Electric Vehicle Charging Station Inaugurated in Lagos

The federal government has inaugurated another solar-powered electric vehicle charging station in Lagos, the second such station after the one inaugurated in Sokoto recently by the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC).

The project, built by the NADDC, was inaugurated at the University of Lagos.

The first electric vehicle in Nigeria, the Hyundai Kona, was assembled by Stallion recently.

Three models of the vehicle – the Hyundai Kona EV, the Jet EV Van and the Electric Vehicle – developed by the engineering students of the University of Lagos were tested in the newly inugurated station.

The director-general of NADDC, Jelani Aliyu, stated that the EV Charging Station is 100 per cent solar-powered.

According to him, the installation consists of 60 PV Monocrystalline Solar arrays (panels), with a capacity of 86.4 kilowatts per hour.

He said, “The power bank consists of 36 units of dry cell, deep cycle batteries of up to 95Kwh storage capacity.

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, said the development is part of the Muhammadu Buhari administration‘s initiative “to promote advanced technology transfer and the development of domesticated human capital.”

 

-Theeagle

 

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