Kantanka Automobile to hit market with electric vehicles

Kantanka Automobile will soon introduce electric vehicles (EV) onto the Ghanaian market.

Already, the company has commenced efforts to locally build the vehicles to enhance the country’s drive towards the use of electric cars.

Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister of Environment, Science Technology and Innovation, disclosed this in a statement read on his behalf at a dissemination workshop on Electric Mobility Technology (EMT) Policy for implementation in Ghana, held on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, in Accra.

The company’s General Manager, Mr Francis Kudjorjie, said in an interview that Kantanka had successfully completed a pilot phase of electric car manufacturing, paving the way for full commercialisation by December this year.

This move will be a positive development in the history of Kantanka Automobile.

The general manager said the successful introduction of electric cars would be “a mover for the nation”.

“We are already complaining about fuel increases but with the coming in of electric cars, we believe that it will cut down most of our demand for fuel and move the nation forward,” he said on July 17.

The Kantanta brand of vehicles is gradually been welcomed by Ghanaians into the market.

Unlike normal cars which rely on petrol, diesel or gas to function, electric cars are powered by electricity, making them a preferred option for a world fighting to contain the increasing emission of carbon dioxide and its effects on global warming.

2017 Sales

Kantanka Automobile, a subsidiary of the Kantanka Group of Companies, was founded by Dr Kwadwo Safo of Kristo Asafo fame.

The company started commercial production and sale of vehicles in 2015.

Since then, its general manager says, it has been growing on an annual basis.

Touching on sales, Mr Kudjorjie said 2018 had been exciting with about 300 vehicles sold so far.

Last year, he said the company sold some 400 units locally.

“This year, sales have been good. We have just crossed the first half of the year and we have made 300 sales so far,” he said.

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