Electric motorcycle makes epic 6,000-kilometer journey on solar power alone

Electric motorcycle makes epic 6,000-kilometer journey on solar power alone
Electric motorcycle makes epic 6,000-kilometer journey on solar power alone

In a major turn of events, an electric motor cycle successfully completed its long journey of 6,000-kilometer (3,700-mile) from Nairobi, Kenya, to Stellenbosch, South Africa, in just 17 days.

As per CNN, this motorcycle was made by the Swedish-Kenyan company Roam.

The interesting thing is that this motorcycle accomplished this milestone without using any fuel, instead relying entirely on solar power.

Its batteries were charged during the journey using a solar panel charging system located in a support vehicle.

Throughout the trip, the Roam Air motorcycle set a new record for its single battery range of 113 km (70 mi).

On the last day of the journey, they covered an impressive 1,000 km (620 mi) in less than 18 hours.

Masa Kituyi, Roam product owner and one of the riders on the expedition said in a statement, “(We wanted) to break a lot of boundaries on how traversing through sub-Saharan Africa is possible without pre-installed charging infrastructure.”

The statement added, “From Roam’s perspective, we wanted to prove that this ‘ride anywhere, charge everywhere’ ideology is true.”

Kituyi, accompanied by Stephan Lacock, a postgraduate student at Stellenbosch University began their journey on September 29, traveling alongside two support vehicles through Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Botswana, and arrived in Stellenbosch on the morning of 16 October.

On average the team covered around 400 kilometers (250 miles) per day, with about 80 kilometers (50 miles) per battery.

Read more : Sci-Tech

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