DAVID FURLONGER: At last, an electric framework
Government gets serious about preparing the SA motor industry for a new-energy future
21 May 2021 - 06:00
Eight years after unveiling a “roadmap” to plot the creation of an electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing industry in SA, the government has finally nailed its colours to the EV mast.
Former trade & industry minister Rob Davies announced the roadmap in May 2013, promising “demand stimulation, public education, investment support and an accommodative regulatory framework” to encourage both the manufacture and sale of EVs...
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