The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa has cautioned that the government’s slow development of new energy vehicle policies is threatening the country’s manufacturing industry.In 2021, South Africa’s vehicle and automotive component exports contributed R207.5 billion to the country’s GDP.
Naamsa has proposed several interventions from the government to help the automotive industry in its electric transition. “We are looking to subsidise the interim period to keep South Africa on the same EV path as the rest of the world,” Volvo Cars South Africa managing director Greg Maruszewski previously told MyBroadband.The Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition previously committed to publishing its automotive green paper by the end of the current financial year.
Mabasa lamented the fact that Godongwana had kicked the can down the road with regards to the government’s NEV plans.
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