The search for South Africa's lost electric car

Just two years after Elon Musk began producing electric cars, a South African team had beautifully designed prototypes on the floor and was ready to go. It didn’t materialise. The sad story of thwarted innovation has been told, but what happened to the cars? Just two years after Elon Musk began...

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