In a revolutionary demonstration of African innovation and sustainable technology, an electric motorcycle designed and built in Africa will embark on an ambitious 6,000km journey from Nairobi to Stellenbosch.
Powered solely by solar energy, this initiative highlights the continent's potential in the electric mobility sector and will coincide with Transport Month in South Africa in October.
Accompanied by two support vehicles, the electric motorcycle will leave Nairobi next Sunday, September 29, and is expected to arrive in Stellenbosch on Monday, October 18, in time for the Universitys Electric Mobility Day celebration.
This endeavour is the result of a collaboration between Stellenbosch Universitys Faculty of Engineering and Roam, a Nairobi-based technology-driven electric mobility company, to put the Roam Air, a custom electric motorcycle designed for urban environments, through its paces on this epic journey.
Roam donated two of its electric motorcycles to our group for research and testing, explains Professor Thinus Booysen, founder of the Electric Mobility Lab.
