THE INCREASE in the price of petrol is forcing car owners to consider switching to hybrid cars rather than buying electric ones, according to research conducted by Yazi.
Yazi is a platform for conducting research using WhatsApp.
These days, it is reported that the price of petrol and diesel will increase when April starts. The main effect of the increase in the price of crude oil is due to the war between the United States and Israel who are striking in Iran.
On Wednesday IOL reported that the price of diesel may increase by approximately R10 per liter on April 1.
This would make the price of a liter above R30 for the first time in the country’s history.
The price of a liter of petrol turns out to increase by a little less than R6.
Yazi’s research in March revealed that many people are willing to switch to hybrid cars that use petrol and an electric engine.
There are different hybrids as there are batteries that charge themselves while the car is moving and some are called plug-in hybrids that are charged at charging stations, which are not that many in this country.
The study revealed that scheduled power outages and lack of charging stations are what prevent people from choosing petrol and diesel vehicles. In some developed countries, this type of electric and hybrid vehicles are becoming more and more popular.