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Why China’s King Long could dominate Africa’s electric bus market
Source: BasiGo
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Kenyan startup BasiGo has unveiled four new locally-assembled electric buses. BasiGo has handed over the buses to two public transport operators. The buses were made with components from Chinese bus manufacturer King Long. BasiGo, which has deployed more than 100 buses in Kenya and Rwanda, has switched from BYD to King Long as its supplier.
King Long has done numerous semi and completely-knocked-down (SKD and CKD) projects in Africa, which has seen it become the supplier of choice for assemblers like BasiGo. This differs from other electric bus companies like BYD, which focus on selling fully-built buses to the continent.
This positions King Long as potentially a key player in Africa’s electric bus assembly industry as more companies move into local assembly. It already has diesel bus assembly lines in countries like Nigeria and Egypt, which could make its transition to electric buses easier.
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