South Africa’s electric vehicle market is seeing slow but steady growth compared to the rest of the globe, reaching a total of 1 559 units at the beginning of 2022.for 2022, compiled in collaboration with South African annual contributor uYilo eMobility Programme, an initiative of the Technology Innovation Agency.
released in May 2021, EVs reached 1 332 units on local roads by the end of February 2021 – up from 1 119 at the end of 2019.“In South Africa, the electric vehicles currently marketed are exclusively from premium brands,” says Hiten Parmar, director of the uYilo eMobility Programme. There was a nearly 40% expansion in the number of public chargers last year, reaching 1.8 million − meaning there are now about 10 EVs per public charge point, it says.
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