomakhelwane abathathu — kubalwa ngqo. Kusatshalaliswa ezindaweni ezingama-42, lokho kungu-$1.24 ngendawo ngayinye. Imali ababe besaba ngayo.

Leyo spreadsheet kwakuyimbewu. Angizange ngiyazi okwamanje, kodwa ngangivele ngakhiwe umkhiqizo. I-spreadsheet yayisebenzisa umehluko webhethri — iphesenti lokuqala, iphesenti lokugcina, wenza izibalo. Kwakusebenza, kodwa kwakufaka umthwalo kubahlali ukuthi bafake idatha yabo ngokwethembeka nangokunembile. Akekho ofuna ukwenza njalo unomphela.

Ngemuva kwalokho ngabona ukuthi kunendlela engcono. Ukudonsa amandla kuhlala njalo emotweni ethile exhunywe endaweni ethile. Njalo. Okusho ukuthi awudingi ukufunda ibhethri nhlobo — udinga isikhathi kuphela. Bhalisa, phuma, sekuphelile. Ukubalwa kwebhili kwenziwa ngokuzenzakalelayo.

Ngaleso sikhathi ngangidlala nge-Flutter, uhlaka olusha lwezinhlelo zokusebenza zeselula. Futhi ngangihlala ngicabanga into efanayo: kufanele umuntu akhe uhlelo lokusebenza ngalokhu. Bhalisa, phuma, thola ibhili lakho. Akudingi hardware ekhethekile. Akudingi isiteshi esilinganisiwe. Kuphela nje izimiso zomzimba nokwethembana okuncane phakathi kwabomakhelwane.

Ngacabanga ngalokho unyaka wonke. Ngabe ngihlangana noMekonnen.

Wavela ku-Flutter subreddit lapho ngangiphendula imibuzo. Imibuzo yakhe yayicacile. Ukucabanga kwakhe kwakucacile. Ikhodi yakhe yayihlelwe ngendlela eyangitshela: lo muntu ucabanga ngokucophelela.

Wayeneminyaka engu-24. Usanda kuthweswa iziqu eNyuvesi e-Bahir Dar, e-Ethiopia — cishe amakhilomitha angu-17,000 ukusuka eVancouver Island. Wayefundele isiNgisi ukuze akwazi ukufundisa ehlobo futhi azuze imali eyanele yokuthenga ilaptop yakhe. Udadewabo walinganisa lokho agcine. Manje wayenamathuluzi okwakha umsebenzi njengonjiniyela wesofthiwe — uma othile emnika ithuba. Izinkampani zazihlala zimphika. Babebona ikheli lakhe bese beqhubeka.

Ukulahleka kwabo.

Ngangikhathazekile kancane. Nganginokukhululeka kwesikhathi. Imali encane — hhayi kakhulu. Futhi wayengabizi kakhulu. Nganquma ukumqasha isonto elilodwa. Ukuze ngimnikeze ithuba. Ithuba.

Angizange ngifune umsebenzi. Ngifuna into ethokozisayo engiyenzayo — futhi ngathola okungcono kakhulu kunalokho.

UMekonnen wafika emhlanganweni wethu wokuqala ngesikhathi esifanele. Ebonakala ekhathazekile. Ngamtshela ukuthi athule — akukho okukhulu okusemngceleni, abantu ababili benza into ethile.

Isonto lasiba amabili. Amabili laba amathathu. Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, ungumlilungu webhizinisi lami. Akazange azame ukusebenzisa isimo. Wafika nsuku zonke, ngesikhathi, uchwepheshe, futhi enokubonga okungokoqobo okungangikhumbuza ukuthi ngithatha izinto kalula kangakanani.

Sakha izinhlelo zokusebenza ezintathu zokuhlola ezinyangeni ezintathu. Azikho ezaba amabhizinisi. Kodwa ngangazi ukuthi angakwazi ukuthini. Ngaba nombono wesine.

Isilandeleli sokushaja se-EV. Masisiqale ukwakha.

Lapho i-EVnSteven yaqala khona.

Izinyanga eziyisithupha kuya kweziyisishiyagalolunye kamuva sasinenye into esilungele ukukhiqiza.

Ngesikhathi sakha, kwakukhona okungajwayelekile okwenzeka esakhiweni sami. Ama-EV amahlanu, isiteshi esisodwa, wonke umuntu ethumela imiyalezo ukuhlela. Ngabe ngibone okuthile engangidlule kukho izikhathi eziyikhulu: i-wall outlet ejwayelekile ekholamini eduze kwesikhala sami semoto. Ngokungacabangi, ngayixhuma. Ekuseni, imoto yayishajwe ngokuphelele.

Ngayeka ukusebenzisa isiteshi esizinikele ngokuphelele.

I-strata yaqaphela. Ngacelwa ukuthi ngizichaze. Ngakhomba emthethweni. Akukho okwakuvimbela lokho. Babheka. Ngangilungile.

Ngakho bashintsha umthetho.

Okulandelayo kwaba enye yezimpumelelo ezimangalisayo emlandweni wokuphatha izindlu. Umthetho omusha wathi ukushaja kwe-Level 2 akuvunyelwe futhi ama-wall outlet e-Level 1 ayindlela evunyelwe kusasa.

Baxubene amagama. I-Level 1 iyindawo yokuxhuma odongeni. I-Level 2 isiteshi esizinikele.

Bavimbele isiteshi sabo sokushaja ngokungaqondile.

Ukushintsha umthetho kudinga Umhlangano Oyingqayizivele Jikelele. Abazange bavume ukubiza owodwa. Babebambezele ngonyaka wonke.

Isiteshi esizinikele sasihlala singasetshenziswanga izinyanga eziyishumi nambili — sivinjwe ngumthetho wesakhiwo — ngenkathi ngishaja ngijabule kusuka endaweni yami yokuxhuma. Bonke abanye baqala ngokuthula ukusebenzisa isiteshi sikahulumeni esiseduze. Esilindeleke ukuthi sisebenzele abasebenzi bakahulumeni kuphela.

Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-strata kwenye indawo e-BC yafaka imali yenyanga engaguquki yokushaja i-EV. Umhlali wayiphikisa. Ikomidi lathatha isinqumo: ngaphandle kokulinganisa ngempela ugesi odliwayo, imali engaguquki ayinakuphoqelelwa. Izakhiwo zidinga hardware enezilinganiso — ebiza izinkulungwane zemali — noma isoftware elandela ukusetshenziswa kwangempela.

I-EVnSteven iyisoftware.

Saqala ngo-2023. Abantu basathola kancane kancane, kodwa kuyinselele. Ama-EV asengavamile, futhi sidinga uhlobo oluthile lomuntu — umuntu onayo, ohlala esakhiweni esinezindawo eziningi, futhi onakekela ngokwanele ukwenza okuthile ngesimo sokushaja. Lona ungumkhakha omncane wabantu. Okwamanje. Imakethe iyakhula minyaka yonke futhi nathi siyakhula nayo. Ukufinyelela kubantu abafanele, ngesikhathi esifanele — yilokho esikusebenzayo manje.

Ekugcineni ngashiya isakhiwo. Ingxabano yangikhathaza kakhulu. Ezinye izigungu ziphethwe abantu abangathanda ukudala ukungezwani kunokuthula nomphakathi. Abantu abadinga i-EVnSteven kakhulu akusikho njalo abakufuphi nawe. Kwesinye isikhathi kufanele uye kude ukuze uthole labo abalungele.

UMekonnen manje ungumlilungu webhizinisi lami nomunye wabangane bami abaseduze kakhulu. Sisakwazi ukwakha nokulungisa. Inkinga ayikapheli — iyanda minyaka yonke.

I-EVnSteven ikhona ngenxa yemoto enobungozi, isipho sokugcina somama, i-strata council ehlulekile ukuqonda, i-Google spreadsheet, nokuhlangana okungahleliwe nomuntu owayezoba umlingani webhizinisi nomngane wami oseduze kakhulu.

I-EVnSteven iyipulatifomu yesoftware yokukhokhisa ukushaja kwe-EV ezakhiweni zokuhlala ezinezindawo eziningi. Akudingi hardware ekhethekile. Isebenza nanoma iyiphi indawo yokuxhuma ekhona noma isiteshi se-Level 2. Iyatholakala ku-iOS nase-Android.