Gerald_db Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Maybe the time has come to create a new forum major topic (not sure how you describe it) for Electric Vehicle Discussion. Just a suggestion. Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk ibiza and Weasel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weasel Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 That could be very nice, Sure we all have a dream of building one and some inputs from people who actually own and drive would be nice also. I for one would like to build a Solar VW LWB Caddy with some LG chems in the back. Money Money Money.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald_db Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 Also re discussion and review details. May attract others to the forum. Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLEVA Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Not sure if we need an EV section when our "almost sister" site in Aus is basically an EV forum that added solar as a topic... Serious EV is still out almost everyones budget in SA, I love the concept, and have fiddled there a few times myself, but even I had to concede the financial issues locally that make it near impossible. Even an EV Bicycle, home made, will set you back R40k+ doing it properly. I did the whole "destroy the environment" thing with a bicycle, and have a 66cc 2-stroke engine on my bicycle (http://www.ecotrax.biz)... Smokes like hell, but probably (hopefully) not as bad as driving the 2.3l Merc to work every day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLEVA Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Just to add a Dream Toy... http://www.blessthisstuff.com/stuff/vehicles/cycles/scrambler-e-bike/ Just not happy about the price tag of $3800, excluding the min 35% import duty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Energy-Jason Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 I feel its a great idea! Im in, shall I make it happen? Jay Chris Hobson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Hobson Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Our sister site does have exhaustive coverage of technical stuff but as EV become something we all would like to try sourcing components etc will need a South African flavour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Energy-Jason Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Sure Guys, will add it. Sincerely Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarveyB Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Hi Which companies are recognised by OEMs for EV charging and stations in South Africa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMan Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 On 2020/04/25 at 8:02 PM, HarveyB said: Hi Which companies are recognised by OEMs for EV charging and stations in South Africa. Try https://www.gridcars.net/. They are a SA company based in Pretoria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminous Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 What is the sister site? I browsed a bit but never saw something to that extend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denzuzkyh Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 The major electric vehicle charging stations present in South Africa are: ABB, Siemens, Schneider and eFacec. None of those charging stations are manufactured locally. There are therefore, third party suppliers that bring in other charging station brands. Gridcars supplies re-branded charging stations. Their primary intellectual property is the back-office software that is used to monitor and control those chose charging stations. Until recently, they were the only one. There are now new entrants such as E'langa, who is pushing the Tritium charging stations, EVBackoffice and Siemens e-Car. There is a new site that has just recently launched: www.evecosystem.com . They provide information on the local South Africa markets i.e. available cars, upcoing cars. They also have a lot of free trainings and Webinars for those who wants to learn more about EV. francois 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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