5 electrical automobiles. 4 provinces. Greater than 2 000km of driving. A few of South Africa’s most picturesque mountain passes and out-of-the-way small cities.
This Thursday, 10 October, a crew of about 15 individuals – together with TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod – will set off on an epic journey throughout South Africa to find out the feasibility (or in any other case) of driving lengthy distances to among the remotest villages within the nation.
The street journey, being spearheaded by Naamsa – The Automotive Enterprise Council, will depart a location in Johannesburg’s northern suburbs within the small hours of Thursday morning, concentrating on the Jap Cape hamlet of Nieu-Bethesda as the primary in a single day stopover on the four-day journey, which can finish at round 5pm on Sunday in Cape City – some 2 200km later.
The journey will even soak up Gqeberha – beforehand Port Elizabeth – earlier than venturing west to Prince Albert and on to the Mom Metropolis, by way of many small cities alongside the way in which.
The journey, which comes forward of the South African Auto Week convention in Cape City (15-18 October), shall be lined intimately by TechCentral, with at the very least one every day replace from the street – and presumably many extra.
The automobiles
The 5 electrical autos that shall be used for the journey are the:
- BMW iX xDrive 50
- Volvo CX40 P8
- VW ID.4 Professional
- BYD Seal AWD Excellence
- Mercedes-Benz EQE 350+
In line with Naamsa, the aim of the street journey is multi-faceted. It’ll carry focus to the realities and challenges going through EV homeowners in South Africa, and also will:
- Showcase among the present EVs in South Africa and their capabilities;
- Illustrate the maturity (or in any other case) of the general public EV charging community in South Africa;
- Spotlight the enhancements wanted in infrastructure in order in the future to assist the large-scale visitors movement of EVs (each personal and industrial) alongside South Africa’s primary corridors (and a few less-used routes); and
- Perceive the financial impacts of EV-based tourism into extra rural areas.
TechCentral will even be sharing particulars of the journey on its social media accounts on X, Fb and LinkedIn – and bringing readers a feast of data from the specialists coming alongside on the journey. We’ll have extra on who they’re when the rubber hits the street from Thursday. – © 2024 NewsCentral Media
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