CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Kofa says the first orders of the Jidi are expected to arrive in Ghana at the end of 2023. Kofa, a Ghanaian company focusing on battery swap networks, and TAILG are jointly developing a battery swap-enabled electric motorcycle called Jidi. Kofa says based on the advantages of its batteries and battery swap networks, the Jidi […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 8, 2021

The transition to electric mobility is happening faster than a lot of people think. Africa is actually in very good position to lead this transition going forward.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 11, 2022

The company designs, assembles, and distributes electric motorcycles & electric cars for transportation and delivery services in Ghana. SolarTaxi’s vision is to become the leading e-mobility product and services company in West Africa. SolarTaxi […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 24, 2023

The transition to electric mobility is now well underway in a lot of countries around the world. There has been significant progress in the electric bus, electric car, electric scooter & motorcycle, and electric bicycle sectors over the past decade. There is also now some significant traction in various areas on the African continent.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 17, 2021

One of the best ways to accelerate adoption of electric vehicles is just to make them available. In South Africa, for example, the BMW i3 was for a very long time the only full electric vehicle available on the market. In many markets, there are only a few models available for consumers to buy. Right […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Last Friday, Ghana held its 1st E-Mobility Conference and Exhibition. The conference was organised as part of Ghana’s “Drive Electric Initiative” (DEI-Gh). Ghana’s Drive Electric Initiative aims: To drive the utilisation of Ghana’s excess electricity supply. The Drive Electric Initiative was launched in October 2019.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The report shows that the three largest exporters of used vehicles—the European Union (EU), Japan, and the United States of America (USA)—exported 14 million used light duty vehicles (LDVs) worldwide between 2015 and 2018. The EU was the largest exporter with 54% of the total followed by Japan (27%) and the USA (18%).

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Zimbabwe’s national statistics agency, Zimstat, recently released its Transport Statistics Report for the 2nd Quarter of 2023. The report says as of June 30, 2023, light motor vehicles (up to 2,300 kg) accounted for 76.5% of the 1,583,700 registered vehicles in the country.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

There is probably no better place and time to advertise vehicles with Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) capability than in South Africa right now! Vehicles equipped with V2L make it possible to power 240V appliances, for example, from the vehicle’s traction battery.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Fleet operators constitute the bulk of brand new motor vehicle purchases in a lot of markets on the continent. These replacements are generally based on the vehicles covering a certain mileage or having been in service […]. They also represent an essential customer segment — repeat customers!

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Mutare is home to one of Zimbabwe’s motor vehicle assembly plants, Quest Motor Corporation. I was born in Mutare, a beautiful small border town in the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe. Quest Motors is also the official dealer for BMW in Zimbabwe. I used to like BMW a lot when I was growing up. Being the […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 4, 2021

Several countries in Africa are looking at resuscitating old motor vehicle assembly plants or developing new assembly plants. The motor vehicle assembly industry, as well as the manufacture of associated components that boost downstream industries, are seen as a catalyst for economic growth, bringing much needed job creation opportunities.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

We will support efforts to achieve the road transport breakthrough announced by world leaders, which aims to make zero emission vehicles the new normal by making them accessible, affordable and sustainable in all regions by 2030. … —COP 26 Declaration. Unilever; Vattenfall; Zenith; Zurich.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Last year, we reported that Kofa, a Ghanaian company focusing on battery swap networks, and TAILG were jointly developing a. continued] The post Kofa Unveils The TAILG Jidi Electric Motorcycle: A Game-Changer for Africa’s Gig Workers appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

We try to cover what is happening in all the key EV markets of the world, and we increasingly cover quite a lot of content focusing on the development of the African EV market. We are always on the lookout for any interesting developments. There is a lot of exciting stuff happening all over the […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 3, 2023

Throughout 2022, researchers, staff, and leadership at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) worked together with collaborators and partners to advance renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

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