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Kenya recorded a 600 percent increase in registration of EVs in 2023. The EV imports have risen by 1.6 percent in 2023 from 0.17 percent. According to EPRA, the country’s EV fleet currently comprises over 3,700 registered units, with approximately 90 percent being 2- and 3-wheelers.
The Energy, Petroleum, and Regulatory Authority (EPRA) of Kenya is urging its citizens to embrace electric vehicles (EVs) to cut the toxic emissions from combustion vehicles. The regulator has lined up a nationwide campaign to promote the adoption of clean vehicles with the support of the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Kenya is aiming to attain a 5 percent market share of all newly imported vehicles being fully electric by 2025.
Kenya recorded a 600 percent increase in registration of EVs in 2023. The EV imports has risen by 1.6 percent in 2023 from 0.17 percent. According to EPRA, the country’s EV fleet currently comprises over 3,700 registered units, with approximately 90 percent being 2- and 3-wheelers.
Kenya has introduced incentives to investors and prospective buyers to spur the use of EVs, which has risen by 1.6 percent in 2023 from 0.17 percent, which comprises over 3,700 registered units.
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Last year, the Authority introduced a bulk Sh16 per KWH tariff for EVs charging at designated e-ports, encouraging Kenyans to acquire electric vehicles. The Electric Vehicle Charging and Battery Swapping Infrastructure Guidelines set out individual pricing regimes for e-bikes, e-motorcycles, e-cars, e-trucks, and e-buses. Higher prices for electric vehicles and lack of charging stations remain some of the challenges being faced in this regard.
