Optimal Energy (Pty) Ltd is a privately owned South African company
based in Cape Town and is headed-up by CEO Kobus Meiring. He founded
Optimal Energy in 2005 with Mike Lomberg, Jian Swiegers and Gerhard
Swart. An investment from the Innovation Fund (IF), an instrument of the
Department of Science and Technology of the South African Government
made this venture possible. The current shareholders in Optimal Energy
comprise executive management, the IF and the Industrial Development
Corporation (IDC) of South Africa.
The world’s finite energy sources are being used inefficiently
and urban transport plays a major role in energy wastage and the
increase in climate changing pollution. Optimal Energy aims to change
that by specialising in and delivering class leading solutions for urban
transport. It is Optimal Energy’s vision to establish and lead an
electric vehicle industry in South Africa and to expand globally.
Optimal Energy therefore capitalises on the opportunity
presented by the exponential increase in oil costs and the dramatic
improvement in the performance, price and lifecycle of batteries.
This
value proposition is made more compelling when environmental influencers
such as increasing pollution, climate change and other phenomena caused
by the rapid increase in urbanisation are considered. And most
significantly the comparatively affordable technology required for the
electric vehicles is ready now. A solution that produces zero emissions,
the highest wheel-to-wheel efficiency and minimal lifecycle footprint.
Better still, a solution that requires minimal support infrastructure.