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Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Zuma's MK party dead by 2026
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Daimler electrics now in South Africa
Daimler's battery powered trucks have already impressed Australian fleet buyers with a 300 km range. |
Daimler is the latest company to launch electric trucks in South Africa.
The eCanter and eActros rigid have already impressed fleet buyers with their 300 km of "realistic range" in Australia, which has very similar road conditions to South Africa.
Daimler has been testing these trucks in South Africa since last year and now aims to sell these small electric trucks to companies who plan to balance the much higher upfront cost of an electric truck by paying a lot less for solar power than for diesel.
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Africa's race towards e-mobility
Africa's many entrepreneurs stand to benefit most from China's excesses. (Photo: Newslex Media). |
Africa’s transport sector will be the main beneficiary of America’s aim to replace the paper oil-dollar with a digital carbon-dollar under the “zero emissions” drive. (Read more on this big lie here.)
This drive has led to Western governments diverting taxes to subsidise anything that claims not to emit smoke and is also behind China’s excess stock of dirt-cheap solar panels and electric vehicles.
Thanks to China’s subsidy-based economy, there are a lot of these excess vehicles. Shanghai-based consultancy, Automobility, estimates China’s excess capacity to be between five and 10 million vehicles per year.
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Easter – when wise drivers stay off the roads
It is that time of the year again, when wise truck drivers stay off the roads to make way for Easter’s annual wave of impatient holidaymakers rushing to their deaths.
Monday, March 11, 2024
US and China not good places to be a driver
Despite a slew of reality truck shows portaying a rosy scene, driving jobs in the US still still see a 100%-300% turnover each year. |
Friday, March 8, 2024
Avoid unsustainable freight rates
Grain trucks await loading at private silos in Mpumalanga. |
The continued weak rand and more effective sanctioning of Russian oil buyers during March are putting more pressure on the diesel prices, which means truckers can expected to pay even more for diesel in April.
The expected diesel price rises comes in the wake of steep increases of R1,44/ℓ for 500ppm and R1,58/ℓ for 50ppm in March.