A report suggests South Africa should ban the sale of new internal combustion (ICE) vehicles by 2035.
South Africa may have to ban the sale of new internal combustion vehicles by 2035 and shift as much as 20% of road traffic to rail to meet its committed climate goals submitted at COP26.
According to the report, South Africa faces the dual challenge of decarbonising whilst improving transport as a service for consumers and enabling other sectors to decarbonise, all while mitigating rather than exacerbating existing socio-economic challenges and seizing emerging opportunities to support its socio-economic development agenda.
The department of transport noted in the report that this results from a massive capital investment backlog and inadequate funding, obsolete and ageing infrastructure, outdated technologies, and vandalism and theft. Shifting inefficient road transport, with high levels of road congestion, to more efficient rail transport could increase the accessibility of public transport by improving affordability, as rail transport is 30%–50% cheaper per passenger than MBTs.
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