Ba mu taɓa tunanin cewa na ɗan lokaci, kalmomin Toyota Land Cruiser da electric za su yi tasiri a kan labarai ba, amma ga mu nan. Abin da ya ƙara dagula lamarin, wannan labarin Toyota ne na hukuma, duk da cewa labarai ne na gida daga Land Down Under.
Kamfanin Toyota Australia ya sanar da haɗin gwiwa da BHP Billiton, babban kamfanin albarkatun ƙasa na Ostiraliya, don gudanar da gwaje-gwajen gwaji na motocin lantarki da aka gyara. Haka ne, wannan gyaran ya shafi jerin Land Cruiser 70. Gwajin a bayyane yake ƙarami ne kuma an iyakance shi ga misali ɗaya na juyawa wanda zai yi aiki a ma'adinan.
Sashen tsara kayayyaki da haɓaka kayayyaki na Toyota Motor Australia da ke tashar jiragen ruwa ta Melbourne ya mayar da jerin motocin Land Cruiser 70 masu hawa ɗaya zuwa motocin lantarki. Ana iya amfani da babban BEV ɗin da aka gyara a cikin ma'adinan ƙarƙashin ƙasa. An gudanar da gwajin a ma'adinan BHP Nickel West da ke Yammacin Ostiraliya.
Idan kana son sanin manufar wannan haɗin gwiwa, Toyota Austalia da BHP suna fatan ci gaba da bincike kan rage hayaki a cikin ƙananan jiragensu. A cikin shekaru 20 da suka gabata, kamfanonin biyu sun ci gaba da haɗin gwiwa mai ƙarfi, kuma ana kyautata zaton aikin zai ƙarfafa alaƙar da ke tsakaninsu da kuma nuna yadda za su iya yin aiki tare don "canza makomar."
Ya kamata a ambaci cewa manyan dawakai a sassa da dama na duniya galibi ana tuƙa su da dizal. Idan wannan gwajin ya yi nasara, yana nufin cewa jirgin ruwa mai amfani da wutar lantarki ya tabbatar da cewa babban doki ne mai haƙar ma'adinai. Zai rage amfani da dizal, na wucin gadi, da kuma dogaro da taimako. Don cimma burin kamfanin na tsakiyar wa'adi na rage hayaki mai gurbata muhalli da kashi 30% nan da shekarar 2030.
Ana fatan za a samu ƙarin bayani game da sakamakon ƙaramin gwajin daga Toyota Motor Australia, wanda zai iya share fagen shigar da motocin lantarki cikin rundunar ma'aikatan hakar ma'adinai ta ƙasar.