Jeremy Maggs on 28/07/2026

Affordable electric vehicles gain traction as petrol costs bite

‘The real game changer came from BYD with the Dolphin Surf, and now Geely with the E2, which has come in at a very different price point, you're talking about just above R300 000,’ says Alan Quinn, chief product and innovation officer at Cars.co.za.

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Jeremy Maggs on 28/07/2026

The gamble behind the Trevor Noah tourism campaign

Electric vehicles are breaking out of the luxury niche and heading for the mass market, threatening to upend pricing. Grain SA says the JSE’s latest soybean decision could cost farmers. And ChatGPT now among the Top 10 most impersonated brands.

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