elshanAutos:
Summary- this is an award winning all electric vehicle, spotted in ojodu Lagos today. By all electric I mean the car uses only battery, not even hybrid. You charge it like your phone. Was quite excited to see this in Lagos. Has anyone seen something similar ? Please share!

elshanAutos:
Summary- this is an award winning all electric vehicle, spotted in ojodu Lagos today. By all electric I mean the car uses only battery, not even hybrid. You charge it like your phone. Was quite excited to see this in Lagos. Has anyone seen something similar ? Please share!

InvertedHammer:
Either way the owner will still buy fuel for the generator to charge it. Buy a car that uses fuel and bypass the stress./

Lovetinz:
Elshanautos, thanks for posting,. Can I add some Wikipedia data of the car to your post?
In a few years time, electric cars will become more visible on our streets.

MobilityExpress:
I’m not trying to discourage you or anything like that. EV cars are great and in fact the future of automobiles. But the Nigerian society is not ready for such technology now. There is normal wear and tear associated with car usage, not just a matter of charging battery. Take a look around for half-EV cars (aka hybrids). How many hybrid cars last in Nigeria? Once the technicians start touching it for one issue or another, that’s the beginning of the end. How many used hybrid cars hold value in terms of re-sale in Nigeria? Very few. If that is the case with hybrids (half-EV), how much more a full EV car. But like I said, it’s a matter of choice and affordability. If you like it and don’t mind its maintenance costs, then by all means go ahead. You will no doubt enjoy it when it’s working fine. When i’m very rich too, I will definitely love to buy EV cars.

eGarage:
You have some very good valid points. However, there are certain things missed out.

You do not need a Lube shop any longer as you don't need to replace engine Oil.
Maintenence cost is much cheaper than the gas engine and despite the fact we have power issues in nigeria, it still makes sense.

Lemme make some highlights
1. Cost savings on Oil Change
2. Cost savings on brake pads as they use regenerative pads that can last over 500,000 miles
3. Cost savings on fuel. You can install a solar panel and charge for FREE.
4. No fuel pump service/replacement, No Plugs or Nozzle Service.

If you look at all thessential and compare notes, you would see that maintenance is lower compared to a gas/diesel engine.

Allwility:
OP stop deceiving people. Electric cars are not economically feasible compared to I.C.E cars.
The cost of those electric cars you gave comes with subsidies from the Western governments. Besides the cost of producing the batteries for electric cars is rising and will continue to rise if we all switched to electric cars. Why is that?? Simply because the elements (Lithium, cobalt and some other elements) used in making them are rare.

Cost of lithium per tonne: $7000
Cost of cobalt per tonne $66,000

Cobalt was $40,000 as at February 2017. These costs will keep rising if we all switched to electric cars. That's the reason why the Chinese govt had to reduce its subsidy on electric cars.
Also if we all plugged our cars to charge overnight, how will we handle the resulting overload?

And finally electric cars are not really green. Check out pictures of lithium mines...not a sight to behold. Besides dead batteries would be a major source of pollution to the environment.

| 5 Reasons Electric Cars Won’t Sell Well In Nigeria |

There are certain reasons why a typical Nigerian won’t fancy electric vehicles. They are:

1. The Range Anxiety:
For electric cars, you don’t just walk into your cars to drive; you need to do some calculations to know where and where you can go with the charges. After facing calculation wahala in school, you’ll still have to do some calculations before you leave your house…that’s weird.
A typical Nigerian man is not ready to be doing this. It will be a turn-off.

2. No sharp sharp refill:
If you drive the conventional combustion engine and you’re running low on fuel, you just enter any gas station closeby and fill up. This won’t take much time (Except you dey queue for NNPC to buy cheaper).

The case is totally different for EVs. It takes time to charge. It takes up to 4-6 hours or more to get them fully charged. 15 minutes of charging will just add few miles to the energy bank. That’s sad.
A typical Nigerian man loves sharp sharp things.

3. Charging the EVs:
This will be a very big problem for Nigerians. All EVs need power to charge them and Nigeria as a country is already facing power issues.
Introducing electric vehicles will bring in more problems. EVs are not suitable for places having power shortage; Nigeria is not an exception.

4. They are relatively expensive:
This one na money matter. Take out your time to check the prices of these EVs’ and you’ll see that they are on the high side. The more affordable ones fall under $30,000 to $40,000 price range, while the luxury models creep into $80,000 and above.
In Naira, we are talking of N10 million. An average Nigerian can’t afford this just to buy a car.
EVs no dey like Tokumbo, o!

5. Maintenance issues:
Electric cars won’t give much headache like their combustion engine counterparts; they don’t need engine oil, just rotate your tires.
The big question now is: what will you do when an issue arises?
It might be difficult to take it for repairs. There are not many experts who would be able to handle them.

_{https://autojosh.com/5-reasons-electric-cars-wont-sell-nigeria/}

AutoJoshNG:
By Donald3d | https://autojosh.com/5-reasons-electric-cars-wont-sell-nigeria/

blaze1916:
Where are the facilities to back it up...its useless in naija here jare...at least for nw dnt knw about the future

deco22:
Orishirishi...that car must cost a fortune to buy and maintain sha o.

LaudateII:

Nigerians! Charge the car, with which power nah? Abi, no be di same DISCOs wey dey give us epileptic electricity dem go take charge the car battery? And do you know how much it costs to replace the battery of that car? And if he uses generator, the fuel cost no be small thing, o!


Thank you! Even an LPG powered car would still save you stress. And if there is any electrical fault in this car, our local electricians or rewires could end up short-circuiting its life span!


Which power supply are you going to use to charge such cars? The epileptic one supplied by the DISCOs, or the one from your diesel generator? Get ready to spend more money, o!


God bless you for educating the clueless, my brother. We like putting the cart before the horse in this country. Even the replacement cost of such batteries, is rather prohibitive.

greenhulk:


Not entirely useless. Electric cars are basically maintenance free.. and the person that shipped this one in definitely is not planning to use it as a daily driver. He probably has other cars. And about charging... some people have 24/7 power.. some residents have Mikano and and easily install charging port there. Gradually other people will start importing electric cars and soon our mechanics will start learning how to fix it. EV's are the future and someone needs to take the bold step of importing them. Big ups to this guy, now watch as others will follow.

blaze1916:

Nice illustration bros. Jst like u said some hv electricity and some have mikano gens right? Means the car will be limited to the rich alone what am I even typing can an average class man buy that car? Those are things we should consider...except there will be charging terminals across the whole federation...that's when the car will work here in nigeria if not , I still don't see hw it will work in Nigeria sir...

greenhulk:


I get ur point. My own question too is can an average man afford a private jet? Don't we have lots of people that own private jet in this country? Can an average man afford a g wagon or range Rover sport? Don't we see many of those cars on our roads? Go to some homes u will find Ferraris, Lamborghinis and even Bugatti. Tell me how those ones won't be able to buy electric cars that are not even half as expensive as those exortic cars. Like I said it's a gradual process. When companies like banks, oil companies, construction companies etc start buying electric cars, they will install their own charging stations in their offices (just like dangote trucks run on CNG). Then maybe a company will start installing charging station and gradually the love for electric cars will spread. It is not something that will happen step by step, might take the next 10-20 yrs but someone got to start it.

sabaka:
How dem wan take charge dis one now?
Cc nurey kingreign lejeun3 readonee35l
Shagati Piyke denn zoharariel autojoshng ikenna351

Mbediogu:


Is it sinful to use it for 51 years if I can and if it will stay? This car won't even last 2years here with our road and conditions of maintenance at the moment. In the days of J Allens, UTC and SCOA Motors and other vehicle sale/maintenance companies, it would have been ok. What we have now are thiefing mediocre road side charlatans. The more you take your cars to them, the more the break it down - for a fee.

sabaka:
How dem wan take charge dis one now?
Cc nurey kingreign lejeun3 readonee35l
Shagati Piyke denn zoharariel autojoshng ikenna351

greenhulk:
Not entirely useless. Electric cars are basically maintenance free.. and the person that shipped this one in definitely is not planning to use it as a daily driver. He probably has other cars. And about charging... some people have 24/7 power.. some residents have Mikano and and easily install charging port there. Gradually other people will start importing electric cars and soon our mechanics will start learning how to fix it. EV's are the future and someone needs to take the bold step of importing them. Big ups to this guy, now watch as others will follow.

LaudateII:


And how will the faulty batteries be disposed off, given its lithium content that has the potential to turn it into toxic waste?

greenhulk:
Why do u worry about battery disposal? When we get to that bridge we will cross it. The average life of the battery in an ev is 8 years or 100,000 miles (some Tesla models even stay withing warranty until 125,000 miles). I know u would probably say what about those that buy tokunbo, as it is right now I don't expect anyone to ship in a tokunbo EV car. If u are rich enough to own 2-3 cars, rich enough to have steady 24/7 power then u should be rich enough to buy a brand new ev for around $30,000 (lots of people drive cars that cost over $150,000).

I was surprised the first time I saw an ATM machine while i was serving in 2006, the same ATM machine can be found on every streets. Back in the days they use to say it's not possible to use an ATM machine to make deposit, now many banks have this service. Who would think a sim card that used to sell for 30k would be free now. Bro when we get to that bridge we will cross it.

LaudateII:


This mindset that says "when we get to that bridge we will cross it," has made our society and its infrastructure so poor and deficient today.

People need to plan appropriately, and execute those plans logically and seamlessly, in order to move forward. Toxic waste kills, and renders people useless. How many facilities to deal with it, do we have? You think it will appear out if thin air? The SIM cards whose prices were dropped, was made possible by people who planned and strategised behind the scenes, in telcos and within the industry, to make it happen.

Our electricity grid is still epileptic today, because of poor implementation, of properly articulated plans to improve its capacity. We throw money at things, thinking it would do the magic without holistic and adequate planning and implementation.

It is the same reason why our rail network is in such a poor state, and our electricity grid can only generate 6,000MW till date.

Some countries have already started planning from today, how to put in place facilities and infrastructure that their people would need in 10 to 15 years time. Here we are too lackadaisical, and leave almost everything to chance....

Futureberry:
I don't know,not a fan of Nissan more a tesla fan,at least with a Tesla you won't have to worry about road side mechanic...nevertheless I still put it to you that the car is great...it did not attain the position if the best EV car simply because it an EV car

greenhulk:

I still don't see how everything u mentioned would mean EVs are entirely useless here. If some people can own private jets, Ferraris and Lamborghinis then why not EV? Battery disposal is the least to worry about right now. If some countries are planning to faze out gasoline vehicles by 2030 u think they don't have plans to dispose those batteries? Like I've said I don't expect influx of EVs in Nigeria for now, a few people here and there will buy them and battery disposal won't be a problem compared to countries where we already have millions of EVs. It takes like 8 yrs before the battery even have a chance or running out so what are we even talking?

LaudateII:


Listen to yourself..."Battery disposal is the least to worry about right now.....battery disposal won't be a problem ..." If people like you get into positions of power, it would be a tragedy!

Pidgin2:
Nigeriandondie aka Angelbeing will commit suicide because of this

Mbediogu:


Any idea about the going price? Hope it is not less than 20billion Naira? lol.

greenhulk:
U should listen to urself. The smoke produced by generators, rickety trucks, cars without catalytic converter, etc produce more toxic products than battery of an ev car

LaudateII:

Really? You still don't get it, do you? Your mentality of " battery disposal won't be a problem...we will can cross the bridge, when we get there" is the root of the planlessness and poor infrastructure, that plagues our country today.

greenhulk:
We can see the one with the low mentality here. since when has li-ion batteries become more dangerous than smokes coming out of gasoline engines?

LaudateII:

Do the research and you will get the answers...
The fact that you are asking this question, shows you know very little about the ionising radiation effects of the expired battery packs of EV cars.

greenhulk:


Lol, chei u are out of points and keep repeating the same thing even when u know what u are saying doesn't make sense, or maybe that's beyond ur understanding. Every cars on the road in this country have at least 1 12 volts lead - acid battery in it and mind u lead is more toxic than the materials in lithium-ion batteries. So why all of us never die even though most damaged lead acid batteries are not properly recycled in this country. Li-ion batteries can also be recycled, every smartphone and most gadgets have li-ion batteries in them so I don't get where the so called ionizing radiation is coming from. Where recycled or disposed, it doesn't pose more dangerous than smoke from gasoline engines that depletes the ozone layer and soffocation. EVs are the future, if u don't embrace it now u will still embrace it in the near future.