Comments on: Industry disappointed in delay in EV policy for South Africa https://techcentral.co.za/industry-delay-ev-policy-south-africa/234525/ Technology News Leader In South Africa Fri, 03 Nov 2023 04:16:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: Mark Elkins https://techcentral.co.za/industry-delay-ev-policy-south-africa/234525/#comment-166208 Fri, 03 Nov 2023 04:16:54 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=234525#comment-166208 1 – Remove import tax from pure BEV imports – perhaps also drop other taxes for a year or three so to encourage adoption of EV’s

2 – Give some free land to Tesla to build a gigafactory – to include battery and vehicle manufacturing. This will employ vehicle manufacturer workers. It will also allow various African countries to export required minerals to S.A.
3 – Get Tesla to build a people carrier to replace the minibus. Imagine a Taxi that obeys the rule of the road!

South Africa can then export BEV’s to the rest of (Sub Sahara) Africa!

Worldwide, the ICE vehicle will be replaced by BEV – let’s not be last to change for the better.

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