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

CleanTechnica EVs

The motorcycle sector is now the biggest vehicle segment in Kenya. 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 […].

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Stima, One Electric, & Mobius Motors Launch Strategic Partnership To Propel Local Electric Motorcycle Assembly In Kenya

CleanTechnica EVs

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

CleanTechnica EVs

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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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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Building a Fleet of Personal EVs in Kenya

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But some of the current EV models aren’t a good fit for owners who can’t wait around for hours for their batteries to charge, such as taxi drivers, delivery people, and ride-hailing services. One startup trying to solve this problem is ARC Ride , in Nairobi, Kenya. ARC Ride is also installing battery-swapping stations around the city.

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