Tun kafin yanzu tsere na motocin lantarki, Volkswagen ta riga ta gwada tare da fasahohi masu matukar dacewa - hakan ya haifar da Volkswagen XL1. Yau, bayan shekaru 14, muna tuna yadda daya daga cikin mafi ban mamaki lokacin sa na zamani ya kasance.
A farkon shekarun 2010, lokacin da Amurka suka fara tunanin tanadi na man fetur kan yanayin tsanani na tattalin arziki, a Turai yakin neman inganci ya riga ya fara. Masu kera mota na Turai suna yin gogayya sosai wajen fitar da motoci da ke da ƙarancin amfani da mai — kuma yana cikin wannan mahallin ne a shekarar 2011, Volkswagen ya gabatar da daya daga cikin samfura mafi ban mamaki da kuma cike da burin tarihi duka lokaci.
A tambayen motar ƙasa ta duniya ta Qatar Motor Show a 2011, wadda ta buɗe a ranar 26 ga Janairu a Doha, kamfanin Volkswagen ya nuna wa jama'a ‘yan asalin aiki na Volkswagen XL1 — mota 'yan gaban gabar wadda za ta iya tafiya har nesa da mil 235 akan gallon daya na man fetur. A sauya zuwa ƙirar da muke dashi — yana da wajen lita 0.9 a kowace kilomita 100, wanda har yanzu a yanayin shekarar 2025 na yau babban lamari mai dauki hankali ne.
A ƙarƙashin murfin motan XL1 — nau'in injin mai turawa mai silinda biyu mai girma 0.8 lita tare da injin lantarki da kuma akwati na gear mai yanayi daban-daban. A yanayin tanadi mai yawa motar tana bayarwa wajen karfin horsepower 27, wanda ya isa a tukin har zuwa 100 km/h. A yanayin 'wasanni' karfin horsepower har zuwa 39, sannan saboda gudun wajen 160 km/h.
Hakika, XL1 ya zama ci gaban samfurin kwarewar injin kamfanin Volkswagen L1, wanda aka gabatar a 2008. Idan aka kwatanta da L1, XL1 yana da jiki mai hankali kuma karin tsari don amfani da hanya na gaske, har ma da tsarin amfani mai amfani da karfin lantarki wanda ya kunshi batirin lithium-ion. Motar tana da nauyi ƙasa da kg 800, yayin da tanadin aerodinamic na 0.189, wanda ya zama tarihin a wancan lokacin a ciki samfurin a yau.
Ko da yake sha'awa mai yawa, XL1 bai zama cikin mutane ba. Volkswagen ta fitar da iyaka - samfurin guda 250 ne kawai aka yi, wanda duk aka tattara a hannu a cikin Osnabrück na Jamus. A shekarar 2013, anganta ya fito a matsayin kasuwa akan farashin wajen dala 29,500 na Amurka, amma sai wani wadanda aka zaba kaɗai aka iya saya - wanda galibi yana da masu tara da mabiyan tambarin.
A yau, XL1 ana ganin shi a matsayin fasaha mai ban mamaki, wata lokaci mai matukar muhimmanci a tarihi daga ingantattun motoci, wanda ya yi zamani kafin lokacin motoci na yanzu masu amfani da lantarki da kuma injina mai amfani sosai. A yanayin da a Turai da wasu kasashen nan akwai tsari daga 2035 na duba hana siyar motoci da ke dauke da injin mai, gwaje-gwajen da Volkswagen ya yi na bayar da haske da hangen nesa.