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The emerging EV industry should be circular by design
Source: Chery South Africa
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Africa's EV manufacturing industry is gathering pace, with three recent electric mobility projects set to add more than 50,000 vehicles in annual production capacity. Chinese automaker Chery's decision to manufacture EVs and plug-in hybrids in South Africa adds momentum and highlights an opportunity to embed circular economy principles early.
As EV manufacturing expands, decisions made now will determine whether Africa builds a resource-efficient automotive industry or incurs the higher costs of retrofitting circularity later.
Embedding circularity into emerging EV value chains could transform vehicle manufacturing into a broader industrial ecosystem by creating new commercial opportunities alongside vehicle production.
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