Automotive Electrification tau txais txoj hauv kev los ci ntawm Nascar haiv neeg

Thaum NASCAR tus neeg tsav tsheb Aric Almirola yeej tus ncej ntawm Bristol Motor Speedway rau hnub Friday ua ntej kev sib tw khob khob, nws tau txais kev saib xyuas zoo rau tus txhawb nqa tshiab rau kev ua si nawv.

Tus tsav tsheb Stewart-Haas Racing yog ib feem ntawm Ford qhov kev sib tw sib tw thiab yog li lub hom phiaj siv nws txoj kev txhawb nqa los qhia txog Ford cov khoom lossis cov kev pabcuam hauv lub sijhawm. Almirola tus neeg txhawb nqa rau Bristol hmo kev sib tw, txawm li cas los xij, yog qhov txawv txav, tsis yog Ford cov khoom lossis kev pabcuam, tab sis qhov chaw.

Nws tsis pub leejtwg paub tias kev lag luam automotive yog hloov mus rau ntau lub ntiaj teb tus phooj ywg zoo ntawm hluav taws xob. Qhov kev hloov pauv ntawd tau dhau mus dhau xyoo no vim feem ntau rau cov nqi roj thiab roj ntau dua. Hauv thawj peb lub hlis twg ntawm 2022 Ford tshaj tawm txog 139% nce hauv kev muag khoom ntawm lub tsheb fais fab. Qhov kev loj hlob ntawd raug ntaus nqi rau nws cov tsheb Mustang Mach-E thiab E-Transit, tam sim no tsuas yog ob lub EVs hauv cov khoom muag. Lub tuam txhab tau pib xa nws lub tsheb thauj khoom F-150 xob laim hauv lub hlis tom ntej vim tias qhov kev loj hlob tsis pom muaj kev cuam tshuam qeeb.

Nws yuav tsum tuaj raws li tsis xav tsis thoob tias Ford tab tom ua haujlwm ntawm kev tsim kho vaj tse los txhawb EVs kev loj hlob nyob rau xyoo tom ntej. Ib qho kev nqis peev tshiab tshaj plaws yog BlueOval City lub tsev kawm ntawv 3600-acre npog rau square mais uas yuav tsim lub tsheb fais fab tshiab thiab roj teeb rau lub zog yav tom ntej Ford thiab Lincoln tsheb thaum nws qhib xyoo 2025.

Yog li vim li cas thiaj li tshaj tawm BlueOval City ntawm NASCAR racecar ntawm kev sib tw ntawm Bristol? BlueOval City tab tom ua hauv Stanton, ib lub nroog nyob rau sab hnub poob Tennessee tsawg dua 500 mais ntawm txoj kev. Qhov $ 5.6 billion peev Ford ua hauv BlueOval yuav ua rau nws yog ib lub tsev kawm ntawv loj tshaj plaws hauv Asmeskas keeb kwm thiab yuav tsim qee 6,000 txoj haujlwm.

Nrog rau kev sib tw Bristol hmo ntuj ib txwm yog ib qho kev sib tw zoo tshaj plaws ntawm NASCAR Circuit Court, nws tau muab sijhawm rau Ford los nthuav qhia BlueOval City rau ntau txhiab tus kiv cua, ntau tus neeg nyob hauv cheeb tsam.

"Peb paub ntau npaum li cas Tennessean kev hlub motorsports," said Kel Kearns, hluav taws xob tsheb chaw nruab nrab tus thawj coj ntawm BlueOval City. "Yuav tsum nyob ntawm Aric lub tsheb lub lis piam no rau ib qho ntawm cov xwm txheej nrov tshaj plaws ntawm lub caij nyoog yog txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj plaws los nthuav tawm cov lus ntawm peb yog leej twg thiab tuaj txog ntawm BlueOval City."

Tag nrho Ford nrog rau nws cov Korean roj teeb tus khub SK innovation yuav tau nqis peev rau tag nrho $ 11.4 nphom hauv BlueOval City thiab ob lub tuam txhab roj teeb hauv Glendale, Kentucky.

Almirola tau ua tus tsav tsheb Ford rau ntau ntawm nws tag nrho 11-xyoo kev sib tw ua haujlwm puv sijhawm hauv NASCAR's Cup series thiab tau pom tias lub hom phiaj tau nce qib li cas thaum nws los txog EVs.

Almirola tau hais tias "Nws muaj kev lom zem heev rau kuv tuaj yeem pom tom qab daim ntaub. "Ntawm no yog lwm lub sijhawm los koom nrog rau yav tom ntej ntawm Ford Motor Company thiab muaj peev xwm ua kom pom lub teeb pom kev ntawm BlueOval City thiab qhov chaw zoo tshaj plaws uas lawv yuav tsim nyob ntawd. Lawv yuav tsim nyob nruab nrab ntawm qhov ntawd thiab BlueOval SK 11,000 txoj haujlwm tshiab Asmeskas. Nws tsuas yog tsis txaus ntseeg thiab nws tau zoo siab heev uas tau nyob nrog rau kev caij tsheb thoob plaws txoj kev taug kev. "

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Thaum nws yuav zoo li khib los nthuav qhia lub tsheb fais fab yav tom ntej ntawm NASCAR haiv neeg, hluav taws xob tsis yog ib yam dab tsi NASCAR tab tom txaj muag. Lawv Next Gen racecar, uas tau ua nws qhov kev sib tw ua ntej lub caij no, yog tsim los nrog cov qauv tsim yuav txhawb nqa hybrid system yav tom ntej. Qhov tseeb, kev ua kis las twb tau ua qee qhov kev sim nrog cov txheej txheem tshiab thiab muaj kev sib tham txog kev sib tw hybrid tuaj yeem pom nyob rau ob peb xyoos tom ntej no.

Thiab NASCAR cov tsav tsheb twb nyob rau hauv nrog EVs.

Almirola hais tias "Kuv tau tsav Mach-E me ntsis," Almirola hais. "Cov neeg ntawm Ford tau siab zoo txaus kom cia kuv muaj ib lub lim tiam thiab cov menyuam nyiam nws. Peb sib tw txhua tus neeg uas peb tuaj yeem ua tau los ntawm lub teeb nres hauv Mooresville, Cornelius thiab Kannapolis, North Carolina. Txhua tus neeg uas txaus siab sib tw peb ntawm lub teeb nres peb tau sib tw, tsawg kawg mus rau qhov txwv ceev. Yog li, xoom rau 45 lossis xoom rau 55 Kuv tsis xav tias muaj kev sib tw peb poob, yog li peb muaj kev lom zem nrog qhov ntawd. "

Almirola pom qhov kev hloov pauv mus rau hluav taws xob hauv qhov chaw tsheb tsheb raws li kev loj hlob zoo li cov uas tau pom nyob rau yav dhau los.

Almirola tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias zoo li peb nyob hauv ib lub sijhawm ntawm qhov chaw uas koj tab tom npaj kom pom qee yam zoo nkauj thiab koj tab tom npaj ua neej nyob dhau los," Almirola tau hais. "Koj xav rov qab mus rau thaum peb mus los ntawm cov tsheb loj hnyav hnyav mus rau qhov hnyav dua aerodynamic ntau sophistication, ntau electronics, hluav taws xob txhaj tshuaj thiab tag nrho cov khoom. Kuv txiv thiab yawg tau ua neej nyob dhau qhov kev hloov pauv ntawd, yog li ntawm no peb tab tom npaj ua neej nyob los ntawm kev hloov pauv ntawm pom hluav taws xob ntau dua thiab muaj peev xwm ua tau dab tsi. "

Raws li tus kws tshaj lij kev sib tw, tib yam uas Almirola mob siab txog yog dab tsi tshwm sim tom qab lub log. Thiab nws hais tias dab tsi nyob hauv qab lub hood tsis yog qhov tseem ceeb.

Nws tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kuv qhov kev xav yog rau tus txiv neej uas nyiam tuav lub kauj tsheb thiab ua kom lub throttle, koj xav kom nws ua ib qho kev zoo siab," nws hais. "Koj xav kom txaus siab tsav tsheb thiab kuv tsuas yog xav tsis thoob thiab txaus siab rau lub tsheb uas Ford tau tso tawm nrog hluav taws xob."

Almirola coj lub teb mus rau ntsuab ntawm Bristol hnub Saturday tsaus ntuj thiab nthuav tawm Ford's BlueOval City mus rau NASCAR ntiaj teb. Thiab tej zaum nws yuav tsis yog lub sijhawm kawg ntawm kev siv hluav taws xob ntawm lub tsheb yuav nthuav tawm rau NASCAR thiab nws cov kiv cua.

Kearns tau hais tias "Nws yog lub sijhawm zoo los nthuav qhia qhov tshwm sim hauv BlueOval City hauv Tennessee ntawm Bristol thiab koom tes nrog kev tshwm sim zoo nrog NASCAR thiab Aric thiab nws Ford Mustang," Kearns tau hais.

“Kev siv hluav taws xob yog lub neej yav tom ntej. Nws yog tiam tom ntej. Nws yog qhov zoo siab tshiab thev naus laus zis, tab sis qhov ntawd tsis hloov qhov Ford yog dab tsi. Ford yog hais txog Ford Performance thiab kev sib tw yog ib feem ntawm peb DNA, yog li peb yuav nthuav tawm lub asthiv no thaum peb mus tom ntej thiab nthuav qhia BlueOval City ntawm No. 10 lub asthiv no. "