This is great to see, for local economic development/ independent production (at least in part) and for sustainable cost effective local. I hope and wish Kiira motors continues to grow. I think it would be worth Kiira Motors considering a selling off 49 or 50% of the company to local and foreign investors (perhaps after a global recession) to help grow the company quicker. This would be a true impact investment.
Nice. Electricity is everywhere and charging at home is easy for cars and e-bicycles. With clean electricity production, it is the way to go, to fight pollution and climate warming.
I find this particularly interesting as the excuse for not introducing stricter climate legislation in Western countries often is that poorer countries would not be able to go electric. Here we have an African company making e-mobility a reality without the "generous help" of the West. We really need to stop assuming African countries are helpless in the face of climate change and the necessary technological shift.
@@b_uppy You replied to my initial comment with a vague statement phrased as fact without expanding on it. My question obviously pertains to that, however, it seems like you're more invested in being contrarian mong. Toodles
@@hopepray1669 Yup! It's just African leaders have always had a problem with managing large scale infrastructures. At this point it will be up to young progressive entrepreneurs to build local and regional solar power plants.
Does this really fit African needs??? This would be great for other markets but with African infrastructure it would be difficult support it independently. This requires tech that would come from other continents currently, such as wind power and solar panels. Think an alcohol-fueled but might be better. Seems like an idea born out of eco colonialism to make Africa dependent on outside tech. Looks nice and hopefully it sells in American, European, Oz and Asian markets. That would need a changeable battery in my community as that would be a short run time before it was dead.
The fact is that we in Uganda are using these electric buses and motorcycles says it all. We don't use changing station modal yet but we use battery swaps( very fast means of "charging")
The difference is that African nations will actually utilise this - whereas us (politicans) in the west will spend millions on an electric or hydrogen bus ( or fire, police vehicle) for a photo opportunity and the new vehicle would sit idle and do at best 4000km per year.
That's definitely an important safety concern. Kiira Motors says the Kayoola uses two separate battery packs, allowing one to charge while the other discharges. In theory, that could reduce the thermal stress on the batteries. The vehicle's control unit is also supposed to monitor battery cell temperature, so let's hope that will reduce the risk of explosion.
