The Pantry in Rosebank, Johannesburg was the Thursday, 3.30am meeting point for an epic, four-day, 2 200km road trip in electric cars from Johannesburg to Cape Town. And it got off to a smooth start on day one, before running into trouble late in the afternoon.
The road trip – involving Naamsa – The Automotive Business Council, Accenture, Woolworths, KPMG, the Industrial Development Corporation, the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth Development Office, the Electric Mission and Wesbank/FNB, is aimed at bringing a focus to the challenges that might face EV owners doing long-distance road trips in South Africa. And, boy, did we run into difficulty on day one!
