East Africa’s oldest universtiy Makerere University is scheduled to launch an electric powered 30-seater bus in October.
The Project engineering team says in addition to using Lithium ion batteries, they were going to add an internal combustion engine to extend the range of drive.
Local media reported that the team is in advanced stages of procuring components for their second electronic vehicle, Kayoola bus, ahead of its launch in October.
According to the key principal investigator and deputy director for Centre for Research in Transportation Technology, Prof Sandy Stevens Tickodri-Togboa, they had designed and started to procure the components before they could start construction.
The innovation is expected to reduce traffic jam and carbon emissions in Kampala city popular with traffic jams.
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