This new form of public transport also reduces emissions and promotes green transport.
JOHANNESBURG - Imagine charging your phone on a bus.
That’s just one of the perks of a South African innovation, the electric-powered bus.
This new form of public transport also reduces emissions and promotes green transport.
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“We are 90 percent cheaper on operational costs, so it’s much easier for the bus industry to use an electrical bus,” said MiPower's chief marketing officer, Alilali Ramabulana.
The zero-emission bus works on batteries and if it gets stuck, a phone call from the bus driver to Mi-Power gets a power bank sent to its location.
It's still a long road ahead before one of these will pull up at your local bus stop.
But the company is hoping to sell to municipalities once the full fleet is out.
