South Africa · Battery Swap Network

Swap.
Ride.
Repeat.

Electric delivery bikes with 90-second battery swaps at solar-powered stations. No petrol. No queues. No load shedding. One closed ecosystem, built for South Africa's bikers.

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One team · One system

The closed
ecosystem

Like a race team, every component is engineered to work together: the bike, the battery, the station. That's how we guarantee uptime other networks can't.

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01 / THE BIKE

Hira e-Moto

Purpose-built electric delivery motorcycles, engineered for African roads. Rented weekly with no deposit-crushing purchase, no engine services, no oil changes. GPS-tracked and fully maintained by us.

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02 / THE BATTERY

Swap Pack

You never own a battery. You subscribe to unlimited charged ones. Pull in, swap depleted for full in under 90 seconds, and ride. No charging at home, no downtime, no range anxiety.

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03 / THE STATION

Solar Swap Cabinet

Our stations charge from the sun with battery backup, fully off-grid. When load shedding kills every plug in the area, Hira stations keep swapping. Engineered by solar professionals.

Pit stop simple

How it works

01

Sign up & ride out

Join with your ID and a small refundable deposit. Collect your Hira e-Moto and battery pack the same week. One weekly rate covers the bike, maintenance and tracking.

Same-week start
02

Deliver all day

Work Uber Eats, Mr D, Sixty60, spaza runs. Whatever pays you. Up to 100km of range on Sport mode, and even more on Normal and Eco, at a fraction of what petrol riders burn per shift.

R0 fuel cost
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Swap in 90 seconds

Battery low? Pull into any Hira station, slot the empty pack in, pull a fully charged one out. Faster than a petrol stop, and it runs even during Stage 6.

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The unfair advantage

Powered by
the sun

Every Hira station is designed, installed and maintained by qualified solar engineers. Off-grid by design, which means our network doesn't blink when Eskom does.

  • Load-shedding proof. Solar + battery storage keeps stations swapping through every stage.
  • Cheaper energy, cheaper swaps. Sunlight costs nothing, so those savings go into your subscription price.
  • Zero-emission miles. Sun-charged batteries, electric bikes. Clean end to end.
Station uptime (solar + storage)99%
Grid-dependent stations (Stage 6)40%
Rider fuel savings vs petrolUP TO 60%
Swap speed vs full recharge90s vs 3hrs
The grid is growing

Station network

We build stations where bikers actually work, and every new rider helps decide what comes next.

● Live on the app

Find your nearest station

Download the HIRA Electric app to view our ever-growing network of swap stations across South Africa, check battery availability in real time, and navigate straight to your nearest swap.

Lights out, away we go

Ready to ditch
the petrol station?

Join the first riders on the Hira Electric network. Early riders get priority bikes, founder rates, and a say in where the next station lands.

Join the rider list Become a HIRA franchisee Partner with us. We set up the station at your location, at our cost.