There is a Nissan factory in Rosslyn Pretoria that also manufactures the Renault Sandero under the Renault Nissan Alliance assembly plant, in Rosslyn. The Rosslyn Plant can be used to manufacture the new Renault K-ZE. The Renault K-ZE can then be exported into the rest of Africa from Pretoria.
That price point with much cheaper running costs could certainly be an ICE killer in Africa.
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Buying this brand new small EV over a used Nissan Leaf would obviously make more sense as this will come with warranties as well as a much improved battery pack. Early Nissan Leafs are famous for the much publicized battery degradation issues. Africa isn’t a priority for most OEMs, but if we could get the new Renault K-ZE on this side, it could be a gamechanger.
source https://gadgeteer.co.za/renault-k-ze-could-be-ice-killer-if-manufactured-south-africa-and-sold-us10000
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