- A brand new OPIBUS electric bus will cost
US$100,000 . - According to Statista,
Kenya generated 1.043 gigawatts as ofAugust 2021 . - OPIBUS mass production unit targets to produce 500 cars in a month.
The first electric bus by the start-up OPIBUS is up and running. The Kenyan-Swedish company has hit the road into the transit industry.
OPIBUS is now running a pilot as it prepares for the commercial launch of Electronic Vehicle (EV) buses
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The company has the vision to lower costs and simplify deployment for EV vehicles across
Over the last five years, OPIBUS has been converting petrol and diesel engines to electric powered ones, which proves a big challenge as it costs roughly
Electronic vehicles have a wide scope of benefits: They reduce the cost of transportation and does not emit carbon.
The start-up has converted more than 170 vehicles from petrol and diesel engines to electric powered ones. The company is building supporting infrastructure to their cause through installation of public charging stations.
Brand new OPIBUS electric buses will cost
The chief strategy and marketing officers at OPIBUS,
"Once we get this valuable feedback, we will make the required changes and get all our production partners lined up to scale the roll out as rapidly as possible," Albin said.
OPIBUS design and build its vehicles locally, which gives them a competitive advantage in terms of cost effectiveness, time taken to reach the market and designing the output to fulfil the local market needs.
OPIBUS partners with
The partnership is symbiotic as OPIBUS will supply
Features of the Electronic Bus
The electric bus from OPIBUS consumes a power of 225 kilowatts and can reach a top speed of 85 kilometers per hour. The powered battery has a capacity of 121 kilowatts hour and takes a maximum of 1.5 hours to charge.
One battery can take the car through 120 km before the battery it calls for a recharge. The bus will significantly lower the cost of importing fully built vehicles and reduce maintenance services by 80 per cent, compared to a diesel bus.
The buses will first be deployed in peri-urban areas around the capital,
Challenges of the OPIBUS
The bus's mileage discourages long distance transportation. The battery charge can only travel for 120 km.
The battery takes a considerable amount of time to charge. This could increase demand of the battery charging stations, and a wide adoption of the EV's would result to traffic in these stations.
OPIBUS adoption will Challenge The electricity Situation on
Adoption of OBIPUS in
After the official launch, OPIBUS mass production unit targets to produce 500 cars in a month. In five years, electricity consumption from the cars will be consuming 3.24 billion kilowatts in a year.
According to Statista,
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