Nigeria is not ready for electric cars.
My opinion

vivaciousvivi:
He should have carried at least one extra battery.
With zero battery charging hubs across the city, how does he want to maintain this car in Lagos?

An electric car's battery is not like that of a phone that you can just carry an extra pack when going out

Mrkumareze:
Smiles, thats the effect of a failed nation. You can't predict journey hours here cos of traffic jam n bad roads... the driver must have calculated wrongly

You are too quick to condem.

Kobicove:


An electric car's battery is not like that of a phone that you can just carry an extra pack when going out

Really?
One can't do a switch like fuel powered engines?

Jibwillz:
U carry Tesla come country wey nepa dey supply half current.

You are not current boss
Fashola has delivered the promised stable electricity change if we kick out PDP, which majority of Nigerians did 6 years ago
Buhari has also delivered his 20,000MWs promised in 2015
So therefore please update your information.

pafra:
You are too quick to condem.

Why are you allergic to facts

longetivity:
But traffic has reduced drastically in Lagos nah

how na

Most of you behave like online zombies. Any idiot comes up with a headline and then the rest of you unthinkingly jump on the bandwagon.

How do you know for sure that the battery ran out? Do batteries just run out in the middle of nowhere without indicators and warnings?

It could well be anothe mechanical or electrical issue that grounded the car. The mileage on a full charge of this car can take you round Lagos even with hours upon hours of heavy traffic.

siofra:
It's negligence on the driver's side. The battery of a Tesla lasts long per charge.

If he can afford a Tesla he can afford a capable electricity generating plant to charge the car.

My thoughts exactly. This is due to the driver's negligence as a Tesla on 1 charge can run over 300km. Talk less of a full battery

Grace001:
Somethings no fit work for this useless country

After 61 years Nigeria couldn’t still get constant power supply right. When Neighboring countries can boast of uninterrupted power supply

Most nairalanders reading this haven’t experience uninterrupted power in Nigeria since they were born and their kids will experience the same

Their kids are already experiencing the same

Kingofhoes:


My thoughts exactly. This is due to the driver's negligence as a Tesla on 1 charge can run over 300km. Talk less of a full battery

Till you get trapped in 2 hour hold up it's is then you will know that 300kms is just 3 hours of charge ..this dude lives in Ikoyi because I always see him around there and I am sure he stays on a property with 24 hour electricity ...not his fault sometimes Lagos happens to us all..I remember I used to frown at people urinating on the road in traffic till I got stuck in traffic and had no single choice than do the same

HenryDion:
If you're going to use a Tesla in Nigeria, make sure you go out with a full battery, and avoid long long-distance travel. We don't have charging ports in Nigeria yet. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Seriously by now charging ports should have started popping up in some strategic locations

People are not even talking about the exponentially high electricity tariff we have in Nigeria. Just charging this cars in Nigeria can make one to break the bank. Nigeria is not yet ready for this. Maybe when electricity remains stable and the tariifs become more affordable then we can talk about electric cars. For now I think hybrid cars are still better.

Eriokanmi:
Lolz. Welcome to Nigeria, welcome to lasgidi. He must have drained his battery while in traffic. Next time he would seek Google map help on traffic situation per route before he steps out.

This is one of the reasons I say Nigeria isn't progressing. 4th mainland bridge and lagos owned airport which Tinubu had been using to campaign since 1999 are a mirage. I'm sure they'd still use the same to campaign to gullible lagosians come 2023 and they'd believe them hook line and sinker. Our mumu go do one day. They know how to catch you people with lies. The earlier you guys join us in chasing them away, the better. Lagos had become their business centre.

We wouldn't have been facing terrible traffic in lagos today, had Pa janakde been allowed by buhari in the 80s to complete the lagos lite rail which is neither here nor there today. Each government would mount a few pillars of the lite rail and leave. They keep using it to campaign but the same man can own 3 private jets and his blind supporters would say there's nothing bad about it.

My friend came from the UK to help with Lagos water transportation during fahola regime, he looked at the proposal and pushed it aside. This guy works in same company in the UK as a senior manager and the British company promised to finance it 100% that he should come and do the ground work at home.

Long story cut short, this guy's proposal was plagiarised by those in government then but they got stuck due to lack of financing. They now bought 2 boats for this purpose which plied ikorodu-island route.

Sanwoolu government invited him and had a chat with this guy. He staged a walk out after they said the profit would be shared 60/40. What a state

In my friend's proposal, he wanted to ensure that both buman and vehicles were ferried from Island to mainland. In that proposal, one ferry would convey over 1000 passengers at a time. Very robust one. But because they wanted to short change him, he dropped the idea and left. That's the way lagos rolls. They're anti-people. They didn't consider the relief such a project would have had on lagosians.

Shame in our government. The replica of the proposed lagos airport to be cited around lekki which they've been using to campaign since 1999 was what Anambra who doesn't have up to half of lagos revenues had done in less than 4 years without making noise , bayelsa too. We will get sense one day .

The elites are damn greedy... thinking of self only. Them they use the people dey catch cruise.

Living abroad helps one understand what infrastructure decay we have. Seoul has an underground rail network that lets you travel underground for hours and not see day light till you get to your destination.

Would it be nice to have a massive ferry moving workers from Ojo / mile2 to island every morning and evening rather than the limited shuttles on laswa. Then compliment this initiative with the light rail... wonderful scheme!

Money with no sense. Probably another case of money miss road.

owagbeba:


The elites are damn greedy... thinking of self only. Them they use the people dey catch cruise.

Living abroad helps one understand what infrastructure decay we have. Seoul has an underground rail network that lets you travel underground for hours and not see day light till you get to your destination.

Would it be nice to a massive ferry moving workers from Ojo / mile2 to island every morning and evening rather than the limited shuttles on laswa. Then compliment this initiative with the light rail... wonderful scheme!

I'm telling you. You know what? We're coming on board and there's nothing stopping us by God's grace. Watch out!

loswhite:
So ppl in US that own Tesla also have a mini electricity generating plant right? The greatest problem of this country is bunch of educated dumb citizens.

Of course they don't. You're the dumb one for assuming the man who owns the Tesla doesn't know the electricity issues we have in this country.

He's supposed to have one. Now use your head and stop thinking through your gaping anal orifice.

pointblank247:
Electric car for naija under buhari abi ?
Ok naa

Don't be stuppid, this is not a Buhari thing rather it's a Nigerian thing. Did any of your past & previous government ever delivered stable power supply?

Sluvist:
Atleast, we see the first hand experience on how it will go with electric cars in Nigeria. Those that fancy it should think twice before buying it in Nigeria.

But many western countries will scrap deisel / gasoline engines by 2050.... why can’t we get ourselves ready for electric car that’s the future

Jibwillz:
U carry Tesla come country wey nepa dey supply half current.

Na your area be that o.

For Ajao Estate here na full strength power we dey flex.

siofra:


Of course they don't. You're the dumb one for assuming the man who owns the Tesla doesn't know the electricity issues we have in this country.

He's supposed to have one. Now use your head and stop thinking through your gaping anal orifice.

siofra, abeg take-am easy small small, bikonu, mabinu.

lkillbrokehoes:
Buying Tesla in Nigeria is very risky and not worth it, especially in a country that doesn't have stable electricity and coupled with insecurities.

A friend of mine that resides in Nigeria wanted to buy the model s but I advised him not to, assuming he was residing in a saner clime, it would have been great.

ogbeni , light dey banana island 24/7 na poor man dey complain of light in naija

Mrkumareze:
Smiles, thats the effect of a failed nation. You can't predict journey hours here cos of traffic jam n bad roads... the driver must have calculated wrongly

No sir. The onboard computer will tell him what he can and can't do. No excuse.
Same person will run out of gasoline if he drives an ICE.
Energy is energy.
Manage it wisely.

This happens all over the world and is not only associated with Nigeria alone. This could be associated with excess heat or cold.

Jibwillz:
U carry Tesla come country wey nepa dey supply half current.

When people say the world will stop needing fossil fuel, na the thought of the kind thing wey happened to this man dey make laugh.

Of all place to drive electric car Na Lagos u see......

12hrs traffic kii u dia

cornoil:
The owner doesn’t know that nothing works in Nigeria.

How dare you say nothing works in Nigeria? What about Corruption?

seguno2:


Why are you allergic to facts

It is a fact that traffic can build up unexpectedly.

Anybody that have lived in Lagos should know this.

If you are driving an electric car or a Petro car you should have put this into consideration.

Even for a Petro car you should have enough fuel

You should blame the guy driving the car for not taking this factors into consideration.

Nigeria have no plan for electric car.


Nigeria can not be a failed Nation because of the careless of the owner of an electric car.

Where have you travel to. It happens even in countries that use electric cars but have made provision for it.

Nigeria could be a "failed Nation" (according to you )but not for the careless of the owner of the electric car

longetivity:
But traffic has reduced drastically in Lagos nah

which part of lagos abeg?

Saturn444:
Lagos is the worst place to drive electric car. Traffic is crazy, I think Akwa Ibom, Abuja are great.

Where will he be driving to in Akwa Ibom ? Sha na plaza abi Tropicana ?

FarahAideed:


Till you get trapped in 2 hour hold up it's is then you will know that 300kms is just 3 hours of charge ..this dude lives in Ikoyi because I always see him around there and I am sure he stays on a property with 24 hour electricity ...not his fault sometimes Lagos happens to us all..I remember I used to frown at people urinating on the road in traffic till I got stuck in traffic and had no single choice than do the same

But I just do not get this.
If you were trapped in a 10 year traffic jam driving an ICE, won't you do energy management to ensure you get out of there. Will you sit down and keep running your engine.
Traffic is no excuse if not the highway will be littered with spent vehicles.
Folks just turn their engines off and wait for movement.
The beauty of electric engines is that energy management is far more efficient than with ICE's and this should equalise the experience in the long term.
Why do you think modern ICE's have adopted auto start/stop technologies.
His experience all boils down to human error.
To run out of anything has nothing to do with technology.