By Tony Carnie
‘Bietjie koffee en spek to go with your EV top-up?’ The firm says all of its charging stations will offer a farm stall for motorists while they wait for their cars to charge.
South Africa’s tortoise-like transition to the electric vehicle (EV) revolution has gained some traction with the launch of the CHARGE group’s first EV charging station, powered by carbon-free renewable energy.
The company, set up two years ago by Western Cape businessmen Joubert Roux and Andries Malherbe, is hoping to build at least 120 off-grid charging stations nationwide over the next year or so – located roughly 150km apart along all major routes, mainly in rural areas.
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