Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  (CNN) Chassis yakatsetseka, kupenda kunokwezva uye kuda kumhanya, asi aya haasi magwenyawo zvawo. Apo chitiviri chinorova simbi, muitiro unoshamwaridzana nemhoteredzo unotanga kushanda. Dzinotyairwa nemagetsi uye dzakagadzirirwa kuti dzibudirire, vanhu vanoda motokari vanobva muAfrica yose vari kutanga pfungwa dzomunyika mavo idzo dzakaita kuti nyanzvi dzishamisike. MuZaria, guta riri kuchamhembe kweNigeria, boka revadzidzi vepaYunivhesiti yeAhmadu Bello pari zvino riri kupedzisa kugadzira "ABUCAR 2". Vadzidzi vakashandisa zvinhu zvaiwanika munharaunda yacho kuti vagadzire motokari yacho, uye vakatobatanidza zvinhu zvemagetsi zvakashandiswazve muinjini yacho. Kunyange zvazvo ichimhanya negasi, injini yacho inoita kuti motokari isapise mafuta akawanda uye inoburitsa utsi hushoma kupfuura motokari dzemazuva ano. "Tine chokwadi chokuti tine motokari yakanaka zvikuru", anodaro mutarisiri webasa racho Muhammad Dauda. "Iye zvino tiri kuisa pfungwa dzedu pakuita zvimwe zvokupedzisira kuti tivandudze nzira yokutyaira nayo - izvi zvakangofanana neFormula One". Chiumbwa chavo chiduku, icho chakavakwa mumwedzi mishanu, chichaenda kuNetherlands muna May kunokwikwidza muchikamu cheEurope cheShell Eco-marathon yegore rino - makwikwi emotokari anopa mubayiro vaya vanofamba daro refu zvikuru vachishandisa mafuta mashoma. Asi boka racho riri kushandawo kuti pave nemotokari yemagetsi inoshanda nemvura, iyo vari kutarisira kubudisa muna 2016. Pakumhanya kwakaderera motokari yacho ichashandiswa nemagetsi chete, asi pakumhanya kwakakwirira zvose zviri zviviri magetsi nemotokari dzinopisa peturu zvichashanda pamwe chete. Pakati pezvinhu zvakanyanyisa, simba rakawanda rinogadzirwa neinjini rinodzoreredza mabhatiri ayo anopa simba injini yemagetsi. Ndiwo muenzaniso uyo Toyota anoshandisa muPrius. Zvirongwa zvakatipoteredza zvakadai seizvi zviri kuramba zvichidiwa mukondinendi iyi, sezvo dzimwe ongororo dzichiti 50% yezvinoburitswa pasi rose ne organic carbon zvinogona kubva kuAfrica muna 2030. Mumutambo weShell Eco-marathon uchaitwa muna Chivabvu, chikwata cheABUCAR chichange chiine tarisiro yekumhanya chichipfuura chigadzirwa che "Autonov III" chepaUniversity of Lagos. Yakadhirowewa mavara emureza weNigeria uye inoshanda nebhatiri rezuva, chimiro chetsetsodzi yemotokari yacho chinobatsira kuderedza kumonyanisa mhepo. Kuvaka zviratidzo zvapakuvamba...
Vadzidzi vokuAfrica nevanofarira motokari vari kugadzira motokari dzakasvibirira. Vadzidzi veNigeria vachakwikwidza mu "Eco-Marathon" muna Chivabvu.