Electric mobilityActive

Spiro electric motorcycles and battery swapping

Spiro sells electric motorcycles and operates battery-swap infrastructure. Its 22 June 2026 announcement reports 100,000 vehicles and 2,500 swap stations across seven markets. These are company figures, distinct from the earlier October 2025 deployment account.

Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Nigeria, Benin and TogoElectric motorcycles and battery-swap stationsNot stated
Image credit
Street traffic and hillside buildings in Kigali, Rwanda, 2021. Urban transport context; no Spiro motorcycle or swap station is identified.Location context · Elvire Eijkman · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2021 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorSpiro
EcosystemElectric motorcycles and battery-swap stations
StandardNot stated
StatusActive
LocationKenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Nigeria, Benin and Togo
Overview

Inside the project

The October 2025 announcement described commercial operations in six countries and pilots in Tanzania and Cameroon. The June 2026 update reports deployment across seven markets without resolving every country’s operational status.

The earlier end-2025 vehicle target is superseded here by the company’s dated June 2026 deployment account.

On 22 June 2026, Spiro reported closing a US$270 million funding round following a US$55 million NewTrails Capital investment. Its deployment totals are company-reported. The new round is not added to earlier announcements because possible overlap has not been reconciled.

100,000 vehicles
Deployed, company report 22 June 2026
2,500 stations
Battery-swap sites, company report 22 June 2026

Objectives

  • Replace petrol motorcycle taxis with electric motorcycles
  • Expand the battery-swap network supporting electric mobility

Approach

  • Riders swap a depleted battery for a charged one at a station instead of charging, which keeps motorcycle taxis on the road through the day.

Sources

Inspect 2 sources
  1. spironet.com ↗https://www.spironet.com/news/spiro-raises-100-million-in-africas-largest-ever-investment-in-electric-mobility
  2. spironet.com ↗https://www.spironet.com/news/african-ev-platform-spiro-secures-55m-from-chinese-investor-newtrails-capital

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