The motorcycle sector in Africa is one of the largest vehicle segments on the continent. There are over 27 million ICE motorbikes registered across Africa, with around 80% of them used in the motorcycle taxi industry. Many operators in this industry face rising costs and dwindling profits due to high … [continued]
So asserts John Jensen, who rides a Harley-Davidson Sports Glide and drives a Tesla Model 3 Long Range. Both groups have strong brand loyalty, have their own owner groups, and love to customise. They buy things for their cars that other car owners and bike riders wouldn’t, even wheel hubs … [continued]
The annual electric vehicle report from the IEA predicts that worldwide sales will increase by more than a third in 2023.
The African continent is bearing the brunt of climate change induced disasters. We see it on the news most nights. Here are some of the attempts to decarbonise the transport sector in these emerging economies as chronicled by Afrik21. Some further background can be found here. Six electric tricycles were … [continued]
Designers are thinking through the challenges and opportunities that modern lightweight electric motors and batteries provide in micromobility.
The Barriers to E-Mobility in Tanzania Report has just been released. The report is the first of a two-part series in collaboration with UN Habitat & the Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI) on the barriers to and policies for electric mobility in Tanzania. The first report is on the barriers … [continued]
The FXE, an electric motorcycle from Zero Motorcycles deemed perfect for the Asian market because of its size and price, may be one of the models to be assembled in the Philippines. California’s Zero Motorcycles will soon be assembled in the Philippines. The Santa Cruz, CA-based designer and producer of … [continued]
Gogoro is a company we love to follow here at CleanTechnica. They got their start in Taiwan, where scooters are already immensely popular. But, Gogoro figured out a way to make it easier to keep an electric scooter charged up in a country where most people don’t have access to … [continued]
How did a US–Norwegian national end up founding a business in Ghana with the aim of advancing energy access in Ghana and beyond? Well, Erik Nygard lived in Ghana during his formative years, before going to university in the US and then the UK. His family moved across West Africa … [continued]
Kenya recently signed some deals with firms from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to supply diesel, petrol, and jet fuel on credit for the next 6 months to ease mounting pressure on the demand for foreign currency as well as to try to stem the Kenya shillings … [continued]
