Dar es Salaam - Tanzania
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Action Plans
It will make electric 3-wheelers appear on the streets of Dar es Salaam for the first time, showcasing the suitability and advantages of electric vehicles.
- It will be placed in 4-5 different locations in the city (central/down-town, commercial, residential and sub-urban) to test various types of locations and environments with respect to the usability of electric three-wheelers. This includes BRT stations and terminals that are served by 3-wheeler-taxis already and where e-mobility can easily adapt to the micro-local context and integrate into the existing system. The city centre will become accessible for electric 3-wheelers exclusively. - Infrastructure will be developed for a physical integration of BRT and electric 3-wheelers. This encompasses the demarcation of parking areas for the 3-wheelers at or next to the BRT stations, installation of (solar-powered) charging infrastructure at the parking areas, and safe walkways to connect BRT passenger platforms and the parking areas. - Development of business models for electric 3-wheelers, reflecting the current ownership structures of the 3-wheelers market and focus on the inclusion of drivers and other existing stakeholders to increase the acceptance. Business models should be affordable for the operators and the project will assure that rental costs are lower (or at least not higher) as compared to the current situation. - Evaluation of the battery type as well as the development of business models for the battery (ownership, battery swapping) with leasing/pay-per-use model, using existing telecom and power distribution boxes to accommodate vehicle charging, fleet bundling, and eco-routing. - Exploration of how-to increase the local added value in the vehicle assembling and knowledge about the maintenance. Collaboration with existing local vehicle assemblers and distributors is therefore envisaged. - Inclusion of the electric 3-wheelers in app-based on-demand mobility services (hailing, intermodal planning, payment, routing, pre-price prediction) including the provision of an open API for third-party developers to foster intermodal routing. - Usage of renewable energy sources. - The demonstration project will consider sustainable life-cycle-coverage from assembling the vehicles up to the disassembling and recycling of sorted-out vehicles and batteries. |