Sanral wants electric vehicle charging stations next to highways and regional routes to give up a substantial share of revenue

[mylesillidge]

Company behind e-tolls wants a massive cut of electric car charging sales in South Africa

The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) wants electric vehicle (EV) charging station operators next to highways to hand over a substantial share of their revenues to the agency.

The state-owned company's compensation demands were recently highlighted by Zero Carbon Charge, which is installing large off-grid EV charging stations along major routes in South Africa.

 

[HAL 9000]

 

[Quicks]

Greed has no limits.

 

[Jefferson D'Arcy]

Why even bother with the pretence of having access to your own money? We're being farmed.

 

[Mekon]

Greed has no limits.

cANCer greed has no limits

 

[Swa]

The sense of entitlement of these clowns just boggles the mind.

 

[FiestaST]

EQA (by MB), now that is a cabbie you hardly see on the roads!

 

[RaptorSA]

There's shoving your forearm up the goose's ass to claw at eggs until it bleeds to death, then there's bludgeoning the goose to death before it even exits the egg.

Guess which one.
The only thing we should be paying these c**nts with, is lead.

 

[Fuzzbox]

Just like the post office want all parcels less than 1kg to go through them.

F O A D.

What does the government do with the carbon tax charged on motor vehicles.

 

[LazyLion]

Mafia Tactics... these should immediately be recognised for what they are, racketeering and protectionism.
These are illegal gangster tactics in a free market economy.

 

[garyc]

With many of these government entities it seems that the main job of the CEOs is to walk around with the begging bowl rather than generating income derived from actual value.

 

[wingnut771]

Ban sanral.

 

[Bad Ballie]

Typical cadre mentality, The answer from me would be NO, and the government can go perform an unhealthy act on itself. Open defiance is the only real way forward with this lot.

 

[Zellephant]

Mafia Tactics... these should immediately be recognised for what they are, racketeering and protectionism.
These are illegal gangster tactics in a free market economy.

You think we have a free market economy in South Africa? We have a socialist government that is rearing to go full on communist, as soon as they can get the constitution changed. We had a free market economy fo about 6 years after 1994, but since then, the government interference has increased exponentially, to the point where the economy is even more government controlled than it was at the heights of apartheid

 

[Zellephant]

Well, this is just one more reason not to buy an electric car - not that I was planning to anyway.

I also avoid filling up from ultra cities and engen 1 stops along the national highways as far as possible too, firstly because they gouge you with the price of their diesel, and secondly because I don’t believe in contributing to their contribution towards SANRAL.

This whole thing is absurd. SANRAL already makes a fortune out of the lease fees that the ultra cities need to pay them. Now they want to double dip and get paid by he charging station providers who set up shop on the grounds of the ultra city already. They are smoking their socks man

 

[Swa]

Well, this is just one more reason not to buy an electric car - not that I was planning to anyway.

The point of an EV is to not use public infrastructure but your own solar or at work.

 

[neoprema]

Ah yes the usual….

No nothing, demand free money from others who did something based on entitlement…

 

[Zellephant]

The point of an EV is to not use public infrastructure but your own solar or at work.

And how do you do that when you are taking a cross country trip? The point of owning a car is mobility after all. Freedom to travel. Which by default will require you to use “public” infrastructure, like an engen 1 stop. (By the way, that is not “public infrastructure” it’s private infrastructure, it’s just used by the public, just like Pick ‘n Pay and checkers)

SANRAL already leases the land to these private companies to set up filling stations and rest stops along the national highway reserve. It’s absurd to now want to claim extra tax from them for providing EV charging infrastructure.

 

[OutlawJoseyWales]

Soviet Socialist State at it again... wait no I mean the ANC at it again.

 

[Swa]

And how do you do that when you are taking a cross country trip? The point of owning a car is mobility after all. Freedom to travel. Which by default will require you to use “public” infrastructure, like an engen 1 stop. (By the way, that is not “public infrastructure” it’s private infrastructure, it’s just used by the public, just like Pick ‘n Pay and checkers)

SANRAL already leases the land to these private companies to set up filling stations and rest stops along the national highway reserve. It’s absurd to now want to claim extra tax from them for providing EV charging infrastructure.

Looking at it from a cross country perspective is incorrect. You don't own a car just to go on holiday so you won't own an EV just to go on holiday. You have to refill petrol/diesel just like you'll have to charge so no difference.

Long range EVs can do 400-500km. Okay slightly less as it's measured in-city but still most destinations are within reach. You don't have to always do a complete charge and using standard power at a guest house and such would suffice. This isn't imo a reason to consider when getting an EV.