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EVrgreenskills

Our Story

EVrgreenskills is an initiative borne out of the desire to protect and sustain the environment. The migration from internal combustion engines(ICE) to new energy vehicles(NEV) is a critical step to arrest and significantly reduce the carbon emissions from tailpipes. We believe that this transition must be accompanied by a concomitant upskilling and reskilling of the workforce with future skills to understand, maintain and repair NEVs. To achieve this, the founder, Bajith Panday(SA), a career learning and development specialist collaborated with Tom Denton(UK), a world renowned author, trainer and provocateur of electric vehicles, to help put together a world class training qualification. Our mission is to contribute our knowledge and expertise to helping people in the entire automotive value chain to future-proof themselves with world class education and training courses.
Electric vehicles as well hybrid electric vehicles have tripled in number from three years ago. Currently there are 16.5 million electric cars on the world’s roads. This trend continued unabated in 2022 with 2 million sold in the first quarter, up 75% from the same period in 2021.

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The local take up of Evs is much more muted in comparison to the global picture. The table below is more a manifestation of a number of factors not least of which is the absence of an economically viable model for consumers rather than a reluctance of the SA consumer to take up Evs.

Sale of NEVs 2016-2021

Source: Naamsa/Lightstone Auto 2022

The future has arrived

The numbers above are  probably manna from heaven for the doomsday prophets but should not be seen as an indicator of the future success of Evs. Global forces dictate the direction in which the automotive market will ultimately proceed. The graphic below provides a stark reality for the numbered days of the ICE vehicle while at the same time signalling auto manufacturers’ plans to ramp up the  number and models of Evs to be released:

The Wheels of the Future are Turning Quickly

The graphic above indicates a clear and aggressive strategy by the majority of automakers to ramp up the release of new electric vehicles. In 2021 alone, all but one auto manufacturer released new electric vehicles and this trend is expected to continue into 2022 and rapidly beyond. The driving force behind this trend is the global climate agreements that governments throughout the world have signed up to in a bid to reduce and hopefully eradicate carbon emissions from being released into the environment. It is therefore no surprise that the EU has banned ICE engines from 2035 and the UK from 2030. Since SA exports 80% of its ICE vehicles to this region it then becomes a matter of averting economic extinction by transitioning rapidly to Evs.

Technology and associated Skills Development

The arrival of the 4th industrial revolution has led to many disruptive technologies in the automotive sector. The rapid digitisation of cars has resulted in the modern vehicle having highly sophisticated technological, mechanical and software applications. As a result, the future skills required to build, service and maintain these new vehicles have become more mechatronic based linked to advance programming and data analysis. Even the traditional diesel and petrol mechanic diagnostic requirements have become increasingly automated and electrical in nature. It is no surprise then that the future of the automotive sector lies in connected, autonomous, self-driven and electrical cars (CASE).

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