{"id":27666,"date":"2026-03-04T09:08:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=27666"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:08:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:08:02","slug":"chinas-chery-to-launch-icaur-brand-in-may-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/chinas-chery-to-launch-icaur-brand-in-may-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s Chery to launch\u00a0iCAUR\u00a0brand in May in SA\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chery will launch its iCAUR V23 electric sports utility vehicle brand in South \u200cAfrica (SA) in May, it said late Tuesday, as China&#8217;s largest car exporter pursues sales growth in new markets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s push into SA \u2060with a standalone electric vehicle nameplate marks the latest step in its broader global expansion drive, as Chinese carmakers look to cement a foothold in emerging EV markets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The launch comes as competition intensifies in Africa&#8217;s most developed auto \u200csector, \u2060where EV adoption remains low, but government policy and rising consumer interest are beginning to open the door for new entrants.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Currently, \u2060about 21 Chinese car brands are sold in SA, with more due to \u2060launch this year, including BYD&#8217;s Denza and Chery Group&#8217;s Lepas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More details and \u2060pricing for the car will be shared closer to its arrival in May, the company said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27671,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-27666","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Chery will launch its iCAUR V23 electric sports utility vehicle brand in South \u200cAfrica","published_date":"2026-03-04 09:05:52","news_description":"Chery will launch its iCAUR V23 electric sports utility vehicle brand in South \u200cAfrica","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27673,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27666\/revisions\/27673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=27666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}