Walking, the bicycle, the petrol boda: each moves people and goods at a real cost. Where the electric bicycle fits, and why it changes the maths for short trips.
Honda’s first product was a motor bolted onto a bicycle. The same logic applies to East Africa’s hundreds of thousands of working bicycles today.
A delivery rider’s income depends on drops made and what each one costs. How a Karaa kit lifts the first and cuts the second, against a petrol boda boda.
An electric bicycle is a normal bike with a motor, battery and controller added. What that means in practice, what it costs, and how it differs from a boda boda.
We are building sturdy electric bicycles to make last mile transportation in Africa faster, cheaper and cleaner.
