Market Trends of Africa Electric Bus Industry
This section covers the major market trends shaping the Africa Electric Bus Market according to our research experts:
Battery Electric Bus to Witness Growth
Urban transportation buses account for approximately 25% of the total emission by the transportation sector, and the preference in public transport is expected to increase by nearly 50% by 2030. This will result in an estimated additional 26,000 tons of carbon.As e-buses are becoming a commercially viable solution for public transport although it is still costlier to diesel buses and in addition to that they have zero exhaust emissions. E-buses are helping to reduce CO2 emissions only if the electricity is generated from a solar grid.
Battery electric buses are expected to lead in the market, as local government initiatives to reduce the emission and reduce the operational cost of public transportation. Various local startups are building their electric bus prototypes which will help the country to create local jobs in the coming future which will in turn boost their economy also. Whereas, global organization is helping African countries to support electric mobility. For instance, UN Environment is directly supporting twenty major cities in Africa, Latin America, and Asia to prepare plans for moving to low-emission public transport, with the adoption of electric buses over diesel.
- In January 2022, Opibus, a Swedish-Kenyan technology firm that develops, designs, and manufactures electric vehicles for the African continent, has just launched the country's first all-electric bus. The electric bus was designed and developed in Kenya by Opibus. This is the first major step toward the company's goal of producing a locally designed and developed electric bus for the pan-African market by the end of 2023. This is also a step toward Opibus' goal of electrifying Africa's public transportation system through the deployment of products tailored to the local use case
Government participation will drive the Electric Bus Market
African countries are in following the path of other developing countries for the adoption of electric buses. Local Governments along with various other partners are actively putting their plans for the adoption of electric buses in the future. For instance,
- In April 2022, The Ministry of Transport announced plans to test electric buses in Ghana as part of efforts to decarbonize and achieve net-zero emissions. As a result, the Ministry is importing ten electric buses to test in selected cities. Alhassan Tampuli, Deputy Minister of Transport, announced this at the national energy transition forum in Mole.
- Morocco's integrated national policy for reducing the effects of climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 32% by the year 2030, and in 2016, the country came into partnership with a Chinese bank to manufacture electric buses in Morocco with a total investment of MAD 1.2 billion.
- Whereas UN Environment has designed the eMob Calculator for buses, which will enable the user to assess the potential of electric and other low emission buses to reduce energy consumption, CO2, and air pollution by the year 2050.
