Bolt Is Bringing a 500-Vehicle EV Fleet to Cape Town as Competition With Uber Intensifies
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Bolt launched an electric ride-hailing service in Cape Town, adding a dedicated EV category to its app and planning for 500 electric vehicles to enter service through a partnership with YugoRide by the end of 2025. The initial vehicles will be Dongfeng Box hatchbacks supplied under a fleet agreement, and the rollout structure avoids placing the upfront capital burden on individual drivers. The Cape Town launch follows Bolt's larger EV operations in Kenya (over 5,800 electric vehicles) and smaller, tricycle-focused deployments in Nigeria, and the company is preparing plans for Johannesburg. The move frames large EV fleets as infrastructure decisions driven by financing costs, charging availability, driver retention and Cape Town's carbon neutrality goals.
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