to shape the future course of E-Mobility in South Africa.
Welcome to ELECTRIC VEHICLE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (EVIA)
Our Objectives:
* To create a favorable environment to enable the use of clean mobility in South Africa.
* To support the development of policy and regulatory framework.
* To promote technologies for E-Mobility and sustainably integrate them into smart cities in South Africa.
* To support the introduction of sustainable mobility into the urban transportation mix.
* To create awareness of EVs in South Africa.
* To promote co-operation and trust amongst public private sector.
Stakeholders
EVIA forms a multi-stakeholder public private sector consortium with main activities related to dissemination, networking, monitoring, participation in national and multilateral projects, lobbying, research and development.
Stakeholders
Industry
In public policy advocacy, EVIA presents the concerns of the electric vehicle (EV) industry and R&D bodies to the relevant government departments, which plays a key role in helping the development of electric drive vehicles
Industry
Collaboration
EVIA organizes EV symposiums, and also collaborates in regional events and in many specialized conferences and workshops
Collaboration
WORKING GROUPS
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Working Group 1:
Charging Infrastructure
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Working Group 2:
Battery and Recycling
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Working Group 3:
Policy & Incentives
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Working Group 4:
Vehicle Systems
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Working Group 5:
Communication and Awareness Creation
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Working Group 6:
Mobility Concept and EcoMobility Services
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Working Group 7:
EV 101: Sustainable driving and living
Charging Infrastructure: (Renewable Energy, Interoperability of EVs, Data and Standards)
The Working Group would support the development of public, private and commercial (fleet operators, business, etc.) charging networks in South Africa through improvement of specifications and policy support, adoption of best practices, optimization of installation requirements.
Battery and Recycling
The Working Group would work on the improvement of batteries, advocate for the introduction of standards of batteries, materials, and cell design, and research on the recycling of batteries to make them easier and more cost-effective.
Policy & Incentives
The Working Group would identify which policies are important to a country’s market of EVs and assess the effectiveness of the policies in a country. Further research is necessary on introduction of policy and regulatory framework to enable the mechanisms of the industrial chain, which may influence the production of electrified vehicles
Vehicle Systems
The Working Group would look into introduction of vehicle systems to the value chain. The group would also be responsible to identify key challenges and enablers (both legislative and technological) to newer technologies in niche markets.
Communication and Awareness Creation
The Working Group would identify and use effective means of communication and awareness creation in the transport sector to tackle the barriers hindering the adoption of E-Mobility in South Africa.
Mobility Concept and EcoMobility Services
The Working Group will focus on identifying collaboration opportunities to better develop the EV industry in South Africa.
EV 101: Sustainable driving and living
This is an information sharing group, which will focus on keeping the general mass updated about electric vehicle technologies, their purchase and operating costs, the available government financial incentives, and much more.
