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What to expect from electric off-roading

The electric vehicle (EV) is your destiny, whether you like it or not. Exactly when they will take over, though, is anyone’s guess, but it’s probably sooner than you think. Will Swedish activist teen Greta Thunberg cry “How dare you!” while she pries the key to your diesel bakkie from your cold, dead hands? Will you have to drag a 100 km-long extension lead behind your electric SUV just so that you can recharge its battery in the Kaokoland?

We attended the end of Generation.e’s 2019 EVRT tour from Johannesburg to Cape Town (EVRT stands for electric vehicle road trip) where we were able to zip around in various EVs, examine different types of power sockets and plugs, and put pressing questions to the

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