Lawmakers in the European Parliament plenary voted to authorize that new vehicles and vans should be zero emissions from 2035 as part of efforts to clean up road transport.
The lawmakers backed the final report on revised vehicle Co2 emission standards legislation with 339 in favour, 249 against and with 24 abstentions. This would mean that in 2035, the major car manufacturers under the EU will have to switch to electric cars. While the process to fade combustion engines from the market might be slow in the EU and even slower in countries that import cars from there.
Interestingly Nigeria is not new to electric cars. In 2020, the Stallion Group launched the first-ever electric car assembled in Nigeria called the Hyundai Kona. Kona, which is a subcompact SUV was said to be able to travel 482 kilometres with one full charge for 9 hours and 35 minutes. If a new car uses 1 litre of petrol to travel 12 kilometres, one full charge of petrol would have been equal to at least 40 litres.
But the main issue with electric cars and Nigeria has never been the price of the car. Sometimes, it isn’t even the road that a potential car owner would worry about, but where to charge the car.
The National Automotive Design and Development Council initiated an electric vehicle pilot program. The NADDC collaborated with the Stallion Group, European Union and other stakeholders to roll out 100 solar-powered electric vehicle charging stations across the country.
Sokoto became the first state in Nigeria to launch a solar-powered electric car charging station. Since then, three other charging stations have been built in Lagos State University, Usman Dan Fodio University, and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
A Nigerian company called Metro Africa Xpress, or MAX NG has manufactured electric motorbikes which can travel 160km with a rider and 120km with a passenger.
One Mr. Abubakar Mustapha from Borno state made Nigeria’s first electric minibuses which can carry up to 7 passengers and travel up to 120 to 150 kilometres at full charge.
The BYD Dolphin is an all-electric subcompact hatchback produced by the Chinese manufacturer BYD Auto since 2021. It is due to be released as the EA1 and BYD Atto 2 outside of China. Since its announcement and introduction to the market, this car has seen sales rocket by 162.03% year-over-year.
Not only is its design modern and sleek, but it has also been championed as the cheapest electric car on the market at about $15,000 USD. While this vehicle has the global car community interested, it’s a wonder if and when the vehicle will make its way to Nigeria.
What is certain now is that the state of electricity and roads in the country would make maintenance of electric cars expensive now but could become cost-effective in the long run. However, the fact is that electric vehicles are environmentally friendly.
As the world moves forward to using renewable energy sources and pushes for zero emissions of fossil electric cars, will it ever become the new normal for Nigeria?
There’s is nothing wrong with fossil fuels, apologies in advance for the long comment. If renewable energy sources were so great why would Germany, one of the biggest economies using renewable energy, start firing up their coal power plants again? If renewable energy was so reliable why are the EU countries trying to fill up natural gas (a finished product of fossil fuels) reserves in preparation for the winter (after they decided to sanction Russian energy) instead of stacking up on solar panels and wind turbines (mills)?
Since Germany embarked on this green campaign for over a decade or so, the household energy costs have been climbing not dropping. But compared to France, that has nuclear as their main power source, energy costs have dropped.
Solar panels are partly made of coal by the way and you can not use solar energy to create solar energy, same thing goes with wind mills. You cannot industrialize your economy on solar and wind, otherwise the most productive economies (like India and China) would have instead of using natural gas, oil, hydro, geothermal or nuclear.
It comes down to if higher CO2 levels are even bad and if human actions/fossil fuel consumption are the cause. Currently Co2 accounts for just over 400 parts per million (ppm) in the atmosphere, that’s 0.0004%. During the great lockdown in 2020, the world was almost at a stand still with very minimum transportation and movement, and yet the Co2 levels climbed during this period according to the Mauna Loa Observatory. One would think that in such a controlled setting, as best as we could have realistically, the Co2 levels would go down but they didn’t so maybe we don’t have much of an effect on those levels. Besides, there have been times in the past where the Co2 levels have been above 800 ppm and the earth was fine, otherwise we wouldn’t he here today. Temperatures on earth have been cyclical for millions of years, we’ve had very cold periods and very hot ones and yet the earth is still here.
Net zero is impossible because as humans we breathe out Co2 and the more Co2 available, the taller trees and other plants grow as they need it for food. Net zero is the end of the human race and trying to move a way from reliable energy sources – hydrocarbons/fossil fuels to unreliable ones like wind and solar is reversing human civilization and is actually bad for the environment. What happens to the solar panels after their supposed 25 year cycle? How are they recycled? Have you seen how much more space a solar field takes compared to other energy plants like nuclear? And the batteries that store the energy or power the electric vehicles, have you seen how damaging cobalt and lithium mining is in those areas where those deposits are obtained?
Electric cars are more expensive than internal combustion vehicles and this is in spite of the subsidies made available by numerous countries around the world. Electric cars are not built with wind or solar but with fossil fuels. Charging them are also very slow even with a diesel generator talk less of a solar generator at a time with clouds for days and no battery storage. You need to change the batteries every few years and dispose of them, the cars themselves have a low resale value. Personally these ‘renewable sources’ are a scam or some form of money laundering. You might feel good ‘saving the planet’ but earth is largely indifferent to us and is most times hostile towards us (hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes etc). However, with reliable energy resources humans can flourish and be productive to build solutions to advance the human race.
Rentolog electric water technology had been analyzed and found worthy for consumer taste. We give thanks to God who made this innovation possible.
HOW DO IT WORK?
When water is supplied to the tank, the water flows into a region, the region is blocked by an arc as in your conventional dam, the pressure of the water will increase, the arc opens and the pressure reduces. According to Bernoulli principle, the lower the pressure increases the speed of the fluid(water) and higher the pressure, the speed (velocity) reduces. The water speed is maintained by Pascal principle, which states the fluid at a point or region is evenly distributed . The flow to a region of empty space , gravity and magnetic field of the magnet pull it towards the turbine as in the mountain fall But for an effective precision the entrance to the turbine region will be small just like in the spark plug in Internal combustion engine. The reason is for the water to concentrate in the blade of the turbine for turning purposes . As the water turns the turbine , Faraday law of magnetic field will occur, the turning of the turbine blade will convert the circular motion to reciprocating motion. A small electric current will be supplied to the coil and the rotor which strengthens the electricity and supplies it to the battery, and your home. The water will flow back to the tank passing through the non return valve to continue the thermodynamic flow equation. This process conserves energy and requires minimum electricity to operate and also it is efficient. The body of the RET system is made of an insulator to prevent escape of electricity .
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Rentolog electric water technology had been analyzed and found worthy for consumer taste. We give thanks to God who made this innovation possible.
HOW DO IT WORK?
When water is supplied to the tank, the water flows into a region, the region is blocked by an arc as in your conventional dam, the pressure of the water will increase, the arc opens and the pressure reduces. According to Bernoulli principle, the lower the pressure increases the speed of the fluid(water) and higher the pressure, the speed (velocity) reduces. The water speed is maintained by Pascal principle, which states the fluid at a point or region is evenly distributed . The flow to a region of empty space , gravity and magnetic field of the magnet pull it towards the turbine as in the mountain fall But for an effective precision the entrance to the turbine region will be small just like in the spark plug in Internal combustion engine. The reason is for the water to concentrate in the blade of the turbine for turning purposes . As the water turns the turbine , Faraday law of magnetic field will occur, the turning of the turbine blade will convert the circular motion to reciprocating motion. A small electric current will be supplied to the coil and the rotor which strengthens the electricity and supplies it to the battery, and your home. The water will flow back to the tank passing through the non return valve to continue the thermodynamic flow equation. This process conserves energy and requires minimum electricity to operate and also it is efficient. The body of the RET system is made of an insulator to prevent escape of electricity .
I just wanted to make a minor edit. Co2 makes up 0.04% not 0.0004% of the atmosphere. Still insignificant but wanted to be correct.