Volkswagen to sell first fully-electric cars in South Africa

[Johnatan56]

Lol, you are only referring to current predictions. These EV car batteries have not been tested over these period of times. While manufacturers only gives a 5-8 year warranty, real life tests may still prove you wrong.

Nonetheless, if you visit EV forums you are likely to find many, many posts of people who bought the Leaf around 2012 and having to replace the batteries by 2017. If you have a couple hundred thousands of Rands laying around, you could easily do that. In fact, from many posts by EV users, it seems 5-8 years are quite common to replace batteries in real life.

You're taking the Nissan leaf 2012 as an example? You know that was about a decade ago now?

Depending on which modern electric car, most have 350km, and a lot more modern battery tech compared to then.

But of course, based on how you argue about everything else, all tech gets stuck at its worst state unless it's nuclear.

 

[thehuman]

Except maybe when loadshedding kicks in..

Only need a few hours a night to replenish the days driving, you going on as if there no electricity.

And charge it where?

Dedicated charging port at home , or even any 16amp socket.

Fake news. Where will they charge it?

See above.

 

[Polymathic]

In before government charges 35% additional tax per kW/h to fund RAF and other government looting operations

 

[JohnStarr]

...with a list of extras as long as your arm!

 

[Paul_S]

With a price tag of around $40000 before our government slap on taxes and without any EV subsidies, I can't imagine VW are going to be selling a lot of ID.4s in South Africa.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

the only electric V-Dub I want is the VW I.D. R, for free, with a 10yr full maintenance contract

please and thank you

 

[WollieVerstege]

I really don't understand all the naysayers on every article around electrical cars.

At least with an electric car I can install Solar panels at my house and charge my car. Making my totally independent of a failing State


Good luck making my our own petrol or happily paying R30 /l once the government adjust the tax on fuel to cover the shortfalls for their wasteful expenditure

Yeah, it is like people think you don't need electricity to actually manufacture fuel in the first place. Or a fuel station does not need electricity to actually put the fuel in your car. Eish.
During the last round of loadshedding a petrol statnear me had their generator reak down. They were unable to pump fuel for 4 2.5 hour slots.