Hyped upSome media houses as well as social media went into overdrive this week over the announcement that Tesla Motors is opening an Africa office in Cape Town. The rumour quickly spread that Tesla will be bringing its electric vehicles here and everyone got excited. Sadly, their excitement is misplaced as the company has no current plans to have a presence in SA for its electric vehicles. A spokesperson for Tesla based at its head office in California, US confirmed to Motor News that "Tesla is building a small presence in SA regarding Tesla Energy". Essentially the company is bringing its Powerwall products to SA and Africa.Did VW boss know?Investigative newspapers in Germany have cited internal memos and e-mails to suggest former Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn knew about the company’s diesel emissions cheat. The Bild am Sonntag newspaper suggested Winterkorn was told about the Dieselgate problems far earlier than September 2015. Documents also suggest senior VW Group offi...
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