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Chinese brands poached designers from Audi, Bentley and Range Rover – and South African buyers are responding.
Nineteen battery-electric models were shown at the Festival of Motoring. Only the Suzuki e Vitara was not Chinese.
Mncane Mthunzi takes the role in an industry whose US exports have collapsed 74% and whose NEV transition is stalling.
Battery-electric cars remain under 1% of the market despite NEV sales figures doubling year on year, Naamsa data shows.
Chinese brands have gone from fringe players to a fifth of South Africa’s new-vehicle sales.
From kilowatt-hours to charging costs, two EV veterans answer the questions new buyers actually ask.
South Africa’s automotive body insists local car output still leads the continent, even as the country’s electric ambitions lag.
Battery-electric sales jumped 96% year on year in the first quarter, yet they remain a sliver of the market.
Mikel Mabasa was among the most vocal advocates for a coherent South African new energy vehicle policy.