The chairperson of South Africa’s Portfolio Committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation has called on government to pilot the use of EVs in the country.
The South African government has been called on to pilot the use of electric vehicles for their transport needs by the chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation, Tsakani Shiviti.
“Government is big; we should start there and disrupt the market there. If we want society to trust our innovation, we should trust it ourselves.” “We are as sympathetic as anyone else to the climate change-exacerbating factors, but we all should exercise lateral thinking on how to mitigate or adapt and not be dictated to by the West,” she told the joint meeting.
It warned that South Africa had not done enough to incentivize investment in electric vehicle manufacturing, which could result in job losses as global demand for fossil fuel cars declines.For this reason, President Cyril Ramaphosathat consumer and manufacturer incentives are being considered for new energy vehicles .
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