It’s Now Fairly Easy To Spot Electric Buses On The Streets Of Nairobi

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 21:43:18 +0000

The transition to electric mobility is gaining momentum around the world. We regularly get updates on sales charts from several markets around the world right here on CleanTechnica. Most of the time, we get good news of record market share for electric vehicles in the new vehicle sales charts in these market updates. It’s great […]

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Metrotrans East Africa Limited Adds 5 Electric Buses To Its Fleet In Kenya

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 17:25:38 +0000

Metrotrans Ltd, one of Nairobi’s leading public transport operators, has announced the introduction of 5 electric buses as part of its fleet. Metrotrans is a Nairobi-based Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (Sacco), whose fleet plies Nairobi routes with an aim to promote efficient and sustainable public transportation systems. In Kenya, a lot of Sacco members […]

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Kenya & European Commission Sign €348 Million Financing Agreement For Electric Bus Rapid Lane

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2023 12:05:45 +0000

Roam RapidKenya and the European Commission have reached an agreement for a €347.6 million financing arrangement for East Africa’s first dedicated electric bus rapid lane. The agreement was signed during a meeting between President William Ruto and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at the European Commission Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. President […]

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Super Metro Adds First Electric Bus To Its Fleet For Operation In Nairobi

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:01:04 +0000

Super Metro Sacco, one of Nairobi’s leading public transport operators, has just introduced its first electric bus as part of its fleet. Supplied by Kenyan electric mobility start-up BasiGo, the 25-seater K6 electric bus started operating yesterday and will ply the CBD to Kikuyu and CBD to Kitengela routes. The bus is the first of […]

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Trademark Hotel Launches Electric Car Hotel Transfer Service in Nairobi

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:05:02 +0000

The Trademark Hotel has become the first hotel in Kenya to adopt electric vehicles for its passenger shuttle service. Trademark is a 4-star hotel situated in Nairobi’s Gigiri area. Gigiri is also where the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is based. The UNEP is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations […]

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The Africa Electric Mobility Week Exhibition Is On This Saturday In Karen, Nairobi!

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 17:00:45 +0000

This Saturday, the 29th of October, there will be a 1-day electric mobility exhibition at the Waterfront Mall in Karen, Nairobi! The event will feature over 20 e-mobility companies and attract over 1,000 attendees from the transport, energy, environment, education, and finance sectors, as well as the general public. As part of the event, a […]

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ARC Ride Partners With Musashi Seimitsu & Watu

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 04:47:14 +0000

ARC Ride, a British-Kenyan firm with a focus on providing safe and reliable transport and mobility services through smart electric vehicle solutions and proprietary platform, has announced a new strategic partnership and equity investment by Musashi Seimitsu and Watu. The investment will help accelerate ARC Ride’s mission to provide mass transportation in Africa’s rapidly growing cities, […]

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Roam Launches Next-Generation Electric Motorcycle — The Roam Air

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 23:05:05 +0000

Roam has today announced the launch of its next-generation electric motorcycle, the Roam Air. The Roam Air is designed both for urban and rural environments. Several years of research and months of development were dedicated to building the optimal electric motorcycle for Africa. Motorcycles are a really big deal in Kenya and across the rest […]

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Kenya’s Online Artisan Food Store GreenSpoon Adds Nissan e-NV200, 50% Of Deliveries Now Fulfilled By Electric Vehicle

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2019 02:18:19 +0000

GreenSpoon, Kenya’s first artisan online food store, has added the Nissan e-NV 200 to its fleet of delivery vehicles. It has partnered with Drivelectric, Kenya’s e-mobility solution provider, to electrify its fleet of delivery vehicles

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Strong E-Mobility Focus At The Recent Lake Basin Region Innovation & Investment Week In Kisumu

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 21:20:15 +0000

: Bodawerk E-Boda Electric Motorcycle. Picture by Nambuya ImbegaSiemens Stiftung Foundation, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), Powering Agriculture, and Wetu recently organized an electric mobility conference in Kisumu, Kenya

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