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Mzanzi’s first electric minibus taxi eKamva launched for South African market.
South Africa’s first electric minibus cab, branded eKamva (a play on the isiXhosa word ikamva, meaning “the future” or “into the future”), is slated to hit the road early next year.
At the Smarter Mobility Africa Summit in Johannesburg on Wednesday, a group led by GoMetro introduced eKamva together with an integrated new electric vehicle (EV) business model and charging infrastructure solution named flx EV.
Kaya Biz spoke to GoMetro CEO Justin Coetzee, who gave more details on Mzanzi’s first electric minibus taxi eKamva.
Listen to the full conversation here:
Coetzee spoke about the journey leading to the introduction of the minibus taxi, and how they were able to bring into the country.
“2 years ago we asked ourselves the question ‘Why isn’t there a minibus taxi for sale in South Africa?’, because we had just seen that it’s obvious that there is a huge market, huge demand, huge offtake, that they do so many miles that they could save so much to moving to electric.”
“We went on a journey to find a minibus taxi we could introduce to the South African market. We didn’t realize how difficult it would be to find a six-meter long wide van with 13 -15 seats, that can do 200kms, that can charge within 45 minutes, and keep going on the road throughout the day.” said GoMetro CEO Justin Coetzee
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