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It is surprising that we do not have any of these cars in South Africa yet. Obviously, the first thing we would need is the infrastructure and that is regular places for these cars to be charged. In America, and while it is still the exception, you will find charging points in parking lots of grocery stores, as the photograph alongside indicates. The car is being charged while the person does their shopping and at the moment it is a service that they actually provide for free. It is important, when we consider our environment, that cars do become at least more fuel efficient and obviously electric cars will certainly play their role in that regard. I just thought that it is not something that one would see in South Africa and the photo is certainly of interest!
Posted by Michael de Broglio on Tuesday 28-Oct-14
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Marisa said:
on Wednesday 12-Nov-14 02:09 PM
You would never actually get an electric car in SA as we have so little electricity as it is,just imagine how much load shedding we will get then
Catherine said:
on Friday 31-Oct-14 04:56 PM
It will be interesting to see electric cars in SA. I must agree with Safia the charging points will get ripped off in no time.
Sinead said:
on Friday 31-Oct-14 04:48 PM
I wonder if this will work in SA. It would be nice. They would need to invest in more charging points though?
Thabitha said:
on Friday 31-Oct-14 12:03 PM
I wonder how it works on the long distance
Sarah said:
on Friday 31-Oct-14 11:30 AM
It's a good idea and not sure if it will work in SA with all the load shedding. and power cuts
Sorea said:
on Thursday 30-Oct-14 09:41 AM
With an already overloaded power grid, I don't believe that electric cars are viable just yet. Eishkom will have to first get normal power supply under control before we can think of adding additional loads to the grid. Add to that the fact that, as Jade mentioned, it is just one pollution fueled mode of transport that is replaced by another (since most of our power stations are coal stations) and you have to really ask "where is the pollution benefit"? On the other hand, if more people move away from fuel filled cars, maybe the petrol price will drop as the Oil Barons try and lure people back to good old gas?
Kaylee said:
on Wednesday 29-Oct-14 04:53 PM
I am a self-confessed tree hugger, so i am all for hybrid cars.
Jolene said:
on Wednesday 29-Oct-14 02:13 PM
I saw a car charging on the side of the road in Paris two years ago for the first time, I didn't even know there is charging station in SA. The Gautrain worked out pretty good, I think we can pull it off.
Lucretia said:
on Tuesday 28-Oct-14 11:54 AM
Hahahaha, would love to see this in SA. However we would have serious problems with the load shedding, cable theft, etc. Other than that, would love to use a fuel free car.
Safia said:
on Tuesday 28-Oct-14 11:26 AM
not for South Africa, within minutes the charge point will be ripped out of the ground and sold for metal scrape places.
Elektra said:
on Tuesday 28-Oct-14 10:36 AM
I just googled the Nissan Leaf as Tersia mentioned, quite interesting. I would definitely not have a problem charging the car, My electricity is included in my rent.
I have to agree with Jade though, substituting one natural resource for another is not efficient, there are of course pro's and cons like the decrease of air pollution.
Maybe if the recharge stations could be powered by solar or nuclear power it would make it worth while.
Jade said:
on Tuesday 28-Oct-14 10:06 AM
Do we not get the majority of our electricity in South-Africa from burning coal at the moment? So I am unsure as to how effective electric cars will be towards helping the environment in this country.
Furthermore, we already have a major problem with insufficient infrastructure to cater to the population's electrical needs. So perhaps it may not be as viable as we would want in South Africa at this time. It may become more exciting when we have completed infrastructure upgrades and are using cleaner energy such as solar power, using wind turbines, and moving towards perhaps nuclear energy.
Cindy said:
on Tuesday 28-Oct-14 09:23 AM
I don't think this will be a great idea for South Africa. Can you imagine the load shedding that will take place?
You would not be able to charge your car at night because of load shedding.
Lizanne said:
on Tuesday 28-Oct-14 08:37 AM
I honestly think SA should start investing in something like this. Just to think that air pollution will be far less and you will not have to spend most of your money on fuel. It will cost a fair amount of money to put in all the charging stations and maybe the vehicles will be a little bit more expensive than usual, but in the long run i think it will be more cost effective.
Zindy said:
on Tuesday 28-Oct-14 08:34 AM
Very interesting i must say, would love to know more about it,as it starts getting introduced into South Africa.
Clare said:
on Tuesday 28-Oct-14 08:30 AM
I have heard about these cars but i believe these cars have a very nice price with them, But it is good idea specially with our plant health.
Alexis said:
on Tuesday 28-Oct-14 08:30 AM
We would most likely get charged here unfortunately. I think electric cars are great, as Tersia said, would be interesting to see how they would do on the road and drive a long distance
Tersia said:
on Tuesday 28-Oct-14 07:56 AM
Well as far as I know we do have one in South Africa - it's the Nissan Leaf and apparently there are 9 charging stations in Gauteng. It sounds like a great car from what I have read and would not mind to see how it does on the road, especially when driving far.
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