Electric mobility promoted in Rwanda, environmental and economic impact on Kigali city

Abstract

Kigali city is one of smart cities in Africa, guiding citizens to a clean orientation with low pollution emissions is a target of the city. Rwanda has intention to reduce the emissions through promoting E-mobility. This paper was intended to assess how ICE-users can shift to e-mobility, they understand the cost of a city to be smart, 64.5 % of respondents agreed to drive e-vehicles,39.9 % of respondents interested to buy e-car but recommend that E-Mobility infrastructures such faster chargers should be available at low cost, 65% of respondents agreed that E-Mobility enable air quality improvement, 68% suggested on station allocation and 69% agreed that the system contribute to energy saving and noise reductions. Chi-square results indicated ICE – vehicle users will shift to electric cars.