The internal combustion engine appears to be on its last lap. More than nine countries and a dozen cities or/and states have announced what the media has called “bans” in the last few years. Copenhagen mayor Frank Jensen wants the city to end all new diesel cars starting next year. Last December, Paris, Madrid, Athens and Mexico City said they would remove diesel cars and vans by 2025. Norway will phase out conventional cars by 2025, followed by by France and the United Kingdom in 2040 and 2050, respectively.
Remember the early 2000s when EX UK Desktop computers started flooding Africa? the same will happen with cars. Right now Diesel is unwanted in Europe for use in small cars, it attracts hefty levies and only prime movers and freight trains use it.
There will be a mushrooming industry to retrofit Petrol cars with batteries very soon as battery technology improves and more charging stations are built.
The Kenya Power company, popularly known by its NSE ticker KPLC, has opened three charging stations in Nairobi and will be setting on a nationwide project installing other charging points along major highways, parking lots and malls.
The three charging stations in Nairobi are located at [SIZE=5]the Two Rivers Mall, the Hub Karen and at the Thika Road Mall.[/SIZE]
Speaking during the project unveiling ceremony that was held on March 2, KPLC managing director Bernard Ngugi said that the company was developing appropriate infrastructure to enable use of electric cars and that the project would start in Nairobi.
I’m actually seeing a lot of sense in setting up the stations in malls, they may get a new source of traffic with this. Plus they are enclosed from the public, which increases security as you charge.
The future is Plug-in hybrid not pure electric, it is secure and convinient to always have some gas in your tank. Again heavy commercial vehicles will still be using diesel but even then the demand will go down signficantly
