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11 August 2024 - 00:00 By GLORIA MOTSOERE

In 2014, Neil Du Preez, who was working as a commodities trader overseas, returned home to pursue a dream — to manufacture light electric vehicles that could transport passengers easily through congested cities. Today, he and his team are the manufacturers of three-wheeled electric vehicles used to deliver food and parcels in the Western Cape...

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