Halfway from Pretoria to Cape Town in an electric vehicle
After travelling over 1200 km from Pretoria to the Windy City in the Eastern Cape the EVRT Africa 2019, the first official electric vehicle road trip in South Africa, has reached the halfway point on its intrepid journey towards Cape Town.
Powered by ACDC Dynamics and driven by Generation.e in partnership with the Department of Transport, the Gauteng Provincial Government and the African Alliance for Energy Productivity, the EVRT Africa participants will depart Port Elizabeth today on a route over Knysna and Worcester towards Cape Town to prove it is possible to drive across the country without a single drop of petrol.
Pioneering trip
The pioneering trip, conceived to increase public awareness and education of electric vehicles to inspire the shift towards smarter mobility, will end in Cape Town on 9 October with the grand finale at the Silo District at V&A Waterfront on 10 October.
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