{"id":36423,"date":"2017-12-04T16:35:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T16:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/made-in-rwanda-expo-rwandan-exhibits-electric\/"},"modified":"2017-12-04T16:35:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T16:35:00","slug":"made-in-rwanda-expo-rwandan-exhibits-electric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/made-in-rwanda-expo-rwandan-exhibits-electric\/","title":{"rendered":"Made in Rwanda Expo: Rwandan exhibits electric locomotive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubbed \u2018Na sisi Kwasisi\u2019 (Nakwa), Kalinda says the motor is among solutions for climate change as it doesn\u2019t pollute the air like other locomotives.<\/p>\n<p> Speaking to IGIHE at Gikondo Expo Ground, Kalinda said that his invented engine uses electrical power, unlike others that use fuel and pollute the environment. <\/p>\n<p>He says that Nakwa can run 40 kilometers per hour and one fully charged battery can run for between 50 to 120 kilometers.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt depends on the load and the nature of the road, where you descend or ascend the time and consumption can increase or reduce,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Based on his experience in mechanical and electrical engineering, Kalinda affirms that his locomotive is well operationalized and standardized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn secondary schools I studied \u2018Industrial Mechanics\u2019 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), then I went to Canada to study \u2018Power Engineering\u2019. After completing my studies I got an idea to go back in my country with this innovation which I think would contribute to my country\u2019s  development,\u201d he told IGIHE. <\/p>\n<p>The Rwf1.8 million worth carrier, he said can transport a load of one tone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will cut the price when I get support from government. I request them to remove tax on different materials that I buy from outside the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kalinda said that he will keep improving his bicycle to be able to compete with motorcycles and existing bicycles on the market as he affirms that it is durable and environment friendly.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23042 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/cycle2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23041 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/cycle3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23043 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/cycle-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the 2017 Made in Rwanda Expo continues, a Rwandan electrical engineer, Kabanguka Bon Kalinda is taking innovation to new heights as he is exhibiting an electric motor cycle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-36423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36423"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=36423"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=36423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}