Electric vehicle charging stations on South Africa’s biggest network jumped by over 419% since 2019.
Although South Africa’s electric vehicle charging network has expanded rapidly in the past few years, venturing into some more remote parts of the country with an EV might prove challenging.
That increase has resulted in greater demand for public charging stations where customers can top up their batteries while shopping or getting something to eat.showing the locations of the biggest electric vehicle charging company in South Africa — GridCars. Among its initiatives, GridCars has partnered with companies like Audi and BMW to roll out public charging stations to ensure drivers of their EVs can keep their batteries topped up, particularly along the main long-distance routers.
On the flip side, Limpopo, Northern Cape, and the North West were the provinces with the lowest number of charging stations.
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