Senegal’s express bus service
https://www.dw.com/en/german-ties-in-west-africa-not-a-charity-campaign/a-69689918
https://www.graphic.com.gh/business/business-news/meet-solar-taxi-the-manufacturer-of-electric-vehicles-in-ghana.html – Solar Taxi may be able to do the bus conversion for me in Ghana – that will be awesome.
They assemble 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,” Vice President Bawumia said when he visited the plant on Wednesday.
https://www.autoweek.com/news/a61235552/wrightbus-ev-city-bus-conversion/?taid=6679fba40a55c80001759e02&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter – workshops are starting up in UK to do bus conversions – (need to setup a similar facility in Ghana)
https://www.autoweek.com/news/green-cars/a42568319/kleanbus-electric-bus-conversion-program
(may support local manufacturing)
Need to hire and invest him – he should be selling at least 5000 of the 12 passenger vehicle across West Africa for a start, then aim to increase that to 20k and build 5000 50 seater bus on top
KleanDrive.Earth
https://kleandrive.earth/about-us/ – could talk to them about repowering a bus
https://www.moveelectric.com/e-world/kleanbus-unveils-new-electric-bus-conversion-kit
https://www.moveelectric.com/e-world/kleanbus-unveils-new-electric-bus-conversion-kit
https://electrek.co/2023/01/12/heres-how-this-company-turns-diesel-buses-into-electric-buses
Kiira Motors
https://www.kiiramotors.com/kayoola-evs/ – Kiira motors from Uganda – emailed enquiry
Finding a portable generator to use in the car is proving problematic.
Below is a 20kw generator that could possibly do the job – this is to reduce eliminate charging time, but open to options (Vehicle mounted generators)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296432154175 – Silent 6kVA 6.5kW Diesel Generator Single Phase 230V Electric Start Portable ATS
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395431977964 – Petrol Generator Silent Portable Inverter generator 3000W 3200W LPG 5KW Suitcase – only weights 21kg – may be better to daisy chain 3 or 4 of these instead for onboard power
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295076931213 – Champion 3500 Watt Inverter Petrol Generator, Portable, 192cc, Ultra-Quiet, 6 L – 36.9 kg £900
A better solution is to size the batteries at around 10kg each and swap the batteries at predetermined stops and charge the swapped batteries – simpler operation than on board power generation.
Some stats:
2.69 gal/hour to generate 15kwh = 10.2 litres/hour
Price of petrol @ 15.62 cedis (1.01USD) on 13 Jun 2024 means price per kwh = 0.6 litres per kwh = 9.372 cedis per kwh or 0.606 usd per kwh – that is very expensive but can be used for when we need backup – so we need to try avoid this solution
Source: https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/Ghana/gasoline_prices/
meanwhile price of electricity in Ghana is : The price of electricity for households is GHS 1.653 per kWh or USD 0.111 per kWh