The national university of science and technology is designing an electric trolley bus for Zimbabwe the Herald reports.
The project is a collaboration between the NUST innovation hub and WISE Africa according to the publication:
Aleck Ncube, acting director of the NUST Innovation Hub, says the Faculty of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering will be working with Wise-Africa Technologies in a private- public partnership project that is set to introduce the latest technology of an integrated electric trolley train bus
Innovation Hubs were set on every University to foster innovations and inventions in graduates. According to NUST’s VC, the project is a well developed concept that had been researched since 13 years ago.
More: The Herald
Brilliant! But what will it run on? Zim hasn’t got enough ZESA to power a small light bulb. Maybe NUST’s energy would be better employed developing a 48 seater Scotch Cart!