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ISP Syokinet Solutions Partners With Roam To Introduce 100 Electric Motorcycles For Its Field Technicians In Kenya

CleanTechnica EVs

When it comes to the conversation about motorcycles in Africa, most of the talk is centered around the motorcycle taxi industry. That’s because there are tens of millions of motorcycles operating in the taxi industry across multiple countries. This large.

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Rwanda Electric Motors Will Celebrate 50 Million Kilometers Driven By Its Electric Motorcycle Fleet

CleanTechnica EVs

Africa hosts an estimated 27 million motorbikes (motos), out of which 80% is estimated to be used for commercial taxi service. All these motos have the potential to soon be riding on electricity! The motorcycle sector has been getting attention when it comes to electrification due to the large addressable market.

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Rapido to recall all e-bike taxis – ET Auto

Baua Electric

According to Rapido, nearly 20 lakh rides are being operated per week within the bike taxi segment. Following the scrapping of the Karnataka Electric Bike Taxi scheme, 2021, taxi-aggregator platform Rapido plans to recall all e-bike taxis running under their platform.

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Used Nissan Leafs, Tesla 'Model M,' Toyota Prius Taxi Endurance: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, Consumer Reports says the Nissan Leaf is a good used-car value, renderings of a fake Tesla "Model M" electric motorcycle appear, and a Toyota Prius taxi logs over 600,000 miles in Austria. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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In Tamil Nadu, Ola is building the world’s largest electric vehicle hub

Electric Vehicles India

Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO of Ola Electric, announced on his Twitter account that Ola had signed a memorandum of understanding with Tamil Nadu today. According to previous reports, Ola Electric will acquire about 1,500 acres of land in Tamil Nadu to set up an electric vehicle factory.

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Failure to equalise VAT on public charging a missed opportunity

My Energi

Citing concerns surrounding ‘additional pressure on public finances’ and ‘limitations surrounding legal and fiscal considerations’, ministers also rejected calls to reinstate EV purchase grants – a scheme that proved vital in supporting the growth of the electric car market before its closure in June 2022.

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UK chooses to axe electric vehicle grant programs as popularity skyrockets

Teslarati

These include grants for trucks, taxis, vans, motorcycles, and wheelchair-accessible vehicles that will remain in place, for now, Yahoo reports. for Transport, who pointed at the grants as a way to “successfully kickstart the electric vehicle market.” This point of view is also relevant in a Tweet from the Dept.

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