This can’t be right. This is Africa. There is barely any electricity let alone charging network for electric cars.
This can’t be right. Petrol cars will live on WAY longer than the politicians like to think
Seems like a good investment.
“Of course, I’m pro,” wrote one of the editors, “but I assume that Ethiopia probably doesn’t have a charging infrastructure ready … no matter how big of a EV fan I am, I can agree some markets are not ready for it just yet.”
So they did this without the charging infrastructure being ready. People need to think about if their part of the world is ready for EV. Before passing this type of law.
This is a weird piece to take from the article. An editor for the website who is not Ethiopian informally made the assumption that they don’t have the infrastructure and you’re saying it’s a fact they’re not ready for this.
Right before that it says; “(Minister) Sime further explained that efforts to establish charging stations for electric cars remain a high priority, and offered that the nation’s inability to access favorable foreign exchange resources has contributed to its inability to afford to continue importing gasoline and diesel.”
So this sounds like it’s more logistically viable than ice vehicles.
And the top comment on the article is someone from Ethiopia basically confirming that, and expanding upon it to say the country has been working towards full renewable energy for several decades. Why the pessimism?
Does it matter? We are facing a climate catastrophe because of carbon emissions. Cars or no cars we need to stop.
Does it matter?
Yeah. If people can’t buy or use EVs. What’s the point?
The point is our planet is on a trajectory to not support human life. I would rather walk somewhere or bike than continue supporting the oil and gas industry. The stone age (which is usually people retort to this reply) is better than no humans at all.
It’s because they never had cars in the first place, DUH 🤣
