Ugandan company Kiira Motors
Corporation is launching Africa's first solar-powered bus. CEO Paul
Isaac Musasizi hopes to greatly expand the country's solar vehicle
industry.
Musasizi
says he has always had a passion for engineering. "I would open up the
radio, the refrigerator -- every device," he said. "I wanted to build
cars and small houses."
"Uganda
is one of only 13 countries in the world on the Equator," says
Musasizi. "In 2011, I said to my team, let's do an electric bus and
let's make sure that the solar system is integrated into it to provide
charging infrastructure for the bus."
The
bus features two battery bulbs, with one connected to solar panels on
the roof to provide firepower for the electric motor. The second bulb is
available for charging.
the future here in Africa...sun every here you go in Africa
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