, participants in a motor industry webinar were told this week.
Where better to impress its “everyman” credentials in SA, than in public transport? Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, a senior economist at the private sector economic research company Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies , says that to engage the maximum number of people, “we have to bring EVs to buses and minibuses”.
The department of trade, industry & competition should have published a policy white paper last year, setting out plans to encourage local EV sales and manufacture. Until it does, motor companies say they can’t finalise strategic, long-term decisions on future products. The urgency is heightened by the fact that over two-thirds of vehicles built in SA are exported — many to countries that will ban the sale of non-EVs in the next few years.
Coal powered vehicles
Where ye gonna charge these vehicles