BYD has announced its foray into Zimbabwe’s uncharted pure electric van segment with the introduction of a pure EV van. The vehicle is a commercial logistics van called BYD T3. Given Zimbabwe’s challenges with fossil fuel shortages, EVs are a logical step forward for most businesses with large delivery fleets. Several customers have already taken deliveries of the BYD T3 electric van. The T3 electric van has a 50.3 kWh battery and is equipped with a 100 kW AC permanent magnet synchronous motor providing 180 Nm of torque. It has a range of 310 km in city driving and 269 km combined cycle (WLTP).
Central Africa and now Zimbabwe starting to make moves with more affordable EV vehicles rolling out. South Africa is still sitting with just over 1,000 luxury EVs bought by the rich over the last few years. BYD is the class of vehicles we should be rolling out in SA already. For Zimbabwe to qualify ahead of South Africa...
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The transition to electromobility is happening a lot faster than a lot of people think. The EV scene in Europe is red hot right now after an awesome 2020. The UK’s plugin electric vehicle market hit new highs in December 2020, at 23.4% market share, up from 6.6% in December 2019. The Tesla Model 3
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