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SouthAfrica has a decently sized new vehicle sales market. In 2024, just over half a million new vehicles (515,712) were sold in SouthAfrica, a decrease of 3% from the 531,775 units sold in 2023. However, 99% of all the new vehicles sold in SouthAfrica are still internal.
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About a year ago we wrote the article “Electric Vehicles in SouthAfrica: Where Are We Now?,” ” which gave a view on the state of the electric vehicle market in SouthAfrica. One year later we want to give an update on the progress since then.
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The Ford Ranger PHEV has just gone on sale ahead of first deliveries in July. But Ford believes the newcomer to the emerging plug-in hybrid EV (PHEV) ute market has the off-road might and load-lugging muscle to take on two cheaper Chinese plug-in hybrid rivals in the form of the BYD Shark 6 and upcoming GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV.
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