29 Year Old Manufactures First Electric Vehicle in Cameroon

A 29-year-old Cameroonian who goes by the name Darryl Nganou based in Doula, Cameroon, manufactured and tested what is said to be the first electric vehicle in Cameroon by a Cameroonian. In an interview with several media personalities and journalists especially Equinox television a local TV station based in Cameroon, he said it took his team and him three years and some months to brainstorm, conceive and realize the project.

The finished project looks like a tricycle but a three-wheel vehicle that is 100 percent electric. The battery capacity when fully charged covers a distance of approximately 100km and is 10 times more economical as compared to the regular conventional cars that use fuel in Cameroon. Darryl Nganou said

“It took me two years of training, one year of preparation with my team, and an extra two months to realize this project. At the manufacturing level, we had professionals of different domains, like the welder and an electrician,” he told Equinoxe television. The vehicle runs on a 15-kilowatt engine and it is powered by a battery of 10 kilowatts.

“If one kilowatt is 60 francs in Cameroon, 10 kilowatts will cost 600 francs. So 600 francs will cover 100 kilometers compared to a vehicle consuming fuel, which needs 10 liters to cover 100 kilometers and the cost of a liter costs 700 francs. A conventional vehicle will need 7,000 francs to cover the same distance,” Darryl Nganou said.

“One can use the same logic in building a vehicle for transporting goods and people. The car will be entirely electric, with additional electric panels on the cabin. The car can be used for a distance of over 100 kilometers.”

Darryl Nganou further promised Cameroonians that if he gets the finance needed, his team will expand the production of this 100 percent electric vehicle in Cameroon