Kenya’s automobile industry will change drastically in 2025. Local production of vehicles has become more popular due to the adoption of electric mobility by the citizens.
MojaEVKenya, located in Nairobi, will start the electric vehicle assembly process later this year, and its assembly shop will be based in Mombasa.
The company is in collaboration with the Associated Vehicle Assemblers Ltd (AVA), that have an interest in importing the EVs to assemble them in the country.
On the other hand, a Chinese-owned auto manufacturer, Chery Automobile, is in cooperation with an automobile manufacturer based in Kenya (Afrigreen Automobile Ltd) in the project of establishing a new electric vehicle assembly plant.
Thousands of jobs will be available, with several thousand vehicles being produced annually by the new plant.
Electric car registration is improving rapidly in Kenya. The registered EVs have, in fact, doubled within a year. The government is also attempting to ensure that electric vehicles will be more widely sold in the immediate future as well.
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The switch of policy has been one of the contributing factors to the growth. The taxation of the incentive facility and national measures of e-mobility are attracting investors to channel their attention towards local manufacturing.
Industry analysts believe that the switch would help in making new cars affordable. It would also lessen the fuel dependence and employment, too, as far as the sector is concerned.
There are challenges affecting this sector. They include: High price of EVs, lack of charging stations, and insufficient dependability of the energy sources.
Other startups are venturing into new opportunities. These vary from mobile charging systems to battery subscription systems, which offer a cheaper way of accessing electric vehicles to Kenyans.
