Electric Cars To Be Introduced Into Nigerian Market Next Year, Here’s The Details You Need To Know

Malik Ado-Ibrahim, who was the first African to lead the Formula 1 Team global race car competition in 1999, has revealed plans for his automobile company to introduce electric cars into Nigerian market in 2018.

Nigus Enfinity, an indigenous firm, says it will introduce electric vehicles into the Nigerian automobile market in 2018 and that its local assembly plant for electric vehicles will be ready in 2020.

Malik Ado-Ibrahim, chairman of the company, made this known to journalists in an interactive session which held in Abuja on Thursday.

Ado-Ibrahim said several countries across the world have set targets for the ban of petrol-fuelled vehicles with India targeting 2030, and the United Kingdom, 2040.

He said Nigeria and Africa need to look inward to be at the fore of the automotive revolution or risk becoming waste bin for banned vehicles from other countries.

Ado-Ibrahim, who was the first African to lead the Formula 1 Team global race car competition in 1999, said his firm is already building a 100 megawatts (mw) solar power plant in Katsina and another in Adamawa state.

According to him, the company has also partnered with Build Your Dreams, a Chinese firm, to import electric vehicles at affordable costs from 2018.

“We are also working with BYD to get a local brand and start an electric vehicle assembly plant for Nigeria from 2020. Gradually we will move to an EV with the African DNA starting in Nigeria,” he said.

Recall that we reported some weeks ago that Elon Musk, CEO and co-founder of Tesla, unveiled the world’s cheapest fully electric car, Tesla Model 3 which cost $35,000 (N11,033,750 at official rate) for the standard version, while the long range version goes for $44,000

Comments

Stevie Wonder throws 'swaggy 16th birthday' party for his son, buys him a Mercedes

R&B icon Stevie Wonder, whose son Kailand turned 16 on Saturday had a 'swaggy birthday' ceremony for his son at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles. The famous singer lit up the house with his rendition of his famous “Happy Birthday” song before his son's favourite rapper, Travis Scott performed at the bash. Stevie who divorced Kailand’s mother in 2015 after 14 years of marriage, presented him with a brand new $150,000 Mercedes Benz SUV. The birthday party was attended by Kailand’s mom Kai Milla Morris, Kailand’s 12-year-old brother Mandla Kadjay Carl Stevland Morris, Celebrity kids on the guest list included Toni Braxton‘s son Diezel, 14, and rocker Travis Barker‘s kids, son Landon, 13, and daughter Alabama Luella Barker, 11. Kailand's mother Morris also distributed mock weed candy called “Koko Nuggz,” a THC-free gourmet chocolate shaped like cannabis buds as give away to the guests in the building. More photos below..

Amber Rose is photo'd out wearing a pink onesie that generated controversy with fans saying she looks like a thot

Amber Rose was photographed leaving a dermatologist center in Beverly Hills just hours before the VMAs and she was dressed in a pink onesie that hugged her curves in an unflattering way. The outfit was so snug, it outlined every curve and dip on her body. Her ample cleavage was also on display. She later took to Instagram to share a video of herself getting injected in the face with botox. Fans called her out for the video, saying she doesn't need all that at her age. The photo of her leaving the clinic also received criticisms. Some said she looks like a thot. Others said she looks way older than 33 and even compared her to 44-year-old Gabrielle Union, saying she looks older than the actress who is 11 years her senior. See the photo below.

iPhone 8 Launch Set for September 12 as Apple Sends Press Invites

Your wait for the next iPhone is almost over. Apple on Thursday sent out media invitations for its next major event on September 12 at the Steve Jobs Theater at its new campus in Cupertino. The company is widely expected to unveil the iPhone 8, among other products, at the much anticipated event, ten years after the original iPhone was launched. At the event, the Cupertino-headquartered company is expected to announce as many as three iPhone models, including a high-end iPhone 8. The company is also expected to announce an upgrade to its Apple TV media streaming device, bringing support for 4K and HDR technologies. The new iPhone models are expected to not feature the traditional Touch ID fingerprint scanner, and instead house 3D sensors to enable facial recognition feature. Apple made the fingerprint scanner popular on smartphones, so it will be interesting to see how the company attempts to set the next trend for authentication on phones. According to earlier reports, the iPh...

9JA LYF...

Search This Blog