Featured in The energy access issue – 07-2020

PV + e-mobility = economic development

Mobility in rural Kenya is currently flooded with unsustainable CO2-emitting motorcycles that pose a threat to the environment and public health. But the electric tricycle is an environmentally friendly alternative, and Solar E-cycles – a homegrown Kenyan startup – believes a leasing model could unlock a ton of three-wheeled potential.
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Kenya’s State Department of Transport reports that 13% of the country’s national greenhouse emissions come from its transport sector, and more than half of the total registered vehicles in the country are motorcycles. Hence there is a need to reduce emissions by accelerating the deployment of EVs and other alternatives.A Kenyan startup company, Solar E-cycles, …

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