Igerageza rya mbere ry’imodoka iguruka ryamaze iminota 35 igenda mu kirere hagati y’ibibuga by’indege mpuzamahanga bya Nitra na Bratislava muri Slovakia. Iyi modoka-ndege, AirCar, ifite moteri ya BMW kandi inywa ibitoro/Essence bisanzwe bikomoka kuri petrol.

Uwayikoze, Prof Stefan Klein, avuga ko ishobora kuguruka 1,000km iri ku butumburuke bwa 2,500m kandi kugeza ubu imaze kumara amasaha 40 yose hamwe mu kirere. Biyifata iminota ibiri n’amasegonda 15 kugira ngo yihinduremo indege.

‘Birashimishije cyane’

Amababa magufi asohoka ku mpande z’iyi modoka. Muri iki cyumweru Prof Klein yarayitwaye ihaguruka ku muhanda w’indege igera mu mujyi, iri kurebwa n’abanyamakuru batumiwe. Avuga uko bimeze yavuze ko ari “ibisanzwe” kandi “bishimishije cyane”.

Mu kirere nkuko BBC ibitangaza, iyi modoka-ndege yageze ku muvuduko wa 170km/h. Ishobora gutwara abantu babiri, ntigomba gutwara ibiro birenze 200.

Ariko bitandukanye na drone-taxi ziri kugeragezwa, iyi yo ntabwo ishobora guhaguruka cyangwa kugwa nka drone, ikenera umuhanda nk’indege. Hitezwe byinshi cyane mu isoko ryo gukora imodoka ziguruka, ikintu kimaze imyaka myinshi kiri mu ntekerezo z’ejo hazaza z’abahanga.

Mu 2019, kompanyi ya Morgan Stanley yavuze ko iryo soko rishobora kuzagira agaciro ka tiriyari $1.5 kugera mu 2040. Ku ruganda kuwa kabiri, Michael Cole ukuriye Hyundai Motoros Europe yavuze ko uyu mushinga ari “kimwe mu hazaza hacu”. Ubonwa nk’igisubizo mu bibazo bitandukanye biriho mu bwikorezi mu mijyi.

‘Isoko rinini cyane’

Kompanyi iri inyuma ya AirCar, Klein Vision, ivuga ko iyi ya mbere byafashe imyaka ibiri kuyikora ku ishoramari riri munsi ya miliyoni ebyiri z’amaEuro.

Anton Zajac, umujyanama n’umushoramari muri Klein Vision, avuga ko iyo kompanyi ishobora gukurura imigabane y’ibigo bikomeye by’indege, ko ishobora kunguka bikomeye.

Yagize ati: “Hari gutumiza (commande/orders) kw’indege kugera ku 40,000 muri Amerika gusa. “Dufashe 5% y’uko gutumiza kukaba uko gukora indege iguruka – dufite isoko rinini”.

‘Ibintu byiza’

Dr Stephen Wright, umushakashatsi ku by’indege n’ibigenda mu kirere wo muri University of the West mu Bwongereza, avuga ko AirCar ishobora kudatera urusaku kandi idasaba ibitoro byinshi, ugereranyije n’ibindi bigenda mu kirere.

Ati: “Ndemeza ko ibi biboneka nk’ibintu byiza – ariko mfite ibibazo byinshi ku kwemezwa kwayo. Umuntu wese yakora indege ariko ikigoye ni ugukora iguruka, ikaguruka, ikaguruka ikaba yamara miliyoni z’amasaha, itwaye umuntu kandi idakoze impanuka. Ntegereje cyane igipapuro kizemerera iyi kuguruka no kugurishwa”.

Munyaneza Theogene / intyoza.com