Uploaded September 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
With gas prices reaching record levels -- and with environmental concerns reaching a fever pitch -- an innovative Cape Town based company is emerging from the shadows of the city's Table Mountain to do battle with the best the automotive world can offer. This is the Joule, a fully electric vehicle that could be a game-changer for South Africa, and possibly the world. It might be small, but it features some state-of-the-art technologies that the company originally developed for the defense industry.
With gas prices reaching record levels -- and with environmental concerns reaching a fever pitch -- an innovative Cape Town based company is emerging from the shadows of the city's Table Mountain to do battle with the best the automotive world can offer. This is the Joule, a fully electric vehicle that could be a game-changer for South Africa, and possibly the world. It might be small, but it features some state-of-the-art technologies that the company originally developed for the defense industry.
