by admin | Feb 21, 2025 | Autopilot, BYD, DiPilot, electric vehicles, EV, LIDAR, Motoring News, News, self-driving
Chinese electric car manufacturer BYD has announced its ‘God’s Eye’, or DiPilot advanced intelligent driving assistance system, a new and improved AI self-driving system. It’s still unclear how the system compares to Tesla’s self-driving software but, since BYD is... by admin | Feb 9, 2025 | battery, electric vehicles, Energy, EVs, Motoring News, News, South Africa, The Conversation
When we see “tested under laboratory conditions”, we often assume real-world conditions will lead to faster degradation of a product. But experts from Stanford University have found the opposite is true for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Their new research shows... by admin | Jan 11, 2025 | electric vehicles, EVs, Motoring, Motoring News, News, South Africa, tax
As the world and, more specifically South Africa attempts to usher in a new age of EV adoption, President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law new powers that will unlock a massive 150% tax incentive for electric and hydrogen-powered vehicle manufacturers in the... by admin | Nov 10, 2024 | Africa, electric vehicles, EVs, Motoring News, News, South Africa, The Conversation
In sub-Saharan Africa, high levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution from vehicle tailpipe emissions cause poor health, developmental stunting, and even death. Vehicle emissions also contribute to global warming. Electric vehicles could help solve these... by admin | Aug 24, 2024 | charging stations, electric vehicles, Energy, Eskom, EV charging, News, Other Tech News, South Africa
If you had told us at the height of stage-6 load shedding last year that Eskom would not only suspend its rolling blackout program (for 150 days, 7 hours and 48 minutes, but who’s counting?) but also roll out its own electric vehicle (EV) car chargers in 2024, we... by admin | Mar 4, 2024 | electric vehicles, EV, Motoring News, News, South Africa, Volvo, Volvo EX30
Electric vehicles (EVs) are all the rage lately, which makes a kind of sense considering what the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy usually has to say regarding fossil fuel prices at the end of each month. A big issue, as ever, is money. So when we hear that...