It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars
electrek.co
Ethiopia's Transport and Logistics Ministries have announced that automobiles cannot enter the country unless they are electric. (!)
  • Hal-5700X@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    “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.

    • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Does it matter? We are facing a climate catastrophe because of carbon emissions. Cars or no cars we need to stop.

        • kugel7c@feddit.deEnglish
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          10 months ago

          People don’t need to be able to buy cars. The vast majority can’t anyways. So why should the second richest percent of Ethiopia be able to.