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ELEKSA

ELECTRIC CITY CAR

BY ALAN ROSENMEYER
Meet the future. Meet the ideal city or town runabout powered by battery.

lectric cars in South Africa have so this could also affect the ride when around R15. Equate that to petrol and
been limited by two major factors, navigating speed humps. Ancillaries the cost would be equivalent to using
Eprice and range on a charge. Well, for wipers, air-con and such are placed 1l/100km.
Eleksa has certainly solved the pricing under the front ‘hood’, above the batteries.
issue with their tiny little City Car which is The car is very well-equipped, with a
about to be unleashed on our market at The car comfortably attained a speed large tablet infotainment screen that
a selling price of R200 000. of around 60km/hour (the test car was includes Apple Carplay and Android Auto
reading MPH) and felt that it could easily functionality as well as all the necessary
The car is small, with two doors, two maintain this speed for a few kilometres. information relating to charge and range.
front seats and a tiny rear seat that I Eleksa claims a battery charge range Air-conditioning and electric windows are
think would be best utilised when folded of 100km as standard, with a larger standard too.
forward to allow a good amount of battery, capable of powering a range of
luggage space instead. 200km, available at an extra cost. Exact Although the Eleksa is classed as a
figures are still to be determined, but car, it may work better if seen as an
I was given the opportunity to take a it’s estimated that a full charge will cost alternative to a golf cart for use on
short drive in their estates, with the
demo vehicle and bonus that it can
I found that the still be driven on
acceleration on urban roads and
pull-off is typical of to the shops. It
electric vehicles - could even be
extremely quick. The very useful as
steering is light and a small delivery
easy, although the vehicle for short-
short wheelbase range deliveries.
does not help The maximum
when encountering speed of 60km/
bumps. The hour is more than
batteries are placed adequate for
above the front axle Click here for video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJXBGR488XU urban use.
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