Author: Janico Dannhauser

While electric vehicles (EVs) have been globally touted as the future of road travel – the replacement to the internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles that we have been driving for over 100 years – the very mention of the subject raises polarising opinions, especially in the South African market. Common responses are either for or against them, and many motorists are still of the opinion that mass local adoption is not viable and will not happen. Many naysayers cite our country’s electricity issues as a primary challenge, and then follow with arguments regarding the availability of public chargers, range anxiety,…