May in rear-view

A selection of articles from the past month.

• A South African Gigafactory? Putting a case for Tesla to build a Gigafactory is SA.
• Electric Car Superstar Podcast Episode 189 - Hybrid blues: China policies force Toyota into electric U-turn I read another article for The Electric Car Superstar Podcast
• GM to halt India sales and sell South Africa plant General Motors announced they were pulling their South African operation, denying us the chance to ever see the Volt or Bolt in this country.
• The most fuel efficient cars in South Africa right now Of course the Nissan Leaf tops the list
• Elon Musk’s Boring Company releases new images of its electric vehicle concept for passengers A bit of gushing over South Africa's best export

April in rear-view

It's been a bit quiet regarding local news about electric vehicles this past month. Here are our top blog posts from the past month.

• Plug-in Hybrid's (PHEV's) in South AfricaA look at plug-in hybrids and which ones are available in South Africa
• A Love Affair with Land Rover - Londolozi TVThe story of how Londolozi Game Reserve converted game viewing Landrovers to electric power.
• Electric car conversions
  My thoughts on electric car conversions and some examples of converted vehicles
• Autonomous vehicles - my thoughtsThe pros, cons and future of self-driving vehicles
• Hydrogen-powered cars to flood the streets by 2020 [Hi-Tech]
  Actually, why they're not.

On the international front there was plenty of spy shots of pre-production Tesla Model 3's and Elon Musk confirmed the Tesla truck was on it's way.