Tag: ELECTRIC CAR

Electric vehicles for public transportation in FCT – Minister

Aminu Imam

The Federal Capital Territory Minister, (FCT), Muhammad Bello, says the use of electric vehicles as the main means of public transportation is a major part of his plans for the city. Bello said the long-term plan of his administration was to make Abuja one of the greenest cities in the country, adding that the use of electric vehicles for public transportation was one of the ways to achieve that. According to a statement on Sunday by the Minister’s Chief Press Secretary, Anthony Ogunleye, Bello disclosed this during a visit by…

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FG commissions electric vehicle charging station in Lagos

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has commissioned the first solar-powered electric vehicle charging station at the University of Lagos (UNILAG). The project is the initiative of the National Automotive Design and Development Agency, (NADDC), under the Elective Vehicle Pilot Project. The commissioning, which took place yesterday at the university’s Faculty of Engineering, was attended by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo. Others were NADDC Board Chairman, Senator Osita Izunaso; NADDC Director-General, Jelani Aliyu; UNILAG VC, Prof. Oluwatowin Ogundipe; Chief Executive Officer of Stallion Group, Anant Badjatya, among others. Adebayo…

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Vice-President Osinbajo test-drives Nigeria’s first locally assembled electric car

Aminu Imam

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday test drove the country’s first locally-assembled electric car, Hyundai Kona, in Abuja. The Vice-President test drove the car during an exhibition tour of Made-in-Nigeria products at the opening ceremony of a 5-day ‘Nigeria@60 Expo‘, being held at the Eagle Square, Abuja. At the event, which is organised by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Nigeria@60, in collaboration with Business Visa and Training Co Ltd, Osinbajo expressed excitement at the innovation and said he was hopeful of a bright future for Nigeria. This is coming after the…

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Sanwo-Olu unveils Nigeria´s first electric car

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday unveiled Nigeria’s first locally-assembled full electric car, aimed at reducing pressure on use of petroleum. The Hyundai Kona car, manufactured by Stallion Group is 100 per cent electric and comes with zero emission, 482km driving range, and can be charged both at home and workplace. Sanwo-Olu said at the unveiling in Lagos that the electric car was technology on display. “The future that we see is the future of technology and this is the technology that we are talking about. “This is 21st…

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