Electricity

Electric vehicles in South Africa: how to avoid making them the privilege of the few

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Governments need to promote the purchase of entry-level EVs in the passenger car market. Image: Unsplash/Michael Marais

Gaylor Montmasson-Clair
Senior Economist, Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), University of Johannesburg
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