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Dinas and Pollard GoElectricTT partners

THE partnership between former Trinidad and Tobago cricketers Dinanath Ramnarine and Kieron Pollard has signed an agreement with the Washington-based IDB Lab for the investment of reimbursable and non-reimbursable financing in their start-up, GoElectricTT.“With an initial fleet of 15 vehicles, the start-up will focus on the business sector of Trinidad and Tobago and target companies that typically own or lease fleets. It will seek to lower the perceived risk of investment, allowing citizens to experience the benefits in terms of cost and sustainability, without making a long-term commitment, and encouraging them to transition to an electric environment,” it stated.

“IDB Lab, the innovation and venture laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group), will invest reimbursable and non-reimbursable financing in the start-up GoElectricTT to launch a new business model that aims to catalyse the adoption of electric vehicles in Trinidad and Tobago,” a release stated.“In August 2022, GoElectricTT, my fellow co-founder and director, Kieron Pollard and I embarked on a mission to positively impact our region. After months of brainstorming, we honed in on electric vehicles (EVs) as a solution to address emissions reduction. Our partnership with the IDB was solidified during our positive meeting with IDB’s representative in Trinidad and Tobago, Carina Cockburn and her team, in November 2022,” Ramnarine stated.

“Trinidad and Tobago has a total of more than 800,000 vehicles for a population of approximately 1.4 million people. Most of these vehicles have internal combustion engines, which produce pollution and contribute to climate change. Despite fiscal incentives on the importation of electric vehicles as a way to move toward a low-carbon future, the adoption of these vehicles has been slow—accounting for less than 1% of new registrations,” it stated.

So Trinidad done with the oil business now.

In reply to carl0002

Petrotrin mothballed and for sale...
Approx 50,000 barrels of oil per day produced now.

LNG once produced 4.4 billion cub ft per day
Approx 2.2 billion cub ft per day produced now.
Plants in Pt Lisas being mothballed.

In 8 years PM Rowley has accomplished nothing...other than approaching 6,000 murders in his tenure.