Rwanda leading the charge

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Rwanda leading the charge

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Sorry, couldn't resist* the subject title. :mrgreen:

Rwanda goes electric with locally made motorbikes
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.
It looks like they are re-fitting existing chassis, but the article doesn't go into detail.


* Did you see what I did there? :mrgreen:
Blundering about trying not to make too much of a hash of things.
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Re: Rwanda leading the charge

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Currently...they appear to be well in front of the charge to convert......


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Re: Rwanda leading the charge

Post by dern »

Pretty cool