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that are open to collaboration.
" I'd like to partner with an OEM that
may be interested in re-using end-oflife
motors, batteries and electronics
and applying them to the low-cost
Afreecar kit. Some companies are alDr.
Chris Borroni-Bird's creativity has
influenced many advanced mobility concepts.
The Create the Future Design Contest
was launched in 2002 by SAE Media's
Tech Briefs group to help stimulate and
reward engineering innovation. The
contest covers eight categories.
Borroni-Bird, who has spent considerable
time in Africa observing and
learning potential use cases, describes
Afreecar as " a low-cost, briefcase-sized
e-kit. " It includes a small lithium-ion
battery module, electric motor and
electronics and can be fitted with a solar
panel. Afreecar is designed to be
produced locally and easily attached to
various non-motorized vehicles, including
tricycles, hand carts, wheelbarrows
and wagons. The e-kit also serves as an
power source to drive (via a powertakeoff)
water pumps, corn grinders
and to deliver electricity for cellphones,
ventilators, dialysis machines and other
agricultural, healthcare and communication
devices (https://vimeo.
com/433832992).
Borroni-Bird recently entered an advisory
partnership with EVage (https://
www.evage.in/), an Indian EV startup
focused on small, simple and low-cost
commercial vehicles for the India market.
He said the relationship could extend
to a manufacturing arrangement,
" although I can't say yet whether
Afreecar will use a licensing model, " he
noted. " I've always thought that this
would be made in rural Africa or India.
A kit is easier to make and assemble
than a complete vehicle. It would be
great to share the EVage supply base
for electric components and so forth.
" EVage were excited before the partnership,
but the Create the Future Award
reinforces it, " Borroni-Bird asserted. " It's
a third-party validation. " He added a
shout-out to companies working on EVs
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ready looking at what to do with endof-life
EV batteries and are looking for a
good second-use market. There is plenty
of life left in those components for
this application. "
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