Electric vehicles in Kenya surge to 35,000 in 2025, driven by e-motorcycles


NAIROBI, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The number of electric vehicles in Kenya rose to 35,000 at the end of 2025, Kenya Power, the country's national electricity distributor, said on Wednesday.

The firm said in a statement released in the capital Nairobi that the surge from 5,294 in 2024, according to industry data, was due to increased adoption of electric two-wheelers (motorcycles).

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