Sunshine powers electric cars from Morocco to Cape Town in four months

French team achieves first fully green Africa car crossing 'at speed of the sun'

28 February 2025 - 04:30

A former Dakar Rally driver has led a French team across Africa, north to south, in electric cars powered entirely by renewable energy — the first to do so.  ..

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