{"id":25893,"date":"2019-10-23T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abdas.org\/?p=25893"},"modified":"2019-10-23T12:00:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T12:00:45","slug":"launch-of-fourth-electric-car-in-south-africa-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/2019\/10\/23\/launch-of-fourth-electric-car-in-south-africa-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch Of Fourth Electric Car In South Africa In 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/mercedez.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/mercedez.jpg 750w, https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/mercedez-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/mercedez-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/mercedez-500x250.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>Mercedes-Benz\u2019s first battery electric vehicle (EV) will go on sale in South Africa in 2020, says Mercedes-Benz Cars South Africa marketing director Selvin Govender.<\/p>\n<p>This means South Africa will have four full EVs on the market next year, namely the Nissan Leaf, the BMW i3, the Jaguar I-Pace and the Mercedes-Benz EQC.<\/p>\n<p>The EQ range refers to all Mercedes-Benz electric vehicles, and stands for \u2018electric intelligence\u2019, explains Govender. The EQC is a five-seater, based on the GLC sports-utility vehicle platform.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle has a luggage capacity ranging from 500 l to 1 460 l, depending on the seat configuration. Its top speed is limited to 180 km\/h. The vehicle has two electric motors, and makes use of 384 lithium-ion cells to produce 300 kW of power and 730 Nm of torque. The zero-to-100 km\/h dash takes a quick 5.1 seconds. Using a DC fast-charger, it takes 40 minutes to charge the vehicle to 80% of its capacity; Range is 420 km.The EQC can operate in a temperature range of between \u201350 \u02daC and 40 \u02daC.<\/p>\n<p>The EQC was tested for millions of kilometers, notes Govender, with testing also extended to Namibia and South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPricing is not yet available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Govender says the launch of the EQ range by German parent company Daimler is all part of an effort to ensure that the entire Mercedes-Benz fleet is carbon neutral by 2039.<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes-Benz believes that 50% of its global sales will consist of electrified vehicles by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes-Benz\u2019s first battery electric vehicle (EV) will go on sale in South Africa in 2020, says Mercedes-Benz Cars South Africa marketing director Selvin Govender. This means South Africa will have &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49501,"featured_media":25894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[138],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49501"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdas.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}