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Verge Electric Motorcycle Breaks World Distance Record

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Some of the sustainable transportation news is more on the transition away from internal combustion engines and the electrification of a whole slew of vehicle types because climate change and toxic air pollution are urgent problems that need to be solved. Other times, it can be really, really fun.

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Affordable Financing That Plugs Into Existing Asset Financing Ecosystem Set To Boost Electric Motorcycle Adoption in Kenya

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Mastercard Foundation backs affordable e-mobility financing for women and youth entrepreneurs as Roam and 4G Capital launch an electric motorcycle financing program that saves riders KES 500 daily. Long term vehicle financing programs are as not as widely implemented in a lot of countries on the African countries, which raises.

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Rider Completes A 900-Kilometer Electric Motorcycle Trip Across Kenya Using Only A Portable Charger

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A boda boda rider traveled over 900 kilometers from Malaba, on Kenya’s western border with Uganda, to Mombasa, on the southern coast of Kenya, on the ROAM Air electric motorcycle, using only a portable charger. We have been covering developments in the electric motorcycle sector in a number of African.

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California Energy Commission approves more than $20M for clean transportation projects; Tesla, Quallion, other EV, battery and alt-fuel vehicles projects

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The California Energy Commission approved funding of more than $20 million to support low carbon transportation projects; about half went to Tesla Motors. This award is designed to assist the company in scaling up production for a growing electric transportation market. —Paul Beach, Quallion’s president.

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Ampersand Scales Nairobi Electric Motorcycle Manufacturing Capacity To Meet Kenya’s Growing Demand For Electric Motorcycles

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New Nairobi factory triples production capacity in Kenya, fueling the county’s transition to electric motorcycles. There are over 2 million internal combustion engine motorcycles in Kenya. Motorcycles are mainly used as public transport vehicles in Kenya. These motorcycle taxis are.

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CCSE to continue for 4th year as admin of California clean vehicle rebate program; $59.55M for current fiscal year

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The California Air Resources Board has selected the California Center for Sustainable Energy™(CCSE) to continue for a fourth year as administrators of the statewide Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) that promotes the purchase or lease of new plug-in hybrid and zero-emission vehicles. CCSE processes about 2,500 rebates per month.

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BYD & Ampersand To Collaborate On Electric Motorcycles In Africa

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Ampersand will purchase BYD’s high-tech battery cells to build around 40,000 electric motorcycles by the end of 2026, with the long-term goal of electrifying a large portion of Africa’s 30 million commercial motorcycles. In an exciting development toward electricity in one of the most prominent sectors in the African transport.