We won’t make electric cars in South Africa for a decade — Volkswagen

That is according to feedback from Volkswagen Group Africa spokesperson Andile Dlamini in a recent interview with theDlamini echoed recent comments from Volkswagen Africa operations managing director Martina Biene , in the company’s announcement of a R4-billion investment at its Kariega Plant in the Eastern Cape.

Some of these are also exported to foreign markets like Europe, where new ICE vehicle sales will be banned from 2035. The government has also reallocated an additional R964 million to support the industry’s transition to EV production over the next three years. BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota are already assembling hybrids at their local plants, although only the latter sells its closed-loop hybrid models in South Africa, while the two German giants’ plug-in units are strictly for export.

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