Of the roughly 25,000 electric vehicles on Kenyan roads, more than 24,000 are motorcycles, accounting for about 96 percent of the total.
By
Vincent Owino
Business & Technology Reporter
Nation Media Group
Kenya’s electric mobility push is running into a new hurdle as the high cost of establishing battery-swapping stations slows expansion into rural areas, exposing the financial limits of a business model that has fuelled the sector’s rapid growth in major cities and towns.
Rising fuel prices linked to the conflict in the Middle East are accelerating Kenya’s shift to electric mobility. As petrol costs…
Digital taxi companies, including Bolt and its US rival Uber, have heavily promoted e-bikes in Kenya as both a climate-friendly…
Kenya Power has introduced a dedicated e-mobility tariff aimed at providing affordable charging rates for EV owners.
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Kenya’s electric motorcycle sector is starting to…
Kenya has the resources and policy framework to become a leader in electric mobility, but it must move faster to realise the…
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Driven by rising fuel costs, increasing demand for…
