Everything E-mobility: Ecotourism and Lithium-Ion Batteries with Hiten Parmar

Hiten Parmar has a passion for contributing to advancements within the transport and energy sectors globally through deployment of technological interventions to solve major economic, competitiveness and societal challenges. 

Hiten stands as a leading executive, thought leader and industry expert, with over 15 years’ in his chosen profession. As Director of South Africa’s national electric mobility programme, he delivers on the mandate of enabling electric mobility across both the public and private sectors.

He also serves as liaison for multiple sector-related forums within South Africa, as well as internationally on advancing the electric mobility ecosystem.

In this episode, our hosts Yanesh Naidoo and Goodwill Mabena, sit down with Hiten Parmar to chat about uYilo’s journey and how they are democratising e-mobility in South Africa. We gain insights into this company – who they are and what they have contributed to e-mobility.

We discuss:

• the relationship between uYilo and Jendamark
• the contributions of Hiten Parmar to the industry
• skills development and the skills gap in South Africa
• the shift in tourism and the rise of ecotourism
• different types of batteries in electric vehicles
• and much more...

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