Lapho abathengi bethenga izimoto zikagesi, bazoqhathanisa ukusebenza kokusheshisa, umthamo webhethri kanye ne-endurance mileage yesistimu kagesi emithathu yezimoto zikagesi. Ngakho-ke, igama elisha elithi "ukukhathazeka kwe-mileage" lizalwe, okusho ukuthi bakhathazekile ngobuhlungu bengqondo noma ukukhathazeka okubangelwa ukuhluleka kwamandla okungazelelwe lapho ushayela izimoto zikagesi. Ngakho-ke, singacabanga ukuthi inkathazo engakanani ukukhuthazela kwezimoto zikagesi kulethe abasebenzisi.Namuhla, i-CEO ye-Tesla u-Musk idlulisele imibono yakhe yakamuva mayelana ne-mileage lapho ekhuluma nabalandeli kunethiwekhi yokuxhumana nabantu. Wacabanga: akusho lutho ukuba nebanga elide kakhulu!

UMusk uthe uTesla ubengakhiqiza imodeli engu-600 miles (965 km) engu-S ezinyangeni eziyi-12 ezedlule, kodwa bekungadingeki nhlobo. Ngoba kwenza ukusheshisa, ukuphatha nokusebenza kahle kube kubi kakhulu. Ibanga elikhulu ngokuvamile lisho ukuthi imoto kagesi idinga ukufaka amabhethri engeziwe nesisindo esisindayo, okuzonciphisa kakhulu umuzwa wokushayela othokozisayo wemoto kagesi, kuyilapho amamayela angu-400 (amakhilomitha angu-643) engabhalansisa umuzwa wokusebenzisa nokusebenza kahle.

U-Shen Hui, oyi-CEO yohlobo olusha lwezimoto zase-China i-Weima, ngokushesha wakhipha i-microblog ukuze avumelane nombono ka-Musk. UShen Hui uthe “ukubekezela okuphezulu kususelwa kumaphakethe amabhethri amakhulu. Uma zonke izimoto zigijima emgwaqeni zinebhethri elikhulu emhlane, ngezinga elithile, empeleni kuwukumosha”. Ukholelwa ukuthi ziningi futhi ziningi izinqwaba zokushaja, izindlela ezengeziwe zokwengeza amandla kanye nokusebenza kahle, okwanele ukuqeda ukukhathazeka kokushaja kwabanikazi bezimoto zikagesi.
Esikhathini eside esidlule, i-mileage yebhethri yayiyipharamitha ekhathazeke kakhulu lapho izimoto zikagesi ziqala imikhiqizo emisha. Abakhiqizi abaningi bayithatha ngokuqondile njengokugqamisa umkhiqizo kanye nethrekhi yokuncintisana. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi umbono kaMusk nawo unengqondo. Uma ibhethri likhuphuka ngenxa yemayela elikhulu, izolahlekelwa ulwazi oluthile lokushayela. Umthamo wethangi likaphethiloli wezimoto eziningi zikaphethiloli empeleni ungamakhilomitha angama-500-700, okulingana namakhilomitha angama-640 athe uMusk. Kubonakala singekho isizathu sokuphishekela amakhilomitha aphezulu.
Umbono wokuthi imayela liphezulu kakhulu awusho lutho umusha kakhulu futhi ukhethekile. Abasebenzisi be-inthanethi banemibono ehlukene. Abasebenzisi abaningi be-inthanethi bathi "i-mileage ephezulu inganciphisa kuphela inani lezikhathi zokukhathazeka kokubekezela", "isihluthulelo ukuthi ukukhuthazela akuvunyelwe. Ithi 500, empeleni, kuhle ukuya ku-300. Inqola ithi 500, kodwa empeleni ingu-500".
Izimoto zamafutha endabuko zingagcwalisa ithangi likaphethiloli emizuzwini embalwa ngemva kokungena esiteshini sikaphethiloli, kuyilapho izimoto ezisebenza ngogesi zidinga ukulinda isikhathi esithile ukuze zigcwalise amandla kagesi. Eqinisweni, ngaphezu kwebanga, ukusebenza okuphelele kokuminyana kwebhethri nokusebenza kahle kokushaja kuwumsuka wokukhathazeka kwemayela. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, futhi kuyinto enhle ukuminyana kwebhethri ephezulu kanye nevolumu encane ukuthola imayela eliphakeme.