Rwanda goes electric with locally made motorbikes
It looks like they are re-fitting existing chassis, but the article doesn't go into detail.The start-up Ampersand is pioneering the switch and hopes that over the next five years almost all of Rwanda's motorbikes will be electric.
It is an ambitious dream - there are around 25,000 motorbike taxis operating in Kigali, some driving up to 10 hours a day, often covering hundreds of kilometres daily.
"Motorbikes make up more than half of all vehicles in this part of the world," says Ampersand chief executive Josh Whale.
* Did you see what I did there?
