Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has disclosed that the government is developing a legal framework that will permit the use of electrical vehicles for public transportation in the country.
He revealed this when he paid a visit to Solar Taxi, a Ghanaian-owned start-up electrical vehicles assembler.
He asserts that employing electrical vehicles will aid in lowering high transportation costs, as fuel and replacement parts prices make up the majority of these costs.
“I paid a visit to a start-up, SolarTaxi, a wholly owned Ghanaian assembler of electric vehicles and the third-largest electric vehicle assembler in Africa. They manufacture motorcycles, cars, and buses. It was a pleasure to take a ride in one of their buses which can travel from Accra to Kumasi without need for a recharge of the batteries. They are also able to convert existing internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles.
Dr. Bawumia also charged other public transport operators to take advantage and acquire more electrical vehicle buses.
“Solar Taxi, through its bankers are also providing financing for its motorcycles, cars and buses without collateral. All they require is your GhanaCard ID and they will give you a vehicle which you can pay for over time. The average age of people working for Solar Taxi is 26 and 90% of their engineers are female. I asked Metro Mass, STC and Ayalolo to take advantage of the opportunity to acquire more buses.”
