- The project is an initiative under NADDC’s electric vehicle development project included in the 2023 National Automotive Industry Development Plan.
- This charging station makes it the third to be inaugurated in the electric vehicle pilot programmes of the NADDC.
The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) has installed a 15KVA fully Solar Powered Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN). In a statement issued on Friday, the council said the pilot project was an initiative under its EV development project incorporated in the new 2023 National Automotive Industry Development Plan.
The Director-General of NADDC, Mr Jelani Aliyu, represented by the Director of the Industrial Infrastructure Department, Dr Nua Omisanya, said that the station at UNN was one of the three EV pilot programmes of the NADDC.
He noted that the project aimed at developing research in vehicle electrification through human capital development is a continuation of the council’s bid to promote the research, design and adoption of electric vehicles. “NADDC had developed and inaugurated three 15KVA Solar-powered EV charging stations at three Federal institutions. The institutions include the University of Lagos, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka,” he said.
He urged the general public to embrace Electric Vehicles as a greener and alternative means of transportation in Nigeria.