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Nissan LEAF going on sale in South Africa next year

National Green Transportation

On Tuesday, Nissan announced the LEAF will become the first electric car for sale in South Africa in the Spring of 2014. Its South African debut will come in October 2013 at the Johannesburg International Motor Show, and it.'

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Nissan LEAF going on sale in South Africa next year

National Green Transportation

On Tuesday, Nissan announced the LEAF will become the first electric car for sale in South Africa in the Spring of 2014. Its South African debut will come in October 2013 at the Johannesburg International Motor Show, and it.'

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Mitsubishi wants to launch Australia’s cheapest electric car, but there’s a very expensive reason it might not

EV Central

Westcott, who has worked in the renewable energy sector converting a coal-fired power station to run on bio-mass in his native South Africa, confirmed he had lobbied federal government ministers on the issue. “We In Australia, Mitsubishi was an early EV adopter, selling the i-Miev battery electric mini-car from 2010 to 2014.

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Optimal Energys Joule EV Completes Prototype Phase, Nearing Production

Green Car Congress

Full-scale production of Joule will begin at the end of 2013, with cars in showrooms by mid-2014. The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC), as potential investor, is party to this Memorandum. Earlier post.) The IDC is currently an investor in Optimal Energy.