South Africa faces several hurdles in encouraging people to move to electric vehicles, but the government is working on new incentives to address this, says transport minister Fikile Mbalula.
“The issue of the constrained power grid from Eskom – that also becomes a challenge for the overall uptake with a key issue of how these vehicles will be recharged should a major power outage occur, or even during the regular load shedding intervals.” “Compared with the around 18% import duty currently added to the price of a vehicle with an internal combustion engine landing in South Africa, an all-electric vehicle is taxed by up to 25%, thus pushing the electric vehicle out of the typical affordability market. It also puts the electric car into being classified as luxury, irrespective of the type, or model of the car.
Aah, eish. No electric for next 20 years...
How about refunding or even scrapping carbon tax duties on the purchase of vehicles? Not the consumers fault paying for incompetence. Just asking for a friend?
Not sure he actually said it was risky 🤷🏻♂️. Seems a bit of a sensational headline to get clicks
cars seen as risky because of licensing issues and road conditions.