Engine To Electric Converters

Power Wheels Electricals

Engine To Electric Converters

We convert fuel motorcycles into electric and provide flexible payment options for female commercial riders.

Kampala, Uganda

Uganda

For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models

In Uganda, the urban transport backbone is commercial motorcycle taxis (boda-bodas) that are fossil fuel-based which leads to a double crisis of exorbitant operating expenses for commercial riders and intense environmental degradation (every gas motorcycle emits ~1.5 tons of CO₂ annually). Only 12% of Uganda's 1.2 million riders are women and they are trapped in low-paying jobs as drivers or passengers and transport accounts for 12% of national emissions. Transport around the world accounts for 20% of CO₂ and poor countries bear the health and economic burden of air pollution. Locally, 1.2 million gas motorcycles in Uganda emit 1.8 million tons of CO₂ every year. Women face 60% higher loan rejection rates which traps them in poverty. Global, 75% of transportation emissions are from road transport. Transition to EVs would cut 70% of city air pollution mortality.

At power wheels electricals we convert gas-powered boda-boda motorcycles into affordable electric vehicles (EVs) through a woman-led model involving retrofitting technology, pay-as-you-go funding and skill training. How It Works, Conversion Kits. We convert gas bikes with locally produced EV kits (battery, motor, controller) cutting fuel costs by 70% and emissions by 90%. Inclusive Financing. Women receive conversions at a pay as you go basis enabling them to repay with flexible mobile payments tied to earnings (daily/weekly). Training. We upskill women in EV maintenance and entrepreneurship hence creating jobs in a male-dominated sector. Technology. Our kits employ lithium-ion batteries (150km range) and IoT-enabled tracking for payment compliance and battery swaps. Impact. 71 bikes converted, 25 tons CO₂ reduced, 100+ women trained.

We target all commercial motorcycle riders while special emphasis is put to poor women commercial motorcycle riders and Ugandan businesswomen who are a demographic systematically excluded from transportation ownership by economic barriers (80% are unbanked and lack loan access) and patriarchal cultural norms in the male-dominated boda-boda market. Our target customers face exorbitant upfront charges of up to $300 plus per conversion which locks women out of EV benefits. Only 1 in 100 motorbike riders are women and they are mostly passenger riders earning less than $3 a day. The 40% of riders' income spent on fuel and gas bikes that pollute neighborhoods. How We Change Lives. Pay-as-you-go finance enables women to own EVs hence doubling incomes by eliminating fuel costs. EV maintenance training provides jobs (80% of our technicians are female). Zero-emission bikes reduce respiratory disease which are responsible for 28% of Kampala hospital admissions and CO₂.