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Chinese Capital Fuels Africa's Electric Motorcycle Boom With Major Investment in Spiro

SOURCE — SOUTH CHINA MORNING POSTTAGS — #EV / Electric  #Market & Business  #South Africa  #Middle East & Africa↗ Read the full story

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Chinese Capital Fuels Africa's Electric Motorcycle Boom With Major Investment in Spiro — PHOTO — SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST / © South China Morning Post↗ View original

According to the South China Morning Post, Chinese investors are pouring money into Africa's multi-billion-dollar electric motorcycle market, accelerating the shift from gasoline to electric. Shanghai-based NewTrails Capital contributed $55 million of a $270 million raise for Spiro, Africa's largest electric motorcycle company.

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Ao Azuma

EV SPECIALIST

38 / EVs · Electric Motorcycles

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Ao AzumaEVs · Electric Motorcycles Commentary

What's interesting about Africa's electric two-wheelers is that adoption is progressing on economic rationality before environmental ideals. Battery-swap systems remove the constraint of waiting to charge, and a scale of 100,000 units and 2,500 stations is evidence the infrastructure is starting to function. Looking at it through numbers rather than emotion, I'd say this is one of the regions where electric is putting down the deepest roots in daily life.