Kenya promotes electric buses for environmental protection
STORY: Kenya promotes electric buses for environmental protection
DATELINE: June 7, 2023
LENGTH: 0:03:05
LOCATION: Nairobi
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of electric bus
2. STANDUP (English): RUTH BARU, Xinhua reporter
3. SOUNDBITE (English): MOSES NDERITU, Chief Revenue Officer, BasiGo
STORYLINE:
A Kenyan electric bus company has cooperated with Chinese EV maker BYD to take electric buses to the streets of Nairobi, hoping to contribute to Kenya's efforts to cope with climate change.
Under the partnership between BasiGo and BYD, 17 electric buses have been put into operation in Nairobi.
STANDUP (English): RUTH BARU, Xinhua reporter
"Kenya's transport system is slowly transitioning to the use of electronic vehicles. This particular station can charge up to six buses at a time. Mostly, public transport contributes to 40 percent of the air pollution in the city, according to BasiGo. The use of electric vehicles is expected to reduce this pollution significantly and more so reduce transport costs, a
- Product Code
- ILEA001406383
- Registered date
- 2023/6/07 00:00:00
- Credit
- Xinhua / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Xinhua News Agency.All Rights Reserved
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- 1920 × 1080 pixel
- Deployment size
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