SA’s solar energy debate

South Africa is the third best solar location globally, as it has one of the highest and most stable solar radiations in the world. With 2 500 hours of sunshine annually – equalling one third of a year or four entire months including nightly hours – the...

Electric cars: success by a different route

 Pure electric cars are a disaster. On-road pure electric cars continue to sell at a level barely above one quarter of the sales of pure electric golf cars or a tenth of pure electric forklifts, says Dr Peter Harrop, chairman, IDTechEx.  Those golf cars are profitable...