Kwara Varsity To Convert Grounded State-owned Buses To Electrical Vehicles
The Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has initiated a move to convert the grounded vehicles of the state-owned transport corporation (Kwara Express) to electrical vehicles (EVs).
The KWASU's technical team, led by the acting vice chancellor, Prof. Shaykh Luqman Jimoh, announced the plan to convert the vehicles to electric ones during a visit to the premises of the transport corporation in Ilorin, the state capital.
The vice chancellor said that his institution possessed the technical know-how to do the conversion seamlessly, adding that one of the vehicles that conveyed his team to Kwara Express headquarters is an electric vehicle just converted by the University.
The chief executive officer of Kwara Harmony Holdings, owners of Kwara Express, Mrs Mojirola Afolayan, expressed delight over the development and commended the state governor, AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq, for coming to their aid through KWASU.
She said the conversion of the vehicles to electric versions would serve as a tremendous relief for the State-owned Transport Corporation.
The acting general manager of Kwara Express, Engr. Yusuf Abubakar, who conducted the team round the premises, described the governor's decision as a good step in the right direction.
The director of KWASU Centre for Sustainable Energy, Dr Adesina Lambe, assured that the job will be done as soon as all necessary arrangements were completed between the government and the institution.
The Head of Technical Unit of the centre, Engr. Azeez Akande, disclosed that an electric vehicle doesn't need fuel, very easy to maintain and saves unnecessary costs unlike a gasoline vehicle that has a lot of components.
He explained that electric vehicle can be fully charged under two hours and it can cover 150-kilometer distance and above on a single charge, pointing out that it doesn't need to be fully charged before putting it on the road.
He added that electric vehicle can be charged by electric, generator or solar power sources.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Saad Belgore Ilorin Airport Yusuf Arowosaye Olajumoke Monsura Gafar Ajike People Support Centre Femtech Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development Vasolar Consortium Gaa Olobi Emir Of Kano Rafiu Olasile Isiaka Rafiu Mope SWAN Kazeem Adekanye Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim Halimat Yusuf Simeon Sule Ajibola Playing Host Jide Oyinloye Ishola Moses Abiodun Government House Tanke Road General Hospital, Ilorin Hassan Saliu Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye Principal Private Secretary Share GGDSS Pakata Sebastine Obasi IYA YUSUF RTEAN Saliu Alamoyo Amuda Aluko Simeon Ajibola Kumbi Titiloye Samari Jamila Bio Ibrahim Baba Idris Asa LGEA School Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem Dasuki Belgore Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu Ayodele Shittu Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq Bolakale Kawu ASKOMP Aminu Adisa Logun Kulende Abdulsalam A. Yusuf The Herald Kwara University Of Education Tanke Flyover Bridge Ramadan Ibrahim Agboola Gambari Olota Of Odo-Owa Moremi High School Tunde Oyawoye Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd Durosinlohun Kawu CKNG Bello Taoheed Abubakar Lanre Jimoh Ronke Adeyemi Omoniyi M. Ayinla Rotimi Samuel Olujide Ado Bayero Aliyu Kora-Sabi Oyin-Zubair Durbar Festival Quarry Royal Valley Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet Agor LAK Jimoh Oba Sulaiman Asude John Olobayo Shagari Sheriff Shagaya

