The vice president and presidential candidate for the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that it is his intention to adopt electric vehicles for public transportation when he is elected into power.
According to him, this implementation aims at reducing the cost of public transport between 30 and 40 per cent.
In his first address to the nation, dubbed Ghana’s Next Chapter: Selfless Leadership and bold solutions for the future, in Accra on Wednesday, Dr. Bawumia highlighted how electric vehicles will help reduce transport costs.
“The public transport pricing formula is dominated by two key variables; the price of fuel and spare parts. Electric vehicles do not use petrol or diesel and spare parts are minimal. That is what will bring down the fares for EVs” he stated.
He finally stressed that the use of electric vehicles will make it possible for transport fares to be stable and will not experience increment.
