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A new study of battery degradation on thousands of EVs found that the average passenger model lost just 1.5% of its capacity per year, which means it would still have 80% left after 13 years.
South Africa’s oldest and largest electric vehicle (EV) leasing and management fleet operator Everlectric is seeing increased demand for its offering and plans to radically expand its model line-up in 2026.
The BYD Dolphin Surf may primarily be for in-town runabouts, but for one Pretoria couple, it made for a great road tripper this past December.
Chinese car manufacturers launched a dozen distinct plug-in hybrid models under R1 million in South Africa in 2025.
Rubicon’s head of e-mobility Hilton Musk believes that paying to charge an EV in public should be as simple as paying for fuel.
Fears over too little range have cooled, but many drivers have become paranoid about whether they will find an essential charging station in a working state.
While South Africa’s most affordable electric vehicle (EV) is around double the price of the country’s cheapest petrol car, it boasts far more features, performance, and better safety.
While a lot of noise has been made about how South Africa potentially missed out on beating Tesla to the EV party with the Joule, the project wasted R300 million in taxpayer money and produced just a handful of prototypes, none of which were road legal.
Don’t see a charger where you need one? South Africa’s biggest charge point operator is taking suggestions for new locations and letting other users vote if they also want a charger in a marked spot.
Hyundai South Africa CEO Stanley Anderson says bringing the company’s EVs to local shores isn’t viable.