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STIMA Partners With India’s One Electric For Kenyan Electric Motorcycle Market

CleanTechnica EVs

Africa’s motorcycle sector is ripe for electrification. STIMA, a battery swapping technology company targeting the deployment of convenient battery swapping infrastructure for electric motorcycles at scale, estimates that there are about 20 million 2-wheelers on Africa’s roads today.

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Spiro Now Has 6,000 Electric Motorcycles Across 3 Countries In Africa

CleanTechnica EVs

The motorcycle sector in Africa is one of the largest vehicle segments on the continent. There are over 27 million ICE motorbikes registered across Africa, with around 80% of them used in the motorcycle taxi industry.

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Ampersand Partners With TotalEnergies Kenya To Roll Out Electric Motorcycle Battery Swapping Stations In Kenya

CleanTechnica EVs

Kenya’s motorcycle industry is booming, buoyed by the ever growing motorcycle taxi (Boda Boda) industry. There are over 2 million motorcycles registered in Kenya.

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Ampersand Secures $9 Million Debt Facility From US International DFC To Scale Operations

CleanTechnica EVs

A number of startups focused on electrifying the motorcycle and motorcycle taxi (boda-boda) market have now entered the boda-boda space in Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda. They say electric motorcycles can be […].

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STIMA, Mogo, & Bolt Form Partnership To Spread Electric Motorcycles In Kenya

CleanTechnica EVs

The number of motorcycles registered in 2021 was more than 1.5 times the number of motorcycles registered in 2018! Motorcycle taxi riders, the largest user segment of motorcycles in the country, are constantly battling skyrocketing […]. This is impressive growth over the past 6 years.

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2020 Electric Vehicle Industry Report Card and trends for the new year

Plug In India

The Indian electric vehicle industry too suffered a setback during the first six months of the year. On the other end of the spectrum, there were no announcements by electric car pioneer Mahindra Electric, in 2020. Their electric car launches were postponed to 2021. The electric motorcycle scene has disappointed.

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California Energy Commission approves more than $20M for clean transportation projects; Tesla, Quallion, other EV, battery and alt-fuel vehicles projects

Green Car Congress

It will be the first sport-utility crossover vehicle in California’s electric vehicle market. the air district will demonstrate specially designed battery electric taxis that can use switchable batteries to give the vehicles essentially unlimited range. —Paul Beach, Quallion’s president.