EV Sales in South Africa

Year	Units
2025*	570
2024	1257
2023	929
2022	502
2021	218
2020	92
2019	154
2018	58
2017	68

My Week

Hello, Fire department? My house is on fire. Send the truck to put it out.

Yes, the house i live in.

Yes, I am sure it is a fire.

No, I didn't leave the light on by accident.

Yes, the house builder also agrees the house shouldn't be burning.

No, I don't think I can let that room burn down.

Yes, I phoned my neighbour, he also agrees that the fire should be put out.

Yes, I have confirmed that there is water in the hydrant.

Yes, it is cold water.

Ok, you can only do half the room today and the other half tomorrow.

Yes, I have informed my other neighbour you will be coming.

Ok, I will phone the other fire department to put out the part of the fire outside the house.

Can I Buy It in South Africa?

 EV's in South Africa: can I buy it?

 A listing of worldwide EV brands, with a summary of their availability in South Africa.

 

Audi
	e-tron	✅
	e-tron GT	✅
BMW
	i3	❌ (Discontinued)
	i4	✅
	i7	✅
	iX3	✅
	iX	✅
Eleksa
	Citybug	✅
Ford
	Mustang Mach-E	❌
	F-150 Lightning	❌
Hyundai
	Kona	❌
Jaguar
	I-Pace	✅
Kia
	EV6	❌
Mini
	Electric Mini	✅
Tesla
	Model S	❌
	Model X	❌
	Model 3	❌
	Model Y	❌
	Cybertruck	❌
Toyota
	bZ4X	❌
Mercedes-Benz
	EQA	✅
	EQB	✅
	EQC	✅
	EQE	✅
	EQS	✅
Nissan
	Leaf	❌ (Discontinued)
	Ariya	❌
Polestar
	2	❌
Porche
	Taycan	✅
Volvo
	XC40	✅
VW
	ID3	❌
	ID4	❌
	ID Buzz	❌

41

1977 plus 10.

Close enough


Keep the dream alive!

                 GOTCHA!

XXXVII (previously on….)

As an infant
12 Aug 1977	First free flight and landing test of the Space Shuttle Enterprise (I was 2 months old)
15 Aug 1977	The Big Ear, a radio telescope receives a radio signal from deep space (I was 2 months old)
16 Aug 1977	Elvis Presley dies in his home in Graceland at age 42 (I was 2 months old)
3 Sep 1977	The Commodore PET computer is first sold (I was 2 months old)
14 Dec 1977	Saturday Night Fever, an American dance film directed by John Badham is released (I was 6 months old)

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As a child
31 Dec 1978	Space Invaders, an arcade video game developed by Tomohiro Nishikado is released in North America (I was 1 year old)
19 Jul 1980	The 1980 Summer Olympics open in Moscow, Soviet Union (I was 3 years old)
12 Aug 1981	The IBM Personal Computer is released (I was 4 years old)
6 Jun 1984	The Tetris video game is released in the USSR (I was 6 years old)
28 Jul 1984	The 1984 Summer Olympics are held in Los Angeles, California (I was 7 years old)

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As a teenager
23 Jun 1991	The first Sonic the Hedgehog game is published by Sega (I was 14 years old)
25 Dec 1991	Dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Russian SFSR officially renames itself to the Russian Federation (I was 14 years old)
10 May 1994	Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president (I was 16 years old)
1 Mar 1995	The first search engine service Yahoo! is founded (I was 17 years old)
22 Jun 1995	Quake, a first-person shooter video game is released (I was 18 years old)

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In my 20s
31 Aug 1997	Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash (I was 20 years old)
7 Feb 1998	The 1998 Winter Olympics are held in Nagano, Japan (I was 20 years old)
1 Jun 1999	Napster, a revolutionary music downloading service, debuts (I was 21 years old)
1 Jan 2001	The dawn of the new millennium (I was 23 years old)
11 Sep 2001	9/11 terror attacks on NYC's World Trade Center and Pentagon (I was 24 years old)

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In my 30s
12 Feb 2010	The 2010 Winter Olympics open in Canada (I was 32 years old)
14 Apr 2010	Ash from Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland disrupts air traffic over Europe (I was 32 years old)
2 May 2011	Osama bin Laden killed by US military forces in Pakistan (I was 33 years old)
8 Jul 2011	The last Space Shuttle launch, Atlantis on flight STS-135 (I was 34 years old)
28 Feb 2013	Benedict XVI resigns as pope (I was 35 years old)

Can’t decide if this is a good or bad thing

@thurrott I took a screenshot of the start menu for 8.1 :) pic.twitter.com/1FRV2cQMQV

— Brenden Howser (@pouletfou51) April 2, 2014