Rolling Into Addis: A Convoy of Hope and Electric Momentum – Adama to Addis Ababa
With rapid urbanisation and a growing young population across the African continent, the need for sustainable transportation solutions is evident. A transition to electric mobility holds many of the keys to a sustainable and resilient future.
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Africa’s transition reality, the fastest moving segments are in public, commercial, and shared transport. So whether this is your small two and three wheelers, bicycles, or your heavy public transport buses, and maybe even commercial vehicles for businesses.
The technology is already proving to be a cheaper alternative than operating internal combustion engine vehicles. An electric vehicle has overall efficiency of anywhere between 70 and 90 percent compared to an internal combustion engine vehicle with an efficiency in the region of 27 to maybe 30 percent. So the technology makes sense and therefore Africa stands to gain at the same level as the rest of the world.
Africa being a net importer of fossil fuels has the chance to capitalize on locally generated electricity resources such as hydroelectric, geothermal, solar, to bridge this gap and fulfill its transport needs with electric movement.
The presence of a large pool of young tech-savvy people as a continent with an average age of roughly 19 years old, it also provides a compelling social angle towards creating job opportunities, not just in driving these vehicles, but also innovative applications such as assembly, research, manufacturing, which are a new frontier as the world shifts to e-mobility.
