Abstract
Planning for eventual electrification of transport in sub-Saharan Africa
requires accurate simulation of its unique transport systems. The few
studies that attempt to model electric minibus taxis – vehicles
extensively used in sub-Saharan Africa’s public transport systems –
vary greatly in their results. In this paper, we analyse, compare and
correct the only two existing studies that project energy efficiency
values of electric minibus taxis in the region. One of the studies
projected an efficiency of 0.39kWh/km, while the other projected
0.93kWh/km. We carefully analyse the simulation tools and models and
cumulatively applying corrections from literature and scientific
analyses. As a result, we eliminate the discrepancy between the two
simulation tools for a given data input and obtain a final efficiency
estimation that ranges from 0.49–0.52kWh/km, depending on the input
data.