electric car charging

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Zero Carbon Charge and Volvo set new EV charging speed record in SA

    Zero Carbon Charge and Volvo set new EV charging speed record in SA Zero Carbon Charge and Volvo Cars set a new record for the fastest electric vehicle (EV) charging speed recorded in the country on Wednesday, 20 May 2026. A Volvo ES90 achieved the record at the launch of the Charge N3 Tugela...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom's public EV charging push raises industry alarm

    Eskom's public EV charging push raises industry alarm Eskom's entry into the public electric vehicle (EV) charging industry has raised concerns among private charge point operators, who allege abuse of its position as the country's dominant electricity distributor. The power utility launched...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    New details about City Power's massive public electric car charging station

    New details about City Power's massive public electric car charging station City Power's new electric vehicle (EV) charging station at its head office in Reuven will be open to the general public once the Johannesburg electricity utility adds a payment system for the chargers. As part of the...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    City Power launches massive EV charging station

    City Power launches massive EV charging station The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) and its electricity utility, City Power, have launched the first phase of a large electric vehicle (EV) charging station that could be South Africa’s biggest. The city said the launch of the EV Charging Complex at...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    BMW iX3 and Volvo EX60 bring one big change to long-distance EV driving in SA

    BMW iX3 and Volvo EX60 bring one big change to long-distance EV driving in SA Two electric vehicles (EVs) launching in South Africa in 2026 should offer enough range to drive from Johannesburg to Durban at the legal maximum speed without stopping to charge. Volvo recently announced that its...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Rubicon's Hilton Musk driving big improvement in EV charger payments in SA

    Rubicon's Hilton Musk driving big improvement in EV charger payments in SA Rubicon's head of e-mobility, Hilton Musk, has spearheaded a major change for electric vehicle (EV) charging in South Africa that is, in some ways, ahead of more developed countries. The second cousin of the Tesla and...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    BYD investing in up to 300 public EV chargers in SA

    BYD investing in up to 300 public EV chargers in SA Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD plans to invest in as many as 300 fast charging stations in South Africa by the end of 2026 as it ramps up efforts to expand globally, executive vice president Stella Li said in an interview. BYD is in the...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    EV charging on an off-grid system in Botswana

    EV charging on an off-grid system in Botswana MyBroadband recently charged an electric vehicle (EV) on an off-grid power system in Botswana during a weekend family trip across the border and was impressed with how much range we got in a day. The system was located on a farm on the outskirts of...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Tesla firing nearly entire Supercharger team

    Tesla firing nearly entire Supercharger team Elon Musk has upended a deal the White House saluted early last year to open Tesla Inc.’s electric vehicle (EV) chargers to other automakers, dealing a blow to President Joe Biden’s EV agenda. Musk decided in the last week to eliminate almost the...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa's first off-grid EV charging station to be completed by June

    South Africa's first off-grid EV charging station to be completed by June Zero Carbon Charge is set to complete South Africa's first fully off-grid electric vehicle (EV) charging station by June 2024. That is according to comment from the company's co-founder and director, Andries Malherbe, in...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    VW tests promising solid-state battery

    VW tests promising solid-state battery Volkswagen AG said its battery startup has seen promising results with solid-state cells for electric vehicles, a win for the German carmaker as it pushes to make EVs more efficient and less expensive. A solid-state prototype from VW’s US partner...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa's electric car charging and petrol prices compared with 49 countries

    South Africa's electric car charging and petrol prices compared with 49 countries South Africa is among the cheapest countries to recharge an electric car, according to an analysis by the Australian division of price comparison website Compare The Market. The firm recently looked at fuel and...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Tesla gets more backers for US electric car charging standard

    Tesla gets more backers for US electric car charging standard Tesla Inc.’s charging technology won more backers as a handful of players in the electric vehicle power industry said they would offer compatible equipment, further solidifying the automaker’s system as the US standard. ChargePoint...
  15. Jan

    Rubicon drove its Tesla Model X from Cape Town to Joburg - what they found

    Driving a Tesla from Cape Town to Joburg during load-shedding Even with the relatively limited number of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations on South Africa's major national routes and continuous load-shedding, it is currently possible to drive from Cape Town to Johannesburg in a Tesla in...
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  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Tesla wants to offer unlimited EV electricity for R546 per month

    Tesla wants to offer unlimited EV electricity for R546 per month Tesla Inc. is planning to offer unlimited overnight home charging in Texas for $30 a month in a move that echoes the transformation in mobile phone billing. While Tesla isn’t alone in contemplating such a plan, the automaker’s...
  17. Jan

    Battery breakthrough could lead to faster EV charging

    Big battery breakthrough could add fast charging to cheap electric cars A new study has found that adding a thin sheet of nickel to existing electric vehicle (EV) batteries could exponentially boost their charging speeds. Researchers from the Pennsylvania State University partnered with...
    • Jan
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    • electric car charging electric vehicles (evs) lucid air pennsylvania state university
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    UK building massive electric car charging station that can feed power back into the grid

    UK building massive electric car charging station that can feed power back into the grid An electric-vehicle charging station that can juice hundreds of cars a day and set up with two batteries that can send power to the UK grid is opening in Oxford. The project, known as the Energy Superhub...
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