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Title: Africa seems to be overrun with electric motorcycles
Post by: Alan Stewart on March 26, 2021, 12:25:32 AM
 https://cleantechnica.com/2021/03/25/electric-motorcycle-startup-kiri-ev-scaling-up-after-12-month-pilot-in-nairobi/ (https://cleantechnica.com/2021/03/25/electric-motorcycle-startup-kiri-ev-scaling-up-after-12-month-pilot-in-nairobi/)
Title: Re: Africa seems to be overrun with electric motorcycles
Post by: Richard230 on March 26, 2021, 02:58:08 AM
Not too aerodynamic, but it looks like it has an easily removable battery.  ;)
Title: Re: Africa seems to be overrun with electric motorcycles
Post by: Crissa on March 26, 2021, 05:12:26 AM
What about the Moran?

-Crissa
Title: Re: Africa seems to be overrun with electric motorcycles
Post by: reini on March 26, 2021, 11:43:41 AM
Quote from: Crissa on March 26, 2021, 05:12:26 AM
What about the Moran?

-Crissa
The Moran is from the same company (mentioned at the end of the report)
Title: Re: Africa seems to be overrun with electric motorcycles
Post by: Crissa on March 26, 2021, 01:32:22 PM
Quote from: reini on March 26, 2021, 11:43:41 AM
The Moran is from the same company (mentioned at the end of the report)
It didn't have any stats in the article.

But Richard was complaining the Nomad wasn't aerodynamic.

-Crissa
Title: Re: Africa seems to be overrun with electric motorcycles
Post by: reini on March 26, 2021, 04:49:03 PM
Quote from: Crissa on March 26, 2021, 01:32:22 PM

But Richard was complaining the Nomad wasn't aerodynamic.

Sorry, was hard to follow your train of thoughts without a quote :)
Title: Re: Africa seems to be overrun with electric motorcycles
Post by: Richard230 on March 26, 2021, 07:40:23 PM
Quote from: Crissa on March 26, 2021, 01:32:22 PM
Quote from: reini on March 26, 2021, 11:43:41 AM
The Moran is from the same company (mentioned at the end of the report)
It didn't have any stats in the article.

But Richard was complaining the Nomad wasn't aerodynamic.

-Crissa

I was commenting on the motorcycle shown in the first picture of the article and it looked to me like the battery box was mounted across the frame and stuck out about  6" on both sides of the bike. However, that is not the case with the other bikes shown further down the page. Those looked a lot more developed and more like which you would expect a typical motorcycle to look like. That first picture looked like an early model that probably was powered by a removable lead-acid car battery.   ???
Title: Re: Africa seems to be overrun with electric motorcycles
Post by: Crissa on March 27, 2021, 02:40:52 AM
Being cheap and easy to repair is a feature set.

-Crissa
Title: Re: Africa seems to be overrun with electric motorcycles
Post by: Alan Stewart on March 28, 2021, 08:43:32 PM
Quote from: Crissa on March 27, 2021, 02:40:52 AM
Being cheap and easy to repair is a feature set.

-Crissa

So is not having to have gasoline trucked in. Buy some solar panels and charge it yourself. I believe small-scale solar is also a trend in Africa.