A former Senator representing Kwara South at the National Assembly, Rafiu Ibrahim, on Tuesday said he is proud of the “exploit” of a young Kwaran, Sodrudeen Mustapha who was part of the Gunsel Team that built an electronic vehicle prototype of Model B9 in Turkey.
Mustapha hailed from Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
Rafiu tweeted that the likes of Mustapha, a MSC graduate of Software Engineering, represent the zeal and determination of youth of Kwara South that he represented at the 8th Senate.
The Nation Newspaper reports that Gunsel becomes the first automotive company in the Mediterranean to unveil its Electric Vehicle design in 2016 after completing work on it’s prototype of Model B9.
There were 109 engineers and R&D team that took part in the project. Among them were three Nigerians living abroad.
In total, they spent 1.2 million man-hours on building the prototype, which has been presented to the public.
With a composite body made from carbon fiber, zero-emission, and noiseless drive experience, Gunsel B9 attains full charge capacity in 30 minutes, can travel up to 350km on a single full charge and reaches 100km/h in eight seconds.