[HTML][HTML] Ray of hope for sub-Saharan Africa's paratransit: Solar charging of urban electric minibus taxis in South Africa

CJ Abraham, AJ Rix, I Ndibatya, MJ Booysen - Energy for Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
… This paper focuses on paratransit, a common feature in sub-Saharan Africa, which transports
more than 70% of the region's commuters. One urgent outcome of the United Nations' …

[PDF][PDF] Ray of hope for electric paratransit: solar PV charging of sub-Saharan Africa's urban minibus taxis

CJ Abraham, AJ Rix, I Ndibatya, MJ Booysena - 2021 - engrxiv.org
… Contribution This paper explores the energy requirements of electric minibus taxis in an
urban paratransit system, on 142 journeys within and between towns and cities. Over a year’s …

Walking on sunshine: Pairing electric vehicles with solar energy for sustainable informal public transport in Uganda

MJ Booysen, CJ Abraham, AJ Rix, I Ndibatya - Energy Research & Social …, 2022 - Elsevier
… and charging opportunities, given the unique paratransit mobility … the energy requirements
of electric minibus taxis, which will … on the mobility of minibus taxis in sub-Saharan Africa and …

[PDF][PDF] Informal Transport: A Review of Paratransit across Sub Saharan Africa

A Hernandez Berga - 2024 - studenttheses.uu.nl
… , paratransit, motorcycle taxis, minibus taxis, and Africa. Informal transport and paratransit
were … This view contains a critique of persistent unequal power systems in modern Africa. As …

e-Quantum leap on a data highway: Planning for electric minibus taxis in sub-Saharan Africa's paratransit system

I Ndibatya - 2021 - ucudir.ucu.ac.ug
… requirements and charging opportunities for electric minibus paratransit in three African cities
… for solar charging of eMBTs in South Africa [38]. We assess the energy requirements of the …

Using solar PV and stationary storage to buffer the impact of electric minibus charging in grid-constrained sub-Saharan Africa

JH Giliomee, BG Pretorius, L Füßl, B Thomas… - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Sub-Saharan Africa is largely dependent on its paratransit network for providing transport,
as it transports more than 70% of daily commuters [4] with approximately 250,000 taxis in …

Decarbonising South Africa's long-distance paratransit: Battery swapping with solar-charged minibus trailers

JH Giliomee, MJ Booysen - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2023 - Elsevier
… the shores of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with plans to electrify the notorious mini-bus taxi
(… to serve long-distance paratransit with electric minibus taxis using swappable battery bank …

e-Quantum leap: Planning for electric minibus taxis in sub-Saharan Africa's paratransit system

MJ Booysen, CJ Abraham, I Ndibatya… - … Futures in Urban Africa, 2022 - Springer
sub-Saharan Africa may hamper the transition from combustion engine powered minibus
taxis to electric minibussolar photovoltaic to power the electric minibus taxi charging stations. …

[HTML][HTML] Simulating mobility to plan for electric minibus taxis in Sub-Saharan Africa's paratransit

JH Giliomee, C Hull, KA Collett, M McCulloch… - … Research Part D …, 2023 - Elsevier
sub-Saharan Africa paratransitcharging infrastructure can subsequently be planned
according to these results and assist in the e-mobility transition of paratransit in Sub-Saharan Africa

Electrification of minibus taxis in the shadow of load shedding and energy scarcity

MJ Booysen, CJ Abraham, AJ Rix… - South African Journal of …, 2022 - scielo.org.za
… evaluated the readiness of paratransit in sub-Saharan Africa to transition to electric vehicles.
They … the opportunity to charge from solar PV to reduce the load on the electrical grid and to …