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Got to ride in the first electric car taxi yesterday 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

Not only was it comfy but the ride was super smooth too 🤗🤗 Vinaka Delana of Vesi Taxis🙃

A vision we couldn't have brought to life without the continued support from the UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji as well as the Fijian Government

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Vinaka Fijian Government for the coverage and support.

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The Fijian Government Ministry of Communications - Official Fijian Government website with information about departments, ministries, news briefs and press releases

A blessed & prosperous Diwali from the team here at the SWITCH Network

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We're proud to exhibit and be a part of PRIF Week 2022 organised by the team at the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility - PRIF, which kickstarted yesterday at Greenhouse Coworking

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PRIF Week 2022 is a unique opportunity for Pacific infrastructure stakeholders to interact, share views, promote their respective services, access pipeline and business opportunities, and support private sector participation (particularly local) in Pacific infrastructure development.

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Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility - PRIF PRIF is a multi-partner coordination and technical assistance facility for improved infrastructure in the Pacific region

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𝐒𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐄𝐕 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐣𝐢

29 SEP. 2022 | SUVA --- The SWITCH Network (SWITCH) launched a new Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Hub at the Kundan Singh Complex in Suva today – one of many planned charging hubs that will connect Nadi and Suva with the goal of covering Viti Levu (Phase 1) as part of the company’s growing contribution to Fiji’s efforts to transition to a blue-green economy.

Its first EV Charging Station with one charger was established as a pilot at Mana Café in Suva in May this year, and the second receiving final approvals this week.

SWITCH was established in 2021 with the aim of developing a renewable energy-based transport ecosystem in Fiji that aligns with Fiji’s wider development ambitions and the target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

Electric vehicles (EVs) are duty exempt in Fiji and easily sourced on the second-hand Japanese market that already supplies most cars in Fiji and the Pacific region.

Recognising that deploying EV charging infrastructure in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) with a limited base of EV users is challenging, SWITCH is developing a green mobility system where it works with public, community and private partners to develop integrated solutions through “green mobility hubs” – the next part of the scaling.

Of encouragement to Fijians wishing to procure vehicles, SWITCH opens up the duty-exempt EV market by ensuring the development of a charger network that will allow seamless, cost-effective, and carbon-neutral transport across Fiji.

The approach is modular and scalable and can be deployed in towns and communities of any size, including in remote island communities with high dependency on fossil fuels.

This network is being developed by SWITCH through its own investments and with support from a 2022 Blue Accelerator Grant Scheme (BAGS) which is being implemented by the Drua Incubator at Fiji’s Ministry of Economy in collaboration with the UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji.

[More on BAGS https://www.undp.org/pacific/blue-accelerator-grant-scheme]

The BAGS Grant is designed to support the development, piloting, and bringing to market, new products, services, and business models that could catalyse commercially viable blue economy activities in Fiji.

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📸 Azaria Fareen

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🗣 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐣𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭.

𝐒𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫
Alex Reddaway

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Fiji launches first-ever electric vehicle charging network at Kundan Singh Supermarket With fossil fuels becoming a major contributor to climate change, Fiji has taken action to ensure that the emissions from vehicles are reduced through

Thanking The Fiji Times for the coverage ✊

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Fiji joins electric vehicle revolution Switch Network Founder and Director of Leaf Capital PTE Limited, Alex Reddaway during the launch at the Kundan Singh Service Station. Picture: ATU RASEA

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Switch Network unveils electric vehicle technology to modernize Fiji's transport sector | 29/09/2022 Switch Network Founder and CEO, Alex Raddaway gives an insight into the electric vehicle technology, which he says is the key to "future-proofing" Fiji's tra...

⚡️The 𝙍𝙀𝙑𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 has begun
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On behalf of our Network Founder, Alex Reddaway, and all those that share with us, the common goal of a , today is the first of many steps that we'll be taking toward achieving that goal 🏆

📸 Azaria Fareen

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⚡️🚘🔋 Ready to CHARGE THE FUTURE with us?