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Ford executive says South Africa needs EV policy within six months

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The Africa head of Ford Motor Co said the South African government must deliver policy certainty on electric vehicles (EVs) within six months to save its automotive industry.

Says it would take around four years to plan investmentsJOHANNESBURG, Nov 18 - The Africa head of Ford Motor Co

Three quarters of cars produced by South Africa's auto industry, which accounts for 5% of gross domestic product and more than 100,000 jobs, are exported, mostly to Europe. "We need policy certainty, literally, within the next six month period," Neale Hill, President of Ford Motor Company in Africa, told Reuters in an interview on Friday.

 

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