Approach Mahindra, Toyota and Ford and invite them onto a Safricar Steering Committee (led by HydroxSystems Canada and Desmond Tutu Centre for Leadership – and possibly CSIR?)

It remains to be seen of collaboration can attract several brands into a coalition like Safricar.

Open a Safricar executive centre on the Highveld of Mpumalanga province

Middelburg is suggested for its relative proximity to both C4L and CSIR.  And because there are already C4L alumni in Steve Tshwete local municipality.

Agree an attractive, collaborative design within the red lines listed above as specifications

Challenge designers from Toyota, Mahindra and Ford Ranger to use existing tools and expertise to create a design that combines essential ingredients from all three brands.

Create an Safricar investment scheme using cryptocurrency

Go public and try to attract funding and finance for this initiative.

Combine Mahindra, Toyota and Ford major parts in the Safricar design and assembly (i.e. chassis, engine, transmission, suspension)

Designing the Safricar is one step.  Designing the assembly steps is equally important.  In a way that can be replicated in each province.  

Open an assembly plant in each of SA’s nine provinces

This is a very decentralized model, to share the benefits.  The same assembly process will be used in each setting.  This may happen over several years, up to nine years?

Train poor and unemployed youth to assemble Safricars

C4L’s role will be to train a cadre in each province to produce consistent quality control across the country.  This is one reason why we prefer to streamline design – like one colour.

Lobby government to open the bottlenecks (e.g. to hemp farming)

Innovation sometimes challenges assumptions.  We need to predict any red lines that need to change in order for the higher good of reducing youth unemployment.

Find auto parts manufacturers/suppliers in SA to produce and deliver Safricar components to assembly plants (e.g. hemp-fibre body panels, hemp-fibre upholstery)

South Africa already has a robust auto industry.  But there will be gaps that require technical innovation.

Assist any start-ups needed to fill Safricar orders (e.g. hemp batteries)

A critical path analysis will identify the gaps and the sequencing.  It may take 1 – 2 years before all required components are available locally.

Find local suppliers for tyres, batteries, alternators, brakes, seats, springs, shocks, etc.

Production plants in each province must set up their own supply chains, favouring made-in-SA components where ever possible.

Seek expansion of assembly plants to other African countries

Just as a small percentage of components may have to be imported, this initiative can grow into an export business.