Battery Shortages & Wait Times At Swap Stations In Kenya’s Booming Electric Motorcycle Sectors Show…
Surging demand shows customer buy-in and willingness to pay
Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai
School Of The Nations Acquires Electric School Buses From BasiGo, Making It The First School…
School buses are part of the critical transit system in many countries. School buses ferry hundreds of thousands of school children daily. In a lot of countries, these buses tend to be painted bright yellow so you can’t miss them. With predictable set times of travel and well known routes, … [continued]
ROAM Launches AI-Enabled Real-Time Monitoring Solution For Electric Fleets In Kenya
Kenyan electric mobility manufacturer Roam has launched a vehicle intelligence platform aimed at solving visibility of key performance metrics, one of the most overlooked challenges in Africa’s electric mobility transition. The system, called Roam Explorer, enables the connection of electric motorcycles, tuk-tuks, buses, and cars to a centralized digital platform … [continued]
Tesla Vehicles Finally Come To Africa
Tesla recently announced that the company’s vehicles will now be available in an African country for the first time ever. Starting in the middle of this year, the Model 3 and Y will be available in Morocco. Morocco was always going to be the first one, given its proximity to … [continued]
Energy Dispensed On Rubicon’s Charging Network In South Africa Up 142% In 2025 To 625MWh
Charging infrastructure has been growing nicely in South Africa. According to Rubicon’s annual report for 2025, by mid-2025, there were over 500 public stations operational in South Africa from all the various charge point operators. This growth helped maintain a favorable EV-to-charger ratio of 1:7, better than the global 1:10 … [continued]
Spiro Raises $50 Million As Demand For Its Battery Swapping Infrastructure & EVs Surges Across…
Motorcycles are a really big deal in a lot of African countries, with most of them deployed as taxis. Close to 30 million motorcycles on the continent are used in this motorcycle taxi industry. With almost 99% of them still being internal combustion engine motorcycles, there is a huge opportunity … [continued]
Chinese Group Chery Accelerates Rollout of New Models In South Africa
Chinese auto giant Chery has been ramping up its presence in South Africa over the last couple of years. Chinese vehicles in general are gaining traction in South Africa’s overall new vehicles sales market with Chery Group, when we include sales from Jetour, Jaecoo, and Omoda, as well as Chery … [continued]
Charge's solar-powered charging station in Wolmaransstad, South Africa. Images courtesy of Ryan Jarret.
CHARGE Calls On South African Finance Minister To Address EV Duties & Fund Renewable Charging…
Ahead of the South Africa 2026 Budget Speech on Wednesday, Zero Carbon Charge (CHARGE) has called on the South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to align import duties on electric vehicles (EVs) with those applied to internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, scrap the ad valorem tax on EVs, and allocate … [continued]
VW Caravelle PHEV coming to South Africa this year. With up to 7 seats, it is built on Volkswagen Group's MQB platform. Image courtesy of Volkswagen Group Africa.
Volkswagen Launches The All-New Caravelle PHEV In South Africa
Plug-in hybrids are the hottest thing in South Africa right now in terms of sales growth. Sales of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) were up 280% in 2025 compared with sales figures from 2024. In total, 738 PHEVs were sold in 2024 and 2,808 PHEVs were sold in 2025 in the passenger … [continued]
Rideence To Start Local Assembly Of Electric Vehicles At AVA Plant In Mombasa, Kenya
Rideence Africa Limited, a subsidiary of the Garden Real Group, is an integrated electric mobility solutions provider in Kenya. Rideence currently operates one of the largest electric ride-hailing fleet in Kenya. Rideence is also developing a nationwide charging network. The next big step as part of Rideence’s strategy is now … [continued]
