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The year in EVs
Just over 500 battery electric cars were sold in South Africa in the first six months of the year, but the trend can only accelerate.
11 December 2023
Toyota Mirai.
Despite South Africa’s ongoing power crisis and exorbitant electric vehicle import duties, sales for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the first half of 2023 alone has already matched total sales in 2022.
According to the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa), 501 BEVs were sold in South Africa in the first six months of 2023, compared to the 502 registered in 2022. This figure excludes hybrids.
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