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 [...]
Living with an electric car grows electric mobility and is very possible in South Africa today, but a few things need to change. However, it does make for a steeper adoption curve of the electric car, the longer we wait. The longer we wait the more our ICE (Internal combustion engine) vehicle fleet in South [...]
The AutoTrader SA Mid-Year Car Industry Report includes a brand new electric car (EV) data statistics section. What types of electric vehicles are available in South Africa? Below are the 5 electric cars available in South Africa: BMW i3 Porsche Taycan Jaguar I-Pace Mini Cooper SE Nissan Leaf (discontinued) The Nissan Leaf is unfortunately no [...]
#ChargedUp is the 6th Edition of the AutoTrader SA market industry report. The first market industry report was released in August 2019. Whenever we release something like this we take the view of testing the data in the market. There's no point putting something out if it's not going to be consumed. Traffic to AutoTrader [...]
I'm proud to announce the launch of our 2021 AutoTrader SA Mid-Year Car Industry Report covering the period January to June 2021. This is the fastest we've ever released the car industry report after the end of a period. I'm very proud of the team - they have done a really stunning job on this [...]
There are probably a lot of questions about the reasons why I bought an electric vehicle. It comes with questions about charging stations, range anxiety, and the price of the car. On this journey, I will be answering all those questions in time. But for now, let me give you some insights into why I [...]
