South Africa – Page 7 – Thinking Port

The BMW i4 eDrive 35 M Sport Lands In South Africa At A Very Competitive Price

March 30, 2023 admin africa, BMW, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 18:35:21 +0000

For a very long time, battery-electric vehicles have generally been more expensive than comparable internal combustion engine vehicles. The gap between the upfront purchase prices was so high at times that it could only be justified by the lower total cost of ownership advantage that BEVs have from a financial point of view. The environmental […]

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Data Center Firm Teraco Plans To Build 200 MW Of Solar PV To Power Its Facilities In South Africa

March 25, 2023 admin africa, clean power, data centers, Solar energy, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:55:21 +0000

Teraco is Africa’s leading carrier-neutral colocation provider. Teraco says it is the first provider of highly resilient, vendor-neutral data environments in sub-Saharan Africa. Teraco says its world-class data center infrastructure and network-dense ecosystems form a vital part of the African internet’s backbone and is essential to the modern enterprise’s digital transformation strategy. Teraco adds that […]

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South African Battery Storage Firm Solar MD Sees Record Growth In South Africa Last Year

March 25, 2023 admin africa, batteries, Energy Storage, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 16:55:14 +0000

Solar MD makes its own battery packs in Cape Town, South Africa, by integrating cells from CATL, the world’s largest battery company, and Solar MD’s own proprietary battery and energy management system. Solar MD now also has an app where both Android and iOS users can get a real-time view of the state of their […]

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Over 1 GW Of Private Solar & Wind Projects Registered In South Africa In The First 2 Months Of 2023

March 23, 2023 admin africa, clean power, Solar energy, South Africa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:35:30 +0000

South Africa has removed some of the stringent requirements for companies to generate power for their own consumption. Before the amendment to Schedule 2 of the Electricity Act, anyone planning to produce their own electricity had to apply for a license if the power plant was larger than 1 MW. It was quite a process […]

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Volvo Opens Orders For Heavy Electric Trucks For The Construction Industry In South Africa

March 18, 2023 admin clean transport, Construction, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, South Africa, volvo trucks

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:30:49 +0000

Heavy vehicles for applications such as construction sites or in campus-based sectors such as in mining environments usually have to drive for short distances at well known intervals. Vehicles in this sector are perfect for electrification. Managing the fleet for things like charging and installation of charging stations at depots or on-site in campus-based environments […]

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Volvo Trucks Is Bringing Electric Trucks To South Africa!

March 17, 2023 admin africa, clean transport, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, South Africa, volvo trucks

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 18:15:25 +0000

In 2022, the number of heavy electric trucks on the roads in Europe and the United States grew faster than ever before. One of the leaders in the electric heavy truck industry is Volvo Trucks. Volvo Trucks has now sold more than 4,300 electric trucks globally in more than 38 countries since 2019, when production […]

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South Africa Issues Tender For 513 MW/2,052 MWh Battery Storage Spread Across 5 Sites

March 17, 2023 admin africa, batteries, Energy Storage, eskom, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 17:16:22 +0000

South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has formally invited interested parties to register prospective bids under the Battery Energy Storage Capacity Bid Window of the Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (Battery Energy Storage IPPPP). The Bid Submission is scheduled to close on 5 July 2023, at 17:00. The tender stipulates that the minimum […]

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South Africa’s uYilo e-Mobility Program Is Celebrating 10 Years Of Promoting Electric Mobility

March 17, 2023 admin africa, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Nissan, South Africa, uyilo

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 15:35:39 +0000

South Africa’s uYilo e-mobility program is a multi-stakeholder, collaborative program focused on enabling, facilitating, and mobilizing electric mobility in South Africa. This March, uYilo e-Mobility Programme is celebrating a decade of enabling and facilitating the ecosystem for electric mobility in South Africa. The program was established in March 2013 as an initiative of the Technology […]

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Elon Musk’s Second Cousin, Hilton Musk, Takes Tesla Model X On 1,400 KM Drive From Cape Town To Johannesburg

March 17, 2023 admin cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, South Africa, tesla, tesla model x

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 03:57:06 +0000

Tesla’s vehicles are not yet available for people to buy in South Africa. However, Rubicon, the largest supplier of solar systems and components to the commercial & industrial and residential sectors in South Africa, had the honour of bringing in the first ever Tesla vehicle to South Africa. Rubicon’s Model X is the Performance version. […]

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South Africa’s Naamsa Recommends Incentives Up To R80,000 ($4,320) To Catalyze Growth Of EV Sector

March 13, 2023 admin africa, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev incentives, policy & politics, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 17:05:01 +0000

South Africa has been quite slow when it comes to introducing policies and incentives catering to the electric mobility sector. It would be in South Africa’s best interest to expedite this, as over 70% of vehicles produced in South Africa are exported to Europe, a region where electric vehicle sales are growing and a region […]