UGX 700 vs UGX 15,000 per 100 km
Petrol for 100 km on a boda boda costs about UGX 15,000. The same distance on an electric bike costs about UGX 700 of electricity.
Two numbers explain why delivery riders are switching. Moving 100 km on a petrol boda boda burns about UGX 15,000 of fuel. Moving the same 100 km on an electric bike uses about UGX 700 of electricity. That is a twenty-fold difference, paid every single working day.
What that means over a month
Run the month. A courier covering 100 km a day, 26 days a month, spends around UGX 390,000 on petrol. The same work on a Karaa costs about UGX 18,000 in electricity. The difference, UGX 372,000 a month, is more than many riders’ rent.
Servicing costs too
Petrol is only half the bill. A motorcycle needs oil, filters, plugs and engine service every month. An electric bike has no engine to service: no oil, no filters, no carburettor. The motor is warranted for 10,000 km or a year, the battery for 500 charge cycles.
How fast the kit pays for itself
A Karaa Range kit costs UGX 1,650,000. Against savings of roughly UGX 370,000 a month, the kit pays for itself in under five months. After that, the savings belong to the rider.
These figures were reported from our Kampala workshop by The National; the arithmetic holds anywhere petrol is dear, which today is everywhere.
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