Electric vehicles are gaining momentum in South Africa, even more so now with the spike in fuel prices. Searches on AutoTrader more than doubled annually for the last 2 years - a clear indication that demand is growing. Whilst interest in EVs grows, so does the need to educate electric car drivers or would-be electric [...]
The recent increase in electricity prices as well as petrol prices begs the question. How much does it cost to charge electric cars compared to fueling petrol cars? These increases consisted of electricity tariffs going up by 9.61% and an increase in petrol price of 28 cents per litre in April 2022. I'm going to [...]
The revolution of electric cars in South Africa is starting will contribute not only to our GDP through the automotive sector. But also to our education sector as more and more demand rises for these electric cars. The automotive industry has enjoyed strong growth in vehicle manufacture and sales over the last decade, but all [...]
I'm not the kind of person who cares much about the loud tail-pipe noises that petrol-heads love, I always remind people that at one point in our history, we rode horses, especially when talking about the future of electric cars in South Africa. However, horses have not disappeared, they have been replaced by Internal Combustion [...]
Volvo South Africa gave me the great opportunity to be one of the first in South Africa to drive the Volvo XC40 P8 Recharge full battery electric car. I had the Volvo XC40 Recharge for the weekend. 3 things I love about the Volvo XC40 P8 Recharge electric car 1 - Adaptive cruise control and [...]
We had the opportunity to find out from the CEO of Naamsa, Mike Mabasa what the purpose of the Green Paper on SA’s new energy vehicles is all about. The new energy vehicle Green Paper policy document recently published was produced to help in defining Africa's position on new energy vehicles. Let's first define what [...]
Mike Mabasa and I had the opportunity to discuss the development of hybrid vs full battery electric vehicles in the market today. SA’s first hybrid vehicles Two specific OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) like Toyota and Mercedes, have manufactured some of the very first hybrid vehicles at scale in South Africa. Question is, with Toyota manufacturing [...]
The department of trade, industry and competition DTIC released a green paper for the advancement of new energy vehicles in South Africa. Essentially electric vehicles or electric cars. This is an integral part of the series of policy papers accompanying the 2021 budget for the department and serves as the first step into informing and [...]
On the journey to renewable solar energy using solar and driving a battery-electric car (EV), I added solar panels to my home along with purchasing my battery electric Jaguar I-Pace EV and replaced by Internal Combustion Engined car. I recently switched to off-grid solar panels and now my home currently runs off of these solar panels. [...]
6 Topics covered by the AutoTrader SA 2021 Electric Vehicle (EV) Buyers Survey, seeking to provide answers to questions about Electric Vehicles consumers are too afraid to ask. What the penetration of Electric Vehicles is in South Africa. General consumer sentiment about Electric Vehicles. What consumers expect from Electric Vehicles. Consumer intentions when it comes [...]
