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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 20:05:17 +0000
South Africa’s auto assembly and manufacturing industry is a key pillar of the country’s economy. It is the largest manufacturing sector in South Africa, with a substantial 18.7% of value addition within the domestic manufacturing output derived from vehicle and automotive component manufacturing activity. The auto industry also employs over 100,000 people. Its contribution to […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:35:26 +0000
Motoring journalist Justus Visagie has been doing road trips in electric vehicles in South Africa to show that fully electric cars can easily cover long distances in the country. Last year, he drove from Cape Town to Johannesburg in a BMW iX xDrive50 SUV in 20 hours and 17 minutes with TV presenter Ernest Page. […]