Big increase in electric and hybrid sales in South Africa

[Jan]

Electric vehicle sales on the up in South Africa — most popular models and pricing

The uptake of fully electric vehicles (EVs) has been slow in South Africa, but data from the Automotive Business Council (Naamsa) reveals that sales are rising.

With 205 fully electric vehicles sold by mid-year, sales will likely exceed last year's when 218 EVs were sold across the country.

 

[porchrat]

When you're only selling 200 vehicles a year any increase is a big one.

 

[G.A.S]

Popular EVs in South Africa

• Audi RS e-tron GT
• Porsche Taycan
• Jaguar i-Pace
• BMW iX xDrive40

How many of each of the above were sold in order for it to be "popular"?
Edit: It seems that those were searched for a lot and might not represent actual sales.

 

[Okty]

Lol, toys for the rich with green bragging rights.

 

[Sapphiron]

There are dozens of them, DOZENS!

 

[FiestaST]

Massive*

 

[Jola]

Didn't Volvo (Geely) also sell a number of EV's ?

None of those brands are big players in the EV market. In fact it is quite possible that some of those brands will not exist in ten years time.

The big players are Tesla, BYD, Ford, Hyundai. VW at a stretch.

 

[Johnatan56]

It's very sad, lots of electric cars just aren't available in South Africa, and the insane tax added to them price them out of the market for most.

Compared to here:

https://austriatech.at/assets/Uploads/Publikationen/PDF-Dateien/cd05610a80/FactsFigures_2021_12_E.pdf

Which is often driven by lots of tax breaks so equivalent electric is cheaper than petrol.

 

[epah]

The only one i ever see is the BMW IX, and maybe an Ipace every 6 months. The rest nothing.

 

[system32]

Is the Hyundai IONIQ 5 or IONIQ 5 actually available in ZA?

IONIQ 5 is listed on ccarprice.com/za with a few references on other ZA sites.
Price in ZAR: R742,050
Price in USD: $43,650
Range: 470~480km

Seems like an excellent, affordable BEV with good range & features.

 

[WollieVerstege]

It's very sad, lots of electric cars just aren't available in South Africa, and the insane tax added to them price them out of the market for most.

Compared to here:
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https://austriatech.at/assets/Uploads/Publikationen/PDF-Dateien/cd05610a80/FactsFigures_2021_12_E.pdf

Which is often driven by lots of tax breaks so equivalent electric is cheaper than petrol.

This is my big gripe with articles like this.

The question should be, how many are being sold vs how many are allocated to SA. You cannot sell what you don't have in inventory.

I spoke to a guy at one of the big car company groups and according to him EV's are walking out the door much faster than their ICE priced equivalents. I even remember when my wife wanted to swap her XC90 for XC40 P8 how I had to almost threaten the dealership to keep the last one in the Cape for her.

 

[BuckRogers]

Do we now officially have more more EV's on the road than public charging points.

 

[epah]

Is the Hyundai IONIQ 5 or IONIQ 5 actually available in ZA?

IONIQ 5 is listed on ccarprice.com/za with a few references on other ZA sites.
Price in ZAR: R742,050
Price in USD: $43,650
Range: 470~480km

Seems like an excellent, affordable BEV with good range & features.

It wont be R700k when or if it actually gets here.

 

[wingnut771]

Is the Hyundai IONIQ 5 or IONIQ 5 actually available in ZA?

IONIQ 5 is listed on ccarprice.com/za with a few references on other ZA sites.
Price in ZAR: R742,050
Price in USD: $43,650
Range: 470~480km

Seems like an excellent, affordable BEV with good range & features.

Also, Kia:

 

[grok]

More loadshedding load reduction incoming..

 

[Yskasmetnstoof]

What's wrong with this farkin country....? Do suits actually know how little money people have? And how ABSENT public transport is? And are motor hacks so spoiled by freebies that they also don't know how little money people have?
In about 7 years most of the world able to own cars will be electric. Then no more petrol and diesel (I think SA don't even have refineries anymore).
Then - no more cars under R2 million. No more taxi's. No more Ubers.
And we have no public transport...
I guess "don't worry, Cyril and Gwede will get donated EV's..."

 

[epah]

What's wrong with this farkin country....? Do suits actually know how little money people have? And how ABSENT public transport is? And are motor hacks so spoiled by freebies that they also don't know how little money people have?
In about 7 years most of the world able to own cars will be electric. Then no more petrol and diesel (I think SA don't even have refineries anymore).
Then - no more cars under R2 million. No more taxi's. No more Ubers.
And we have no public transport...
I guess "don't worry, Cyril and Gwede will get donated EV's..."

Oof you are so angry.

 

[neoprema]

Is the Hyundai IONIQ 5 or IONIQ 5 actually available in ZA?

IONIQ 5 is listed on ccarprice.com/za with a few references on other ZA sites.
Price in ZAR: R742,050
Price in USD: $43,650
Range: 470~480km

Seems like an excellent, affordable BEV with good range & features.

Don't get your hopes up, IF it does come to ZA the Gov will tax the daylights out of it and R742k will be a pipe-dream...

 

[Decarin]

Is the Hyundai IONIQ 5 or IONIQ 5 actually available in ZA?

IONIQ 5 is listed on ccarprice.com/za with a few references on other ZA sites.
Price in ZAR: R742,050
Price in USD: $43,650
Range: 470~480km

Seems like an excellent, affordable BEV with good range & features.

That's....
I can buy a house for that?

 

[jgegroups]

The Autotrader's list of most listed EVs provides a better indication of what is being bought, and very few are affordable for Joe Public.

Top 10 most listed EVs in 2022

Model	Price	Mileage	Year Model
1. BMW i3	R666,953	44,666km	2019
2. Porsche Taycan	R3,111,364	5,379km	2021
3. Audi e-tron	R2,336,793	3,868km	2022
4. Audi RS e-tron GT	R3,421,394	3,424km	2022
5. Audi e-tron GT	R2,634,425	6,379km	2022
6. Jaguar i-Pace	R1,468,075	15,030km	2020
7. Mini Cooper Hatch SE	R599,945	53,500km	2020
8. Nissan Leaf	R385,000	22,771km	2015
9. BMW iX	R1,870,000	4,561km	2022
10. Volvo XC40	R1,200,000	50km	2022

The top 10 most listed vehicles in 2022

Model	Price	Mileage	Year Model
1. Volkswagen Polo	R278 330​	55 351km	2019​
2. Ford Ranger	R412 678​	100 215km	2017​
3. Toyota Hilux	R454 344​	96 145km	2018​
4. Volkswagen Polo Vivo	R193 158​	62 956km	2018​
5. Mercedes-Benz C-Class	R464 511​	89 211km	2015​
6. BMW 3 Series	R353 561​	102 216km	2015​
7. Toyota Fortuner	R474 097​	107 996km	2016​
8. Ford EcoSport	R274 494​	44 314km	2019​
9. Volkswagen Golf	R387 488​	93 882km	2016​
10. Ford Fiesta	R192 460​	81 479km	2016​