EVs seen as way to price parity with cars from China

Chinese vehicles can compete in high-level brackets, while selling at lower-level price points

10 November 2024 - 00:00

A perfect storm of inflationary pressures, slow wage growth, and a dwindling middle class, has left manufacturers of high-end vehicles in South Africa vulnerable to cheaper and improving cars from China...

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