….wins Nigeria’s ‘Electric Vehicle Company of the Year’ award
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L-R: Emmanuel Rosilu, Head, Business Development; Sanjay Rupani, Director of Sales and Oluwemimo Osanipin, Chief Operating Officer, all of JET Systems Limited after winning the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) award as the ‘Electric Vehicle Company of the Year’ at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos recently.
Nigeria’s quest towards the shift from fossil fuel towards cleaner fuel has continued to resonate with the recent award to a promoter and assembler of electric range of buses in the country.
On February 9, 2023 inside the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, Jet Systems Automobile Industries Limited recieved the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) ‘Electric Vehicle Company of the Year’ award.
Director of Sales and Marketing of the company, Sanjay Rupani, stated that, “We are delighted to have received the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) award. We interpret this recognition as a challenge to accomplish more in terms of development and innovation”.
He also said Jet Systems set out ambitious plans in years to come to ensure the transformation in E- mobility space in Nigeria.
Part of these plans, he said, is to promote the adoption of E-mobility in Nigeria and educate the public on electric vehicles (EVs).
“We will also encourage relevant stakeholders such as governments at various levels, financiers, investors, general public, and the other assemblers to come together and develop the policies that will promote the systems.”
Jet Systems Automobile Industries Limited also plans to introduce more products that will meet different needs of mobility options at a budget-friendly price, in addition to innovating to provide energy solutions as it relates to electric vehicles.
Sanjay Rupani identified the target audience of Jet Electric Vehicles in the country to include all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of government, corporate entities, schools, transport companies and other logistics support providers.
He expressed hope that some of the impediments towards vehicle electrification in Nigeria such as epileptic power source, high acquisition cost, lack of government initiatives to encourage and promote the adoption of EV and inadequate charging infrastructure can be addressed.
In his own reaction, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company, Oluwemimo Osanipin, reflected on some of the constraints facing automotive assemblers in Nigeria.
The COO also frowned at the cost of funding in Nigeria which he noted is extremely high and as much as 28 percent annually.
Osanipin regretted that apart from the current duty structure in the country that is unfavorable for assemblers, the hydra-headed problems of multiple taxes, porous border that facilitates the influx of gray importation remains a major concern that hampers auto assemblers bottomline.
The COO declared that the expectations of electric vehicle assemblers from the federal government should be to initiate policies that will encourage people to invest in EVs and also improve the use of EVs.
Founded in 2018 by a team of passionate professionals, Jet Motor Company started with its flagship brand, the Jet Mover, a multipurpose van to push the adoption of locally made vehicles.
The company’s main aim was to go into the production of electric vehicles from the start.
After about three years of research, testing and development, the company was finally able to achieve its objective with JET EV.
