{"id":310552,"date":"2019-04-11T12:18:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T10:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=310552"},"modified":"2019-04-11T12:18:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T10:18:04","slug":"south-africa-could-soon-be-getting-a-new-range-of-affordable-electric-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/310552\/south-africa-could-soon-be-getting-a-new-range-of-affordable-electric-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa could soon be getting a new range of &#8216;affordable&#8217; electric vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Korean firm, Songuo Motors, has announced a distribution deal which will see the company bring its affordable NeuWai vehicles to new regions &#8211; including South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The first NeuWai vehicles will be introduced for sale within 12 months, the company said in a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.songuoqiche.com\/articlem\/show_155.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The range of vehicles already announced and planned for production in 2020 include 2-seat and 4-seat ultra-compact cars, an SUV, a modular vehicle, a 1-ton truck, motorcycles and scooters.<\/p>\n<p>NeuWai said that its A-class and larger vehicles will be powered by AC electric motors.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Euro 6 gasoline engines, NeuWai will offer both Euro 4 gasoline and liquid propane injection (LPI) combustion engines in markets where these powertrains have a compelling advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Songuo Motors said that it also took an innovative approach to designing and engineering these vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>This includes space frames, which provide a structural advantage over unnecessarily heavy frames or unibody construction, it said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;NeuWai vehicles also use proprietary composite body panels moulded in colour with a glossy exterior finish.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This allows for consistent colour without painting, solving the century-old challenge of painting body parts in an assembly plant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The recyclable material also takes door dings out of the equation, as well as minor fender benders,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/310060\/new-ford-ranger-launched-in-south-africa-heres-whats-changed-and-how-much-it-costs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Ford Ranger launched in South Africa: here\u2019s what\u2019s changed and how much it costs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korean firm, Songuo Motors, has announced a distribution deal which will see the company bring its affordable NeuWai vehicles to new regions &#8211; including South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":310564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[26,13920,13922],"class_list":["post-310552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-headline","tag-neuwai","tag-songuo-motors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310552"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310576,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310552\/revisions\/310576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}