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The big reason why Tesla still hasn’t launched in South Africa | SA News

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Tesla planned to launch in South Africa in 2026, but these plans have been put on ice due to the country’s volatile political landscape.

An industry source recently told our sister publication MyBroadband that South Africa was at the top of a list of markets that the electric carmaker planned to launch in this year.

However, the political tension between the United States and South Africa has put a damper on these plans.

Tesla was originally expected to…

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