PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, 6 November 2026. Nwinnabu Green Life unveiled its electric tricycle in Port Harcourt on 30 October, at an event at Echelon Heights Hotel attended by government officials, traditional rulers, partners, media representatives and members of the public. TYCORUN supplied the first 40 vehicles as complete knock-down (CKD) kits, and they were assembled in Rivers State.
A target of 50,000 tricycles in three years
The project is led by Dr. Douglas Deeka Fabeke, who founded it in Rivers State. At the unveiling, he set a target of replacing more than 50,000 petrol-powered tricycles across the Niger Delta within three years. He pointed to lower transport costs, reduced air and noise pollution, and employment for young people and technical workers.
He said the project would create work through local assembly, maintenance services and the build-out of charging points, and he called on the Rivers State Government, local government councils, transport unions and private sector organisations to support it.
Local jobs from the first batch
Assembly work in Rivers State has already started with the first 40 vehicles. On 6 November, the project announced its first technical supervisors and plans to set up maintenance centres across local government areas ahead of wider deployment.
The vehicle: TYCORUN E6
The TYCORUN E6 is a single-row passenger tricycle, the format Nigerian operators know as the keke. It uses a 3000W permanent magnet synchronous motor and carries a driver and three passengers. Ground clearance is 240 mm, with independent rear suspension for roads that are not always finished.
Each vehicle runs on a 73.6V 119Ah lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) battery pack of about 8.76 kWh and comes with its own 84V 20A charger. A full charge takes roughly five hours at the charger's rated output. TYCORUN supplied the E6 platform, the 40 battery packs and the charging equipment.
A Nigerian client group at TYCORUN's factory and battery swap facility.
About TYCORUN
TYCORUN supplies commercial electric vehicles, lithium battery systems and charging equipment for fleet operators and distributors in emerging markets, including CKD kits for partners handling assembly and after-sales service in-country.
At the China-Africa Private Sector Cooperation Forum in Beijing in October 2026, CEO Raymond Li framed the company's African work as a shift from international trade to local partnership, building cooperation models around each market rather than one-off shipments. The Port Harcourt delivery follows that same path.
Distributors and fleet operators interested in CKD supply can contact TYCORUN for specifications and cooperation terms.
Notes
Order details are from TYCORUN records as of November 2026. Launch details, the 50,000-unit target, the technical supervisor appointments and the maintenance centre plans are as reported by Glance Ogoni Magazine and by the project's own announcements. Pack voltage and capacity are configured per order and differ from catalogue defaults in this instance. Charging time is calculated from pack energy divided by charger rated output and excludes temperature derating and BMS current limits.
