Watts & Wheels S1E8: ‘Tesla lands in Africa, just not here’

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Aug 24, 20261:11:26Technology

Episode 8 of Watts & Wheels – TechCentral’s electric motoring show – opens with William Kelly on his soapbox, clipboard in hand, and a simple demand: keep left, pass right. Too many South African drivers, he argues, trea...

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