{"id":186339,"date":"2016-02-02T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T06:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=186339"},"modified":"2016-02-02T06:00:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T06:00:57","slug":"africas-1st-solar-bus-unveiled-in-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/africas-1st-solar-bus-unveiled-in-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa\u2019s 1st solar bus unveiled in Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"
A solar-powered bus described by its Ugandan makers as the first in Africa has been driven in public.<\/p>\n
Kiira Motors’ Kayoola prototype electric bus was shown off at a stadium in Uganda’s capital, Kampala.<\/p>\n
One of its two batteries can be charged by solar panels on the roof which increases the vehicle’s 80km (50 mile) range.<\/p>\n
The makers now hope to attract partners to help manufacture the bus for the mass market.<\/p>\n
Kiira Motors’ chief executive Paul Isaac Musasizi told BBC News that he had been “humbled” by the large and positive reaction to the test drive.<\/p>\n