From Electric Motorcycles On Uber & Bolt To Neta V Electric Taxis, Nairobi’s EV Scene Is Starting To Flourish

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 15:25:36 +0000

With over 2 million internal combustion engine motorcycles in Kenya, the motorcycle sector presents a large addressable market for companies interested in electrification. Motorcycles are mainly used as public transport vehicles in Kenya. These motorcycle taxis are popularly known as boda bodas. The motorcycle taxi industry is a vital segment … [continued]

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MojaEV Kenya Launches 100 NETA V Electric Cars for Nairobi Taxi Market

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 21:07:05 +0000

MojaEV aims to introduce a total of 500 NETA V electric cars by mid-2025 Although the Kenyan vehicle market is quite small, there are quite a number of exciting developments when it comes to electrification. For example, electric motorcycles are starting to gain significant traction in Kenya in terms of … [continued]

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New Battery Center in South Carolina, Athens Wants Electric Taxis, Solar Cleans Up Wine Country in Australia — News Roundup

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:26:10 +0000

The green revolution is accelerating in Athens! By 2026, the city hopes to have ten times as many electric taxis on the road as there currently are. There are currently 13,661 taxis in Athens, and only 100 of them are electric. In solar news, a ramp-up of solar module production … [continued]

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Mbay Mobility Is Launching An All-Electric Taxi Financing Platform In Senegal

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 01:21:05 +0000

“M’Bay” means to cultivate in Wolof, the main language in Senegal. The aptly named “Mbay Mobility” wants to help cultivate and grow the green mobility sector in West Africa, starting in Dakar Senegal. Mbay wants to play a key role in the transition to electric mobility by being the first mover in the electric car […]

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No More Fossil-Powered Taxis In Hamburg Soon

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 14:31:06 +0000

A handful of years ago, countries were climbing over each other to announce the year they’d stop selling fossil-powered cars. Things have been quiet on that level in recent years, even as EV market share has surged across the world, but the big first steps on that topic are really conducted by other jurisdictions — […]

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First Minibus Electric Taxis Are Coming To South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 16:05:05 +0000

In most countries in sub-Saharan Africa, private operators of small buses usually carrying between 16 to 25 passengers and in some cases, up to 35 passengers, are the main commuter transport providers. These minibuses usually run on informal schedules, and sometimes, their routes are also not fixed. These ubiquitous privately-owned minibus taxis in sub-Saharan Africa […]

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Greenelimo — The First Zero-Emissions Limousine Fleet In Denmark — CleanTechnica Interview

Credit to Author: Jesper Berggreen| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 13:30:53 +0000

I recently had a chat with Christoffer Holmsteen, founder of Greenelimo, an international booking company for zero-emissions limousine service that operates the only 100% zero emissions limousine fleet in Denmark. Below are his response to a few of my questions

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Current Taxi (Get It? Current As In Electrical Current) Is Hiring In Canada

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 01:33:43 +0000

There is a taxi company in Canada called Current Taxi. It has an all-electric fleet, or should we say, an all-Tesla fleet. The company is now hiring drivers. One of the perks, of course, is that you get to drive a Tesla. Current Taxi’s goals is to change the way of the taxi industry one ride at a time

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Mercedes/BMW Ride-Hailing Group “Free Now” Buys 60 Tesla Automobiles

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 15:17:11 +0000

Free Now logoFree Now, an app based taxi service in Europe and the UK is adding 60 electric cars to its fleet in Hamburg — all of them from Tesla.

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