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Charging the N1: South Africa's EV Corridor
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Charging the N1: South Africa's EV Corridor

3 PhotosBy Lerato Dlamini20 July 2026
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The charging network along the N1 has quietly become usable. We photographed every stop between Johannesburg and Cape Town.

An electric sedan charging at a DC fast-charger unit under a forecourt canopy at night

150kW DC at a filling station forecourt outside Bloemfontein.

EV centre touchscreen showing 'Charging', time remaining and a green battery graphic while parked beside a wall charger; small faint logo on the steering wheel

Twenty-two minutes from 20% to 80%.

Two men chat while one plugs in a white EV at a charging post, with more cars parked at the bays behind

Four bays, all occupied on a Friday afternoon.

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