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South Africa’s Automotive Landscape Is Changing, And That Is A Good Thing

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New Entrants Such as Omoda & Jaecoo Show that They Are Not Afraid to Introduce Plugins into the South African Market The South African automotive industry is changing. As discussed yesterday, Toyota,Volkswagen, Ford, Mazda, Nissan, General Motors, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Renault, BMW, and Audi were some of the traditional dominant brands … [continued]

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South Africa’s Changing Automotive Landscape

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The first time I ever visited South Africa was in the year 2008. Coming from a much smaller economy, Zimbabwe, the differences were startling. In general, the Zimbabwean auto sector was already being dominated by imports of used vehicles from Japan at that time. The situation was slightly different in … [continued]

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Europe EV Sales Report — Tesla Has #1 Plus #2 Win, In A 29% EV Share Market

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EVs are picking up in Europe, with some 361,000 plugin vehicles being registered in Europe in June. That’s up 23% year over year (YoY). This is a particularly positive sign when considering that the overall market (currently at ~6.8 million units YTD) does not look good this year (5% decline … [continued]

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Leapmotor C10 EREV — Owner Comments

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I recently reached out to the Australian Leapmotor community through Facebook and shared their positive experiences with the battery electric version of the C10 with CleanTechnica readers. One commentator shared the following thoughts on CleanTechnica: “Wait! Did no Australian or NZ try to drive the 4000km coast to coast through … [continued]

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