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Rwanda: Volkswagen Launches Its First Electric Car In Africa by Asifiwe(m): 11:24am On Oct 29, 2019
Rwanda has become the first African country to launch the Volkswagen electric car, the e-Golf in a joint venture between Volkswagen and Siemens.

At today’s launch that’s expected to be witnessed by Prime Minister Edourd Ngirente, four cars will be unveiled on the local market with one charging station at the Volkswagen assembly plant at the Kigali Special Economic Zone. The number of cars will later increase to 20 while 15 more charging stations will be established across the city of Kigali.

A fully charged engine of the e-golf has a capacity of 230 kilometer distance, which is an average of one week to/from work for a civil servant in Kigali.

Rwanda is making good progress in clean/green energy. The VW’s electric car launch follows the launch of an electric motorcycle by Safi Ltd early October this year. Before Safi, two other ventures were also launched in this area of electric motos.

President Kagame in June this year told the Youth in a Meet President gathering to prepare for change in moto transport where fuel consuming motos are going to be replaced by the electric motos.


https://ktpress.rw/2019/10/volkswagen-rwanda-launches-first-electric-car-in-africa/

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Re: Rwanda: Volkswagen Launches Its First Electric Car In Africa by hisgrace090: 11:30am On Oct 29, 2019
Great move despite how it affect fuel consumption.
Re: Rwanda: Volkswagen Launches Its First Electric Car In Africa by sinaj(f): 11:35am On Oct 29, 2019
Rwanda repping Africa.

They should lend us their President for only 6months please.

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Re: Rwanda: Volkswagen Launches Its First Electric Car In Africa by Jmk9292(m): 2:12pm On Oct 29, 2019
That's a commendable stride......
Re: Rwanda: Volkswagen Launches Its First Electric Car In Africa by Moz22: 4:53pm On Oct 29, 2019
sinaj:
Rwanda repping Africa.

They should lend us their President for only 6months please.
may I pls know ur IG handle?
Re: Rwanda: Volkswagen Launches Its First Electric Car In Africa by pilarnig(m): 4:58pm On Oct 29, 2019
And we are here fighting over crude oil
Re: Rwanda: Volkswagen Launches Its First Electric Car In Africa by sinaj(f): 9:31pm On Oct 29, 2019
Moz22:
may I pls know ur IG handle?
not an IG fan
Re: Rwanda: Volkswagen Launches Its First Electric Car In Africa by Moz22: 11:40pm On Oct 29, 2019
sinaj:
not an IG fan
okay ma
Re: Rwanda: Volkswagen Launches Its First Electric Car In Africa by otunbalamba: 11:00am On Oct 30, 2019
sinaj:
not an IG fan
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Re: Rwanda: Volkswagen Launches Its First Electric Car In Africa by sinaj(f): 1:23pm On Oct 30, 2019
otunbalamba:
cheesy you can't stand those twerkers abi grin
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Re: Rwanda: Volkswagen Launches Its First Electric Car In Africa by otunbalamba: 1:25pm On Oct 30, 2019
sinaj:
cant stand audio jet owners
cheesy what about pregnancy kiss

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