free2ryhme:


I didnot repeat what you wrote.

My conclusion was informed by careful observed facts presented in the write up

naptu2:


🤣 OK.

Minsk24:

U go just dy open mouth because u can talk, do u have the technology to process lithium,? Do u have the tech to produce lithium battery?

Everywhere ppl complaining about hardship and expecting the gov to perform miracles and bring ease, we need to support the gov not only by being patient but by providing solutions as well. Everyone has to contribute his quarter, we are trying to solve a generational problem

naptu2:


Yeah, that's why Governor Dapo Abiodun went there to see how it's operating. An Indian company has started installing electric motors in motorcycles in Ogun State. Dapo Abiodun was invited to Benin Republic for their anniversary and the company invited him to check out their operation there.

emmanuelewumi:




Solar charging,

ufotunang:
...so in nigeria how can nigerians charge solar or battery when nigeria does not have constant electricity light, power supply...that is the problem

ghettochild:

U go just get brain..wey you no fit use reason..
So if foreign investor come here to start producing it.. will they be denied...
Mumu!
What did the Ugandan president tell those companies that wanted their minerals??
Abeg use ur brain before u counter somebody's comments or suggestion.
For ur eye now... u don contribute ur opinion.

TheSuperX:
This is really nice, with this electric bike, f*ck fuel.

Dybala11:

An innovation like this might not really translate to a significant or notable cost of transportation in Nigeria as our country can't boast of stable electricity supply yet o, those companies will still have to look for another source of energy if they want to operate in Nigeria.

After two years of development, MAX deploys its electric motorbikes in Nigeria

By Abubakar Idris
Aug 11, 2020

Nigerian mobility company, MAX has finally launched its electric motorcycles for the Nigerian market. Called MAX E Series, the new vehicles have been under development for the last two years. After a pilot phase, the company has now launched the new vehicles in the Gbamu Gbamu community of Ogun State in South Western Nigeria.

MAX first announced its electric mobility plans in June 2019 and by November 2019, it revealed the actual design and concept of the vehicle, calling it the MAX E Series M1. Now, the newly deployed EV is the MAX E series M2, a faster more performance-enhanced model.

“We’ve been on a product development journey at MAX over the last five years looking at how we could transform mobility across market segments, across vehicle configurations, and we looked at how we could leapfrog combustion engines to electric-powered mobility,” Adetayo Bamiduro, MAX’s CEO and co-founder, told TechCabal.

“The new announcement is a milestone in terms of our journey to leading and pioneering that transformation,” he added.

Founded in 2015, Metro Africa Express (MAX) is the pioneer of bike hailing in Nigeria with inspiration from South Asia’s Grab and Go-Jek. The company started out as a motorcycle-based logistics service before adding passenger transportation by 2017. Since then, it gained traction in Lagos and later expanded to a few other cities across the country.

By June 2019, it raised a total of $7 million funding through equity and grants to scale its mobility solutions. Bertrand Njoya, MAX’s Chief Financial Officer, told TechCrunch the company was working with different partners to roll out electric vehicles into the Nigerian market.

With the recent launch and deployment of the MAX E series, the company wants to mass-produce these vehicles and is “targeting thousands over the next 12-18 months.”

While the company said this is the “first indigenously developed electric motorcycle,” it is working with Asian and European partners including Japan’s Yamaha and Breakthrough Energy Ventures.

The company explained to TechCabal that the MAX E Series has a battery cycle of 1,500 and could run as fast as 60km per hour. The new E Series M2 on the other hand is much faster, hitting a speed of 85km per hour with a battery warranty of over 2,000 cycles. On average, charging time for the M2 is four hours. The new EVs will cost around $1,500, similar to the price range of other electric vehicles manufacturers.

MAX said it has signed partnerships with different groups including distributors, energy companies and real estates to deploy battery swapping stations for electric vehicles. This would improve access and deliver an experience that is comparable or superior to petrol/gas stations.”

“We’re excited about the role we’re playing in deploying these vehicles and making them accessible both in rural and urban contexts as well,” Bamiduro told TechCabal in an interview.

By 2030, the company estimates that there will be 100 million units of motorcycles in Africa. By rolling out electric vehicles now, MAX says it wants to play “a very critical role in reducing carbon emissions and mitigating the negative impact of combustion engines on our environment.”

MAX’s commitment to electric vehicles is an interesting one, more so because Nigeria has been lax around ecological issues and concerns about the environment. Is there a market for electric vehicles in Nigeria and are there Nigerian consumers who can afford EVs which tend to be more expensive than petrol-powered alternatives?

Bamiduro says, yes.

“There is strong demand than people realise,” he added. “Africans are very early adopters of innovative technology, [so] it’s not a question of desire or interest from our people, it’s a question of access; a question of whether someone can bring it to them,” he explains to TechCabal.

“From all the research, interviews and pilots we’ve done, there is no question about it. There is a massive demand for electric mobility. The question is who would provide the infrastructure to meet that demand.”

MAX believes it can solve this access problem and is targeting different customers including private individuals, commercial motorcycle operators and other institutions including the government.

To bridge the access gap, MAX is adopting an innovative financing model. This would reduce the upfront cost of acquiring the new electric vehicles.

Minsk24:

Because u have lithium or raw materials, does not mean that it will be feasible to always set up production in your country, the guy says we should ban foreign people from mining lithium, if u ban them, do u have tech to mine it?
China dominates lithium production, depending on how much quantity of lithium has, most times it will make economic sense for it be processed in China....

ghettochild:

Tell that to yourself..
The same way our cocoa gets exported n in return we buy chocolates expensively....
So it's also not feasible to have other manufacturing plants here aside nestle n Cadbury yet we eat imported chocolates....
Having a lithium battery manufacturing company is feasible.... if we are really ready for growth n development in Africa.

Minsk24:

You think setting up a manufacturing is solely based on raw materials, is anybody stopping ghana and co from doing the needful to set up chocolate factory? But do u have the technology to do so and still make profits? Do u have access to other raw materials needed for production? Is a whole lot of things needed to factor in production ,
U want to build lithium plant....
Do u have the technology to refine and process lithium, do u know there other raw materials needed for processing of lithium and manufacturing of the battery....do u have access to them? Can u set up the plant and still be profitable?
We live in globalized world now where there is division of labor... sometimes it is more profitable to extract raw materials and send it abroad for processing because it would not make economic sense to manufacture in your house ...
Times have changed, no let propaganda brainwash you ....
It is people like u that will say Niger has Uranium but dont have stable electricity

ghettochild:

When I read ur response.... I laugh cos u kept on saying "do u know".
Now let me reply..
Do u know UAC foods have been operating in Nigeria for years?
Do u know how they doing it
Do u GSK and Nestlé have been operating for years too??
So pls stop saying Do u know whats needed or required??
Any supposed company needing to invest in Africa knows what's needed
So please stop been shortsighted..
If a company really wants to set up the process of refining lithium and as well as making the batteries, they'd do without hesitation...
After man power is cheap in Nigeria..
We all know the minimum wage..
So stop saying "Do u know" again.
Did u even know or think a Nigerian could decide to build a refinery here in Nigeria?