BYD South Africa Triumphs at the Top Gear South Africa Magazine Awards 2025

Johannesburg, South Africa -12 February 2026, BYD South Africa has been named Manufacturer of the Year 2025 at the prestigious Top Gear South Africa Magazine Awards, with the BYD Shark 6 also securing Utility Car of the Year 2025. These accolades represent a meaningful milestone as the brand continues to strengthen its presence and long-term…

Stuck in Neutral: South Africa’s Green Energy Paralysis

It’s 2025. The world is racing toward net-zero, EVs are outselling internal combustion engines in China, and oil giants are rebranding themselves as “energy companies.” Meanwhile, South Africa idles at the starting line — engine sputtering, map unread, leadership asleep at the wheel. Our government likes using the term “a just transition” to green energy,…

My Grandmother Would’ve Loved EVs

My grandmother and I spent lots of time together in cars. In my formative years, she drove me around in her little turquoise Fiat Uno, from school to home to piano lessons, dancing eisteddfods, doctors’ appointments, etc. In her latter years, after the gear box in the Uno could grind no more, we swapped roles,…

Why Owning a Piece of the Future is Easier Than You Think

Let’s be real for a second- when we think about investing, it often feels like something reserved for hedge funds, trust-fund babies, or people who somehow understand the stock market like it’s their mother tongue. But what if there was an investment that actually made sense for us young professionals trying to secure the bag…

What are you doing about Global Warming?

A recent Copernicus study revealed some alarming numbers about the rising global temperatures we’ve seen over the past 10 years. These numbers have caught the attention of news platforms the world over, striking fear into the hearts of most. 2024 has been confirmed as the warmest year recorded globally. It is the first year in…

Health Benefits of Electric Vehicles

I doubt it needs to be said that the large use of fossil fuels in vehicles is a major cause of climate change or that electric vehicles will greatly help to ease the impact. But it might need to be said that electric vehicles have some other benefits that will have a more short-term impact….

Keeping Up with Progress

History became quite a wild ride about 300 years ago. In a scant handful of centuries, we went from a couple million mostly illiterate subjects who spent the majority of their lives working out in the fields to appease their divinely appointed feudal overlords to a couple billion perfectly (somewhat) literate citizens who spend the…

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