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

RHD electric bus chassis

(may support local manufacturing)

Nigerian Converts, Builds Solar Powered Vehicles

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

Jay leno program on bus conversion project from America

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

Nigerian Lecturer Builds Electric Car From Locally Sourced Materials

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.absolutegenerators.com/winco-vehicle-mounted-generator-ec22000ve-3-19-kw-35-hp-briggs-stratton-single-phase-120-240-volts

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296432154175Silent 6kVA 6.5kW Diesel Generator Single Phase 230V Electric Start Portable ATS

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395431977964Petrol 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/295076931213Champion 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.

https://www.wincogenerator.com/product/winco-ec18000ve-vehicle-mounted-generator-emergen-c-series
$4333

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