More than a year ago, Cape Town’s oldest bus company, the Golden Arrow Bus Service , introduced two electric busses with more than 300km of range to its fleet, a first for SA. In addition to investing in rooftop solar in 2017 and subsequently exporting electricity to the city, it plans to introduce 60 locally built electric busses in 2024.
“This is a statement project where we are bringing an EV that we have never seen before for a vehicle mode that we are all familiar with and has the potential to flip the EV narrative on its head. This is not a middle-class or EU issue; this is a globally driven and locally relevant opportunity,” said Coetzee.
“What is interesting in the South African model is that it is likely to be led by the private sector — the taxi industry — and government is likely to play a smaller role than what is normally the case in other markets, where the city or state runs all public transport, with very little informal activity.”
Reando Potgieter, COO at AEVERSA, said it is vital to ensure the smooth running of any EV fleet and it facilitates the management of electrical energy supply, which ultimately affects the cost of ownership of a logistics fleet. “It is the only way to guarantee uptime and ensure vehicles are ready to go when they need to.”
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