- Zimbabwe’s private and public sectors collaborate on developing electric vehicle (EV) assembly plants.
- Zuva Petroleum is building a charging network at its service stations.
The Zimbabwean government, in partnership with the private sector investors, are in talks to develop assembly plants for electric vehicles (EVs) in the country. Electric Vehicle Centre Africa, also known as Build Your Dreams Zimbabwe (BYD), is partnering with Zuva for this first public charging network in Zimbabwe.
Zuva Borrowdale will get the first charge, and then the electric vehicle charging stations will be rolled out to Zuva Service stations within cities around the country and along major highways.
According to EVCA general manager Mr Mufaro Mugumbate, electric vehicles are the future. Several organisations are already placing orders, hence the need for the charging network to make the system work.
“One major area of concern that affects electric vehicle adoption in any place or country anywhere in the world is the availability of the supporting charging infrastructure. This is one area that EVCA and Zuva would like to address,” said Mr Mugumbate.
“The project will kick off with the installation of a 60kW DC CCS Type 2 charger which is a super-fast charger capable of charging the BYD T3 (300km Range) and BYD E6 (500km range) in less than 1,5 hours,” he added.
Three electric vehicle assembly plants have already been established in Harare by BYD, ZimTorque and Brad-Tech.