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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>1<\/a><\/p>\n

Antony Sguazzin and Loni Prinsloo<\/p>\n

Wed, October 19, 2022 at 1:18 PM\u00b73 min read<\/p>\n

(Bloomberg) — South Africa wants to spend billions of dollars fostering an electric vehicle industry, complicating efforts to finalize an $8.5 billion climate aid package before next month\u2019s United Nations climate summit.<\/p>\n

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The landmark funding plan unveiled at last year\u2019s climate conference in Glasgow was meant to help South Africa wean itself off coal. It was hailed at the time as a prototype for other developing countries transitioning to cleaner energy, but talks are now mired in disagreements over how the money should be used.<\/p>\n

<\/a>The US, UK, Germany, France and the EU, which are providing the funds, want them almost entirely invested in replacing the country\u2019s coal-fired power plants with renewable energy.<\/p>\n

South Africa wants a big chunk of the money to go into developing electric-vehicle manufacturing.<\/p>\n

It has included a 70 billion-rand ($3.9-billion), five-year subsidy program in an updated draft of an investment plan presented to funding partners this month, two people who\u2019ve seen the proposal said. They asked not to be identified because the investment plan hasn\u2019t been made public.<\/p>\n

In total, the plan suggests 128 billion rand of spending on electric vehicles with some of that money going on industrial development and innovation programs, one of the people said.<\/p>\n

South Africa\u2019s auto industry is one of its biggest earners of foreign exchange, but is under threat as Europe, the main market, encourages cleaner alternatives to traditional gasoline-fueled cars.<\/p>\n

Funding nations aren\u2019t enthusiastic about the EV proposals, though, and would only offer grants for studies, the people said.<\/p>\n

The plan does also encompass the envisaged transition away from the use of coal and the $8.5 billion is only a fraction of the total that will be needed. The private sector and other rich nations and lenders are expected to provide more finance once the current deal is sealed.<\/p>\n

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