In a courageous step towards environmentally friendly motorsport, EV Explorers Kenya presented the first electric vehicle with zero emissions that take part in the legendary Rhino charge.
The innovation is a large milestone in sustainable mobility and presses the limits of electrical transport beyond the city roads and into some of the hardest terrain.
These efforts also match the maintenance efforts listed by the Rhino Ark Charitible Trust.
During the start on the Carnivore site in Nairobi, Africa Practice Partner and EV Explorers team leader Richard Kiplagat said: “We are proud to be the first team to try the Rhino load with a vehicle with zero emissions.”
He emphasized the connection between climate change and preservation.
“A car with zero emissions is not only a brave innovation, but also proof that sustainable technology has a place even under the hardest conditions.”
The debut of an electric vehicle in rhino in the case of rhino underlines the growing shift of the Kenya in the direction of sustainable transport, supported by future -oriented government policy and an increasing awareness of environmental responsibility.
Kiplagat said that the energy and oil regulatory authority (EPRA) recently emphasized important political interventions in its latest report on energy and oil statistics.
This includes the introduction of a special e-mobility tariff, reducing the consumption tax from electric vehicles from 20 percent to 10 percent and fully electrical cars from value creation (VAT).
Nick Foley, the engineer of EV Explorer, emphasized the wider influence of the team's team.
“Providing that electric vehicles can endure extreme terrain is only the beginning. The actual chance is how this breakthrough can inspire innovations in vehicle design, in energy systems and sustainable infrastructure,” he said.
He added: “Kenya has the talent and the ambition to lead this transformation, and initiatives such as EV discoverers are catalysts for investments, cooperation and ingenuity.”
The deputy managing director of the Rhino Ark Ark Charitible Trust, Gloria Waswa, welcomed the development and explained: “The Rhino charge has always asked the teams to be innovative and respect the landscapes that we want to protect and the greeting of the first electric vehicle in this competition is not just a tool for endurance, but also a platform for preserving.
The project is supported by a strong consortium of partners, including Africa practice, base titanium, Valar, Kengen, KCB, Gulf Energy, Maxxis, Safaricom, Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, Africa Bridge Fund and Axum. Kenya's commitment to air -conditioning solutions in several industries shows her collective support.
During the start event it became known that the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum actively drives this dynamic.
One of the most important political measures is the Kenyan National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy (2020), which strives for an annual increase in electric vehicles by 5 percent.
Kenya also signed the COP26 declaration to support the global shift to 100 percent zero emission vehicles.
According to EV Explorers Engineer Foley, the team does the story by being the first electric vehicle group to take over the Rhino load.
“We are a premiere in the introduction of the electrical drive into the toughest 4×4 events in the world, Rhino load and prove that sustainable technologies can hand over the distance. This is excitedly excited, especially because it is also a victory for the preservation, one that drives the efforts to a sustainable environment and planet earth,” he said.
He noticed that the competition for the support of the Nashorn Arche and to finance his nature conservation work is a noble goal.
The Rhino Arche, founded in 1988, was founded and was created to combat the growing threat to the Black Rhino population of Kenya in the Aberdare ecosystem.
First, the mission built to finance a protection fence for the Kenya Wildlife Service.
For decades, the annual rhino has been testing both skills and perseverance and at the same time served as an important fundraiser for preservation.
Since its foundation, the event has raised over 2.4 billion SH. These funds supported the construction of 780 kilometers of electrical fences and protected over 80,000 families from conflicts between humans and child protection.
The protected ecosystems of the Aberdares, Mount Kenya and the Mau -Wald, together offer ecological services worth 412 billion KSH per year.
“Since its completion in 2009 and the formal commissioning in 2010 by the late President Mwai Kibaki, the fence has successfully restricted the poaching, protected wild animals and reduced conflicts for human beige,” said Director Waswa.
She added that Rhino Ark also supports the preservation of other critical ecosystems, including Mount Kenya, Kakamega, Mau and Mount Eburu.
The organization continues to work for long -term solutions that protect the most important water towers of the Kenya, preserve the biological diversity and promote peaceful coexistence between humans and wild animals.