BP quietly kills EV charger project in South Africa

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BP quietly drops big project in South Africa

The two electric vehicle (EV) charging stations BP rolled out in South Africa as part of a pilot project to test the market in 2023 have never been operational.

BP is one of several energy giants adding EV charging to its product portfolio. It has already rolled out 40,000 BP Pulse charging stations in its other markets.
 
Sapphiron said:
nah, Eskom
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Not even...with EV's and chargers it's a catch 22 situation but there's quite a few chargers already the problem is the market is waiting for more EV's to be sold.Unfortunately South Africans are too conservative and listen to people who don't actually know about EV's and therefore are reluctant to make the change,for a nation that relies so much on oil imports we're far behind the curve to energy independence.

People in SA need to wake up,EV's are the future,unfortunately a greedy short sighted government only focused on fuel levies doesn't help either in this case since they've done nothing to encourage EV adoption in SA.Our car manufacturing sector is in danger of becoming obsolete like Australias is non existent now but for another reason,because of the short sighted dinosaurs ruling us.
 
While we are nowhere near ready to change over to EV, getting in on the ground floor is a good idea. Like it or not South Africa will eventually outlaw petrol engines as will happen in the rest of the world, those that fail to start the changeover early risk becoming the Kodak of the modern age.
 
Bad Ballie said:
While we are nowhere near ready to change over to EV, getting in on the ground floor is a good idea. Like it or not South Africa will eventually outlaw petrol engines as will happen in the rest of the world, those that fail to start the changeover early risk becoming the Kodak of the modern age.
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We were in at the ground floor, then government got involved.

However, the company was shut down in 2012 after it ran out of funding.

The state was reluctant to invest further after Optimal Energy determined that to reach its targeted price point of R300,000, it would need to produce 50,000 cars per year.
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Bad Ballie said:
While we are nowhere near ready to change over to EV, getting in on the ground floor is a good idea. Like it or not South Africa will eventually outlaw petrol engines as will happen in the rest of the world, those that fail to start the changeover early risk becoming the Kodak of the modern age.
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problem is the disruption it will cause, as what will all the mechanics do? petrol attendants? spares shops?
yes were a 3rd world dungpile, but everything needs to catch up to it,

I mean nobody even thought to make a electric minibus taxi or cheapy electric scooters for Mr d and deliveries.
 
Jet-Fighter7700 said:
problem is the disruption it will cause, as what will all the mechanics do? petrol attendants? spares shops?
yes were a 3rd world dungpile, but everything needs to catch up to it,

I mean nobody even thought to make a electric minibus taxi or cheapy electric scooters for Mr d and deliveries.
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I see a lot of ebikes in cape town.
 
Jet-Fighter7700 said:
yeah, but elsewhere, almost none,
I mean think about how many people could commute to work on a Ebike/scooter instead of a dangerous taxi.
missed opportunity I think.
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I did see one e-scooter this one time when I received a delivery in dbn.
 

BP quietly kills EV charger project in South Africa​

Jan said:
The two electric vehicle (EV) charging stations BP rolled out in South Africa as part of a pilot project to test the market in 2023 have never been operational.
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How do you kill something that was never "alive"?
 
wingnut771 said:
I did see one e-scooter this one time when I received a delivery in dbn.
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too little and too late, we could have been easily the Vietnam of Africa with the amount of Escooters and Ebikes,
but were stuck in 1976 and can barely fix the potholes from the taxis and trucks driving like idiots.

so again, nice idea, that will go nowhere, as the ANC are interested in corruption and not nation building.
 
Jet-Fighter7700 said:
problem is the disruption it will cause, as what will all the mechanics do? petrol attendants? spares shops?
yes were a 3rd world dungpile, but everything needs to catch up to it,

I mean nobody even thought to make a electric minibus taxi or cheapy electric scooters for Mr d and deliveries.
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I agree completely, but the first world is already talking about banning internal combustion engines in certain areas by 2030, if they get it right, it is going to kill off an entire industry and millions of jobs. The downside is the ANC fairly much does whatever it is told by those funding it, so the change is coming one way or the other.
 
Bad Ballie said:
it, so the change is coming one way or the other.
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lets hope so, as millions will lose their jobs, and as we have seen with petrol station attendants,
we will have laws, nobody needs, like you are not allowed to charge at home and can only recharge at filling stations,
and there will be a charging station attendant to "charge" your car,

even if the idea is completely superfluous and silly, we will have it, as the ANC wants to make sure it stays relevant.
even if the hardware exists for self service.

now imagine this across an entire industry, I just dont see it happening.
 
I wonder if BP has had a change of heart. A lot has happened since this article. @Jan how about a follow up?
 
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