Ua hopu ʻia ka mākaʻi ma Alabama a hoʻopaʻa pōkole i kahi luna mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Mercedes-Benz mai Kelemania no ka loaʻa ʻole o ka laikini kaʻa, e huki ana i ka manaʻo i ke kānāwai hoʻopaʻapaʻa hou o ka mokuʻāina ʻo US.

Wahi a ka Associated Press, ua hiki i ka luna i kapa ʻole ʻia he 46 mau makahiki ke hōʻike i kahi kāleka ʻike Kelemania i ka huki ʻia ʻana e nā mākaʻi o Tuscaloosa i ka Pōʻakolu i hala. Ma hope iho ua hopu ʻia ʻo ia a hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka loaʻa ʻole o ka ʻike kūpono e like me ka mea i koi ʻia e ke kānāwai neʻe hou o Alabama, ka mea i hoʻohewa ʻia ma ke ʻano he draconian loa.

I ka hopena, ua hiki i kahi hoa hana ke loaʻa i ka palapala passport, visa a me nā laikini kaʻa o ke kāne ma kona hōkele a lawe aku i nā mākaʻi, nāna i hoʻokuʻu i ka luna hoʻokele Daimler, ua hōʻike ʻia e ka Associated Press.

Ua hōʻoia ke keʻena nui o Mercedes-Benz ma Kelemania i ka hopu ʻia ʻana, akā hōʻole ʻo ia e ʻōlelo hou aku, e kuhikuhi ana i nā nīnau āpau i kāna ʻoihana US, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ke kakahiaka Pōʻakahi.

"Ua lohe mākou ʻaʻohe ona laikini kaʻa akā ʻaʻohe o mākou ʻike hou i kēia manawa," i haʻi aku ai kahi waha ʻōlelo i ka The Local.

Ua ʻike ʻia kēia hanana i ke kiaʻāina o Alabama, nāna i kāhea aku i nā luna e hoʻoholo i ka mea i hana ʻia, ʻoiai ua hōʻole kāna keʻena ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hoʻoikaika i nā mākaʻi.

Ua paʻa ka luna hoʻokō i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i kahi kānāwai Alabama i hoʻoholo ʻia i Iune, ka mea i manaʻo nui ʻia ʻo ia ka ʻoi loa o ʻAmelika. ʻO ka hapa nui o ke kānāwai, e koi ana i nā mākaʻi e hōʻoia i ke kūlana o ka neʻe ʻana o kekahi inā he "hoʻohuoi kūpono" nā luna i hiki iā ia ke hele ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa me ke kānāwai ʻole, ua kākoʻo ʻia e nā ʻaha i kēia manawa, ʻoiai nā luʻi a nā poʻe kākoʻo kūʻokoʻa kīwila.

Ua kūkulu ʻo Mercedes-Benz i nā kaʻa ma kahi mea kanu kokoke i Tuscaloosa mai 1993 a ma 2000 ua hoʻolilo i $ 600 miliona (€445 miliona) i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hale. Wahi a ka hui, hāʻawi ka mea kanu ma mua o 22,000 mau hana a ʻo ia ka mea hoʻopuka nui loa o Alabama, e hoʻouna ana i $ 1 biliona (€743 miliona) i nā mea hoʻoiho ma ka honua.

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