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Recharge and vroom! Electric cars are here

Opibus CEO Filip Gardler shows how to recharge an electric car at their workshop in Embakasi, Nairobi.

Imagine plugging your car in the socket in the morning and within minutes, vroom! Until a few years ago, this was a dream. Not anymore.

Electric cars are here. One cab-hailing app has a fleet of 30 electric cars. Another company is converting regular cars into electric cars in Kenya.

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