01 — Who we are
Motion ElectricAn African electric mobility start-up.
MOT-E designs electric vehicles for the way Africa moves: through cities, across farms and parks, and out into open country. We start from the roads, loads and distances people here deal with every day, and design the vehicle around them.
What drives us
Two passions, one vehicle.
Mobility
Getting people, goods and work moving on electric power, whether the road is tarmac, murram or nothing at all.
Design
Vehicles people are proud to own: honest hardware, a clear identity and details that each do a job.
Equinoxia
02 — Our first model
Concept 01, designed by DLL Studios
The name
Named after the equinox.
Twice a year the sun passes directly over the equator, and day and night run to roughly the same length everywhere on Earth. Kenya sits on that line.
Equinoxia is named for that moment of balance: equal parts work and play, city and wild. As MOT-E's first model, it sets the direction for everything we build next.
The idea
Half side-by-side. Half micro car.
Think Can-Am Defender
Side-by-side
Payload, ground clearance and the toughness to work off-road all day.
Think Citroën Ami
Micro car
Small, simple and electric. Easy to park, charge and live with every day.
= Equinoxia. A compact electric utility vehicle with a closed two-seat cabin, built to work hard during the week and go anywhere at the weekend.
Concept specification
Concept targets. Final figures will be confirmed through prototype testing.
03 — What it's for
Built for work and the wild.
In the city
Small enough for city traffic.
A compact footprint for crowded streets and tight parking, with CCS2 fast charging at the kerb.
Everyday life
The weekly shop. The weekend off.
A cargo box and bed for the market run, and a quiet electric ride out to the park after.
On the farm
Works the farm.
All-terrain tyres, recovery hooks and a bed for tools, feed and produce. Quiet enough to work around livestock.
Patrol & conservation
Silent on patrol.
Electric drive lets rangers cover ground without disturbing the wildlife they protect.
Where Equinoxia works
One vehicle. Ten jobs.
Wherever a side-by-side is too raw and a car is too big, Equinoxia fits.
01Adventure & overlanding
Roof carrier, spare and recovery hooks as standard
Conservancies & rangers
Anti-poaching and ranger patrols in silence
03Farm life
Feed, tools and produce across the farm, quietly
Factories & industrial sites
People and parts around large compounds
05Military & patrol
Compact and quiet for perimeter and base patrol
Mining & construction
Crew and kit transport across rough sites
07Urban utility
Small footprint, trunk bed, CCS2 charging
Campuses & estates
Security, maintenance and shuttle runs
09Resorts & lodges
Guest transfers and game-drive support without engine noise
Film, events & expeditions
Crew and gear where vans can't go
Engineering
Built on a steel space frame.
Simple, repairable hardware: a tube frame, a battery in the floor and one motor at the back. Keep scrolling to see through the body.
Space frame
Welded steel tube chassis with an integrated roll cage around the cabin.
Floor battery
A flat pack in the floor between the axles keeps weight low and inside the frame, with 22 cm of clearance underneath.
Rear motor
A 150 hp electric motor at the rear axle drives the rear wheels. Weight low, drive at the back.
Concept target, to be confirmed through prototype testing.
Suspension
Coil-over shocks at each corner on all-terrain tyres, with recovery hooks front and rear.
Layout
Weight low. Drive at the back.
Battery between the axles, motor over the rear axle, cabin and cargo bed above. Frame in silver, battery in gold, motor in orange.
Utility
Carries the day.
A bed for the load, a roof for the kit and a plug for the night. Charge kama simu.
Trunk bed with cargo net and drop tailgate, for crates, tools and bags.
CCS2 fast charging behind a flip-up flap, and a roof carrier with spare and straps.
Interior
Two seats. Sound in the frame.
Two bucket seats, speaker pods in the roof crossbar and a subwoofer between the seats.
Gallery
Every angle.
Equinoxia, Concept 01
04 — Who's behind it
DLL Studios
Equinoxia was designed by Kennedy Mutua at DLL Studios. The studio took it from first idea to a complete 3D model: exterior, interior, materials, engineering layout and the MOT-E identity.
Where we are
A finished concept. Next, a prototype you can drive.
The design work is done. The next step is one working Equinoxia that proves the design on real roads.
- DoneBrand & identity
- DoneConcept design
- Done3D model & engineering layout
- Our goalDriveable prototype
- NextRoad testing
- NextPilot customers
Build it with us
We're looking for partners to build the prototype.
- 01EngineeringChassis, suspension and vehicle integration
- 02Powertrain & batteryMotor, pack and CCS2 charging hardware
- 03Build & fabricationBody, frame and first-unit assembly
- 04Pilot customersFarms, resorts, fleets and patrol units to test it
MOT-E
Moving Africa, electric.
Partner with us to build the first Equinoxia. Twende electric.