KenGen to install 30 EV Charging Stations across Kenya in 2023
Kenya Electricity Generating Company, KenGen, has announced plans to lead Kenya’s transition from fossil-fuel vehicles to electric vehicles.
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Latest cars stories from across Kenya.
Jumia introduces electric TukTuks in partnership with BILITI
Jumia is partnering with BILITI Electric, maker of electric TukTuks – to help electrify its delivery fleet in Kenya.
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How to get the Nairobi Express Way ETC on your Car
There are three ways to pay when using the Nairobi Expressway: directly paying with cash, paying with the MTC Card (Manual Toll Collection), or using the ETC Method (Electronic Toll Card). The first method requires nothing on your part.…
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Apple is making CarPlay the default interface for everything in your car
Apple has announced upcoming updates to CarPlay that set the foundation for their longterm strategy to take over the inside of your car.
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SWVL is partnering with Moove to introduce Electric Buses
SWVL and Moove have entered a partnership that will see the introduction of electric buses across the North African, Pakistani and Middle East Regions
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Bolt pilots car rental service in Estonia planning expansion across Europe
Estonian transport and delivery company, Bolt has announced the launch of its newest venture: a car-sharing service dubbed Bolt Drive. The new service will allow customers to be able to rent a car for short periods of time straight from…
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Uber, Bolt and Little drivers plan switch off demanding higher fare prices
Drivers of Uber, Bolt and Little taxi-hailing apps have issued a 30-day notice promising to switch off services should the respective apps not increase fare prices. The lobby group, E-hailing Transporters Kenya, issued the statement during…
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Bolt introduces eco-friendly hybrid and electric cars category in Nairobi
Bolt Kenya has today announced the introduction of a new ride category to its platform. The new category is dubbed “Bolt Green”, and the company says it is an eco-friendly move as it aims to reduces its ecological footprint.
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Why Kenya’s shift to electric vehicles will take very long
Saying something is one thing while planning for it and realising the dream is another. In Kenya, we like to talk, talk, and build fantasies about the future without actually planning for it, and making sure the plans we set are sound.…
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Little now allows you to call a Driver to drive your car for you
Little Can now has option for you to call a driver to drive your car incase you are having issues or perhaps going for a night out. This is the first of it’s kind feature in Kenyan taxi apps.
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Uber rides to cost about 29% more in Kenya
Uber Kenya has increased UberX prices by 29% in a move to keep more drivers on their platform following numerous strikes over the past year by drivers demanding more pay
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Teslas will soon be able to stream Netflix and YouTube
Elon Musk says that Teslas will soon be able to stream Netflix and YouTube
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My Experience with SWVL Bus Sharing: Can Technology Disrupt Matatus?
SWVL allows you to get to where you want to go by booking a seat in a bus. Buses have specific junctions where they pickup and dropoff other passengers.
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Bolt (formerly Taxify) expands to Kisumu, Kakamega, and Thika
Bolt has today announced its launching operations in three new urban centres in Kenya: Thika, Kakamega, and Kisumu, in their bid to expand their footprint across the country.
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Android Auto Vs Apple CarPlay: What to go for!
Differences between CarPlay and Android Auto setup, voice controls, calling, messaging, navigation system, to audio and video – which should you go with? By Guest Blogger, Shweta Mehta
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Banning PSV Vehicles from the CBD is NOT the way to go
A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation
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Decongesting Nairobi City: A proposal
Nairobi county is still struggling to decongest its traffic.
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We May Be The Most Informed Generation In History, But A New Age Of Deliberate Ignorance Is Upon Us
Smartphones provide universal information, but social bubbles and misinformation ensure that modern ignorance remains a choice in the digital age.
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Uber is launching its Fleet of Self-Driving Cars in Pittsburgh this Month
We’re living in the future!
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Safaricom is Planning to Kill Uber in Kenya with ‘LittleCab’
Safaricom, in a bid to expand it revenue sources, is launching its own Uber-like app based taxi service.
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The Future is Made of Electric Autonomous Cars but Where’s Kenya?
It is 2016 and in some parts of the world people with money have bought the Tesla Model S or the Model X and are enjoying the semi-autonomous capabilities of these electric vehicles. Those who couldn’t afford these two models have…
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Tech Stuff We Loved in 2015
I asked people to tell me what fascinated them most in the tech world in 2015. So this is the #2015Review by 12 Great People from different parts of the world. Read on
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Why Self-driving Cars Can’t Work in Kenya Just Yet
You all know I want to own/drive/touch a Tesla. But I can’t do that in Kenya. Anyway, even if I was able to import a Tesla to Kenya, would I be able to enjoy the self-driving bits of it? This post talks about self-driving cars and why I…
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