EV's - Elektriese Voertuie

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Ja Wouter, simpel Toyota wat so agter die tyd is

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Voorheen al net so bolangse inligting oor die EX60 gegee -

Scheduled to arrive in South Africa in the third quarter of 2026, Volvo has officially whipped the wraps off the EX60.

Volvo EX60 vir Suid Afrika - meer besonderhede

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So 'n bietjie EV infrastruktuur nuus wat reisigers se keuse van verblyf of oorslaapgeriewe makliker kan maak.

“Introducing EV charging stations is yet another way we are elevating convenience, while supporting sustainability across the group.”

City Lodge rolls out EV chargers

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Met kode-naam en al slaan Toyota uiteindelik hier plaaslik uit met 'n EV wat darem by verre beter is as die Hilux EV wat hulle aanbied.

... ... the bZ4X will be available in all-wheel-drive configuration in our market.
The top speed is rated at 160 km/h. Equipped with a 73.1 kWh battery pack, the all-paw bZ4X offers a claimed operating range of up to 516 km.

Toyota bZ4X

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Meer oor die Riddara luukser model EV bakkie waarvan 'n paar eenhede reeds geruime tyd al hier by ons in gebruik is deur die invoerders.

The unit we tested is owned by the company’s co-founder and managing director Gideon Wolvaardt, who has clocked over 40,000km in the bakkie.

The RD6 4WD comes with either a 73kWh battery supporting up to 424km of WLTP range on a single charge, or an 86kWh pack with up to 455km of WLTP range per charge.
The top-spec model supports up to 110kW DC charging, enabling a top-up from 30% to 80% in roughly 30 minutes at a supported fast charger. The maximum AC charging speed is 11kW.

Riddara higher-spec RD6

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Wonder of daar met Woensdag, 25 Februarie 2026 se begroting, iewers 'n hardhorende is wat dalk gehoor sal gee aan hierdie noodroep in die Suid Afrikaanse woestyn van lae motorverkope syfers?

The South African government should at least reduce the import duties to match the 18% for ICE vehicles. In fact, they could learn from several governments on the African continent that have reduced and even removed import duties for BEVs completely to encourage adoption.

CHARGE calls for lower EV duties, etc.

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En so ontwikkel die EV wêreld se energie bron - die battery - net meer en meer - veel meer as wat enigiemand kon droom.

With a full charge in five minutes and 400 Wh/kg of energy density, it seemed too good to be true.

New Solid State EV Battary

En sowaar, hier is die "skeptiese spul" ook sommer byderhand.

The skeptics had good reason to question Donut Lab’s press copy. The company more or less claimed it had achieved the holy grail, but offered no proof. Donut Lab and Verge Motorcycles had no patent disclosures, no demonstrations of the tech, and not even any research papers. It didn’t even have any internal testing to offer anyone. The press releases just claimed the achievement, and that’s it.

And It Raises More Questions Than Answers

In response to the critics, Donut Lab launched a website and video series called “I Donut Believe.” Donut Lab’s website doesn’t even hide that people have accused the company of being scammers.
Each week, Donut Lab seeks to prove each of its claims with a video.

Kom ons kyk maar wat gebeur vorentoe hiermee.

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Ek is nie so seker of 'Lexus luuksheid' teen daardie hoë pryse, kan opmaak vir die redelik lae reik afstande vir die modelle nie.

Lexus maak nie aanspraak op reikafstand nie – maar ek reken met daardie grootte battery is tussen 400 km en 500 km maklik haalbaar in die dorpsverkeer as mens nie ʼn baksteen vir ʼn voet het nie – en tussen 300 km en 400 km indien jy baie op die snelweg ry.

Luukse Lexus BEV

[LUAN]

Ek sien nou nog nie charge stasies hier by die vulstasies in my stad so waar word die motors gelaai? Ek sien ook nie eintlik elektriese karre hier om my. Ev's is n scam en die ware groen energie toekoms is hydrogen engines. Toyota is reeds besig om daaran te werk.

[Grobbieb]

Ek sien nou nog nie charge stasies hier by die vulstasies in my stad so waar word die motors gelaai? Ek sien ook nie eintlik elektriese karre hier om my. Ev's is n scam en die ware groen energie toekoms is hydrogen engines. Toyota is reeds besig om daaran te werk.

Ek dink n elektriese kar vir 100km range elke dag tussen huis en werk maak sin.

Het nogsteeds n petrol/diesel kar nodig maar teen 60c per km op eskom krag is ev eintlik heel goed. As jy solar by die hui het kan dit nog goedkoper uitwerk.


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[Wouter Roets]

Ons kon nou n nuwe rekord getal monoloog posts gehad het, maar nee twee clowns kom foeter dit toe nou op.

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Ons kon nou n nuwe rekord getal monoloog posts gehad het, maar nee twee clowns kom foeter dit toe nou op.

moenie worry nie die rekord sal vinnig kom.

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Drones tel ook seker as n EV al het hy n payload

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En so ontwikkel die EV wêreld se energie bron - die battery - net meer en meer - veel meer as wat enigiemand kon droom.

With a full charge in five minutes and 400 Wh/kg of energy density, it seemed too good to be true.

New Solid State EV Battary

En sowaar, hier is die "skeptiese spul" ook sommer byderhand.

The skeptics had good reason to question Donut Lab’s press copy. The company more or less claimed it had achieved the holy grail, but offered no proof. Donut Lab and Verge Motorcycles had no patent disclosures, no demonstrations of the tech, and not even any research papers. It didn’t even have any internal testing to offer anyone. The press releases just claimed the achievement, and that’s it.

And It Raises More Questions Than Answers

In response to the critics, Donut Lab launched a website and video series called “I Donut Believe.” Donut Lab’s website doesn’t even hide that people have accused the company of being scammers.
Each week, Donut Lab seeks to prove each of its claims with a video.

Kom ons kyk maar wat gebeur vorentoe hiermee.

Die mees onlangse verdere toetse met Donut Lab en Verge Motorcycles se SSB (Solid-State Battery) wat baie positiewe resulate gelewer het.

Solid-State Battery Works Reliably at High Temps

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Soos reeds op 22 Januarie 2026 hier vermeld is, is die amptelike bekendstellingsdatum vir die Volvo EX60 EV in Suid Afrika gestel op die derde kwartaal van 2026.

Let op die volgende positiewe reaksie van die publiek kort na die bekendstelling van die Volvo EX60 in Europa:

It’s nice to hear of an EV surpassing expectations, going off and surprising its creator with the level of demand it’s seeing. Kudos to Volvo Cars for the achievement.

Strong demand for Volvo EX60

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Siende dat 'n mens nie neer jou eie plasings kan redigeer/(edit) nie, moet julle maar self terug kyk op vorige plasings met betrekking tot die toetse reeds gedoen op die Donut Lab se 'Solid-state" battery.
Volgens toetse gedoen tot dusver wil dit voorkom of dié battery ontwikkeling nie sommer net 'n wolhaar storie is nie, maar 'n bewese werklikheid is wat die EV wêreld op 'n geweldige voordelige vlak gaan plaas wat reik afstande, vinnige herlaai tye en veiliger algehele battery omstandighede kan lei.

Solid-state battery third test

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Die dounut storie is vir my mooi en gee my weer hoop vir die wereld. Groot multi nationale maatskappye met groot budgets blaas baie geld op die nuutste battery tegnologie navorsing om net met hul broek op hul enkels gevang te word deur n heel wat kleiner maatskappy.

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Nog is dit het einde niet - en kyk watter EV motorvervaardiger is hierby betrokke.

YASA, a British electric motor company owned by Mercedes-Benz and based out of an innovation center in Oxford, has done it twice now, and the second time came only a few months after the first.
"This is real hardware, in real life, delivering real data," Odling said, "and it's performing beautifully."

A 12.7-kg electric motor now produces more than 1,000 horsepower, setting a new benchmark for power density in EV technology.

Let op wie nog se naam word hier vermeld met verwysing na daardie unieke motorfiets en dié se 'see-through" agterwiel.

Donut Labs produced an automotive hub motor earlier this year that reached 15.8 kilowatts per kilogram. YASA's new prototype is nearly four times that.

Hierdie "four times that" is ook seker nodig bloot omdat 'n EV ook seker "four times ++" die gewig van 'n motorfiets is.

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“The all-new VLE marks the beginning of a new era for Mercedes-Benz. It brings everything our customers know and love to a new level."

Mercedes Benz elektriese bussie

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BMW bring hulle nuwe EV's nou op gereelde basis in en elke keer stel hulle hoë standaarde in terme van nuwe binne en buite ontwerpe, reik afstande en verskillende aanwendingsmetodes van die EV's se kragbronne.

Unveiled in 50 xDrive guise, the BMW i3 sedan employs a dual electric-motor powertrain .... ....

Although BMW hasn’t confirmed battery capacity, the automaker says the “high-voltage” item is capable of receiving up to 400 kW at a DC fast-charging station. Plugged into such a facility, a 10-minute top up provides 400 km of range, the firm says. The Bavarian brand claims a combined operating range of 900 km (WLTP) on a single full charge.

This means the i3’s battery can be used to power external devices (V2L) such as small appliances, act as a power source for a house (V2H) and feed energy back into the power grid (V2G).

New BMW i3 EV

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Hierdie 4de sessie van Donut Lab is 'n praktiese herlaai behaling en nie net 'n blote toets nie.

The fourth video of the "I Donut Believe" campaign is also not an independent test, but a real-life experience. Donut Lab showcases a Verge TS Pro motorcycle during a DC fast-charging session... ...
The pack took 5 minutes to charge from 10% to 50%, reached 70% in 9 minutes, and reached 80% of state of charge after 12 minutes. These are impressive figures ... ...

Donut Lab's Solid State Battery - fourth test

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Nou ja, tenspyte van die feit dat daar steeds baie negatiewe kritiek gelewer word ten opsigte van die SSB van Donut Lab, bewys hierdie 5de toets nogtans dat dié battery van hulle baie veiliger is as Li-ion batterye.

Instead, the fifth installment of the I Donut Believe saga shows a safety demonstration test, and even that is questionable.

In die video word duidelik gesê deur die onafhanklike toets laboratorium dat die Donut Lab se SSB nie gebrand het nie.
Laat mens wonder, hoe kan die feit dat die SSB nie gebrand het nie, bevraagteken word???

Donut Lab's Fifth Test Re Safety of their SSB

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Wat kan mens sê behalwe die volgende:

However, this doesn't automatically mean that it's a solid-state battery as claimed. We'll have to wait a lot longer before independent parties can demonstrate that, especially since Verge Motorcycles did not start deliveries in the first quarter as promised.

Hou in gedagte dat Verge Motorcycles en Donut Lab werk saam - so wie weet wat peul uiteindelik nog hier uit.

1st April = 6th episode

Hierdie artikel gedateer 2 April 2026, maak geen melding oor die sogenaamde twyfel mbt die "Solid-State Battery" nie - sekerlik is hulle die ouens wat behoort te weet wat is die werklikheid daaromtrent.
En hulle maak die volgende bekend -

The electric juice in the battery goes to a Donut Lab hubless in-wheel electric motor that delivers 134 hp and 1,000 Nm of torque.

Donut Lab het meer as net een vinger in hierdie 'pie' ... ...
Verge Motorcycle

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https://www.news24.com/life/motoring/op ... 60401-1147

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Party ouens hier in die Noorde wag al lank dat elektriese taxis hier moet inkom - bytvas, mettertyd sal dit seker so wees.

Once GoMetro successfully rolls out the first electric taxis, it will order and roll out more vehicles over the next few years in hopes of going fully electric at Century City in the next three or four years.

Electric Minibus Taxis