Electric Vehicles
Japan's Subaru Corp has unveiled its first all-electric vehicle named Solterra. Solterra is the result of a two-year joint development project with its biggest shareholder, Toyota Motor Corp.
Energy
Tesla is making its charging networks to other electric cars for the first time. The company has more than 25,000 superchargers making it the largest charging network in the world.
Energy
More electric cars are seen on the Kenyan roads and this calls for more charging stations to install more public chargers to beat the fossil fuels. ChargeNet Kenya, the zero-emission mobility products and service subsidiary of Mayleen Corporation
Global Issues
Road tax, officially known as Vehicle Excise Duty (VED), is calculated based on the CO2 tailpipe emissions of your vehicle, its list price and which year it was registered in. Electric Vehicles (BEV) are exempted from the taxation.
Electric Vehicles
Nairobi is now enjoying the clean transportation courtesy of Nopea ride which was first launched in 2018 with just a few fleets of electric vehicles, currently, the company has expanded and has more than 60 electric cars that are running on the roads.
Innovation And Technology
General Motors has announced plans to open a battery research and development center in Warren, Michigan. The new battery lab will be named after former GM Bill Wallace hence the name Wallace battery cell.
Energy
The batteries are essential for any electric vehicle because they power them. For all the electric vehicles it is the same with the same basic components. That is two electrodes, a cathode, and an anode.
Market Analysis
This year's Africa Climate Week ( ACW 2021)was organized by the UN Climate Change secretariat and the Regional Collaboration Center Kampala. The experts discussed ways of advancing the transition from the traditional form of transportation to fully electric on African roads.
Market Analysis
International Energy Agency( IEA) says each day the technology evolves and experts are finding ways of coming up with technologies that will transform the global digital. IEA is exploring the possibilities of electric vehicles taking over automobiles in Africa.
Electric vehicles are growing with a small but significant number. The fastest growth in EV sales has been in Europe, a total annual growth rate since 2016- 2029 has been 60% a compound annual growth rate of 60% compared with China which has an increase of 36% and 17% in the United States.
Energy
The growth of electric vehicles on Kenyan roads has been tremendous over the past two years. Electricity generating company(KenGen) has helped spearhead this project because of the announcements of setting up a charging station.
Market Analysis
Electric vehicle sales are making a turnover in the global market. Last year was a game-changer for the EV world, despite the pandemic close to 3.2 million EVs were sold worldwide it represents just 40% growth for over a year and 4.2 percent of all vehicles, both the ICEs and EVs.