DAVID FURLONGER: Can minibus taxis ‘democratise’ the EV revolution?

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The sooner minibus taxis embrace battery-powered electric engines, the sooner SA consumers will recognise the benefits of electric vehicles.

, 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.

 

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And obviously in townships where most taxi's operates there's sufficient charging and electrical infrastructure. What a shit article

No - this is poorly thought out. Range a huge issue. They won’t be able to do a full days job and who will pay the higher price of purchase

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