{"id":237057,"date":"2026-07-02T19:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=237057"},"modified":"2026-07-02T19:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:55:11","slug":"bolt-is-betting-that-south-africas-next-ride-will-be-a-chinese-electric-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=237057","title":{"rendered":"Bolt is betting that South Africa\u2019s next ride will be a Chinese electric car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bolt Technology, the Estonian ride-hailing company that has spent roughly $180 million building a dominant position in South Africa, has struck a deal with China\u2019s Dongfeng Motor Group to roll out an electric-vehicle fleet in the country. The partnership will start in Cape Town, with Dongfeng\u2019s Box hatchback and its more premium 007 sedan [\u2026]<br \/>\nThis story continues at The Next Web&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/bolt-is-betting-that-south-africas-next-ride-will-be-a-chinese-electric-car\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bolt Technology, the Estonian ride-hailing company that has spent roughly $180 million building a dominant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/237057-bolt-is-betting-that-south-africas-next-ride-will-be-a-chinese-electric-car.avif",868,488,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/237057-bolt-is-betting-that-south-africas-next-ride-will-be-a-chinese-electric-car-150x150.avif",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/237057-bolt-is-betting-that-south-africas-next-ride-will-be-a-chinese-electric-car-300x169.avif",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/237057-bolt-is-betting-that-south-africas-next-ride-will-be-a-chinese-electric-car-768x432.avif",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/237057-bolt-is-betting-that-south-africas-next-ride-will-be-a-chinese-electric-car.avif",640,360,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/237057-bolt-is-betting-that-south-africas-next-ride-will-be-a-chinese-electric-car.avif",868,488,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/237057-bolt-is-betting-that-south-africas-next-ride-will-be-a-chinese-electric-car.avif",868,488,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/237057-bolt-is-betting-that-south-africas-next-ride-will-be-a-chinese-electric-car.avif",868,488,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/237057-bolt-is-betting-that-south-africas-next-ride-will-be-a-chinese-electric-car-825x488.avif",825,488,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/237057-bolt-is-betting-that-south-africas-next-ride-will-be-a-chinese-electric-car-590x410.avif",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=35\" rel=\"category\">Tech<\/a>","tag_info":"Tech","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=237057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/237058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=237057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=237057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=237057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}