Electric transport, engineered for this continent — not imported into it.
A University of Cape Town programme designing, building and testing a fully electric tuk-tuk — chassis, battery, firmware and all.
Tukzie is a University of Cape Town-led initiative, bringing together academics, technical staff and students. It is a prototype platform, a classroom and a proving ground — created to make sustainable mobility locally relevant and locally repairable.
Read our storyBattery testing, vehicle simulation, sensor networks, power systems and field validation all converge inside a single running platform.
Explore the researchTrack the build from prototype milestones to testing updates, events and the lessons that only arrive once something breaks.
Read updatesStudents, sponsors, volunteers and partners all shape the next stage of Tukzie's development. There is more to do than there are hands to do it.
Find your roleZero tailpipe emissions, a repairable battery pack, and a second life planned before the first one ends. A result nobody can reproduce is not a result — so the data goes out with the vehicle.
Follow the buildA scalable electric platform that supports cleaner transport, local skills and a repair culture that outlives the prototype.
Meet the team0° Original prototype
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Four ways further in — the people, the engineering, the progress, and the room we still have for you.
Purpose, mission, vision, and the academics, staff and students behind Tukzie.
The parallel workstreams — architecture, energy, drive, sensing and integration.
Milestones, test results, events — and the lessons that only arrive once something breaks.
Every workstream has room for another engineer. Volunteer, sponsor, partner or collaborate.
