Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars

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• DdCno1@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I looked for Ethiopian or African news sites that confirm this story, but it seems like it's not accurate. This African green news site only mentions that ICE cars will be phased out in line with the EU by 2035 and that the government encourages the sale of electric cars through incentives and local assembly:

  https://www.afrik21.africa/en/ethiopia-non-electric-vehicles-soon-to-be-banned-from-importation/

  There is nothing on this on any large Ethiopian news site. The Reporter has no article on this:

  https://www.thereporterethiopia.com/?s=electric+cars

  Neither does The Ethiopian Monitor:

  https://ethiopianmonitor.com/?s=electric+cars

  This Senegalese outlet states that it's not clear when the ban comes into effect:

  https://apanews.net/ethiopia-to-ban-importation-of-non-electric-cars/

  Given that there are significant issues with maintaining and insuring existing electric cars in the country, it's safe to assume that the ban will not happen immediately:

  https://www.thereporterethiopia.com/30035/

  There is a different car import ban since October of last year aimed at returning citizens, which doesn't appear to have anything to do with the move to electric vehicles though:

  https://www.thereporterethiopia.com/36044/

  So in other words, this awful article containing a chat log for some reason (What on Earth was the author thinking with that?) is just an example of poor reporting.

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  • JudahBenHur@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    but its posted on lemmy

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  • LesserAbe@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks for the insight.

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  • partizan@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And then they wonder why people loosing trust in media… 🤔

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• uzay@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  After the ban only external combustion cars will be allowed

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  • GladiusB@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Witness me!!

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    • JoMomma@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      REMEMBER ME!!

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  • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How about internal deflagration or detonation engines?

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  • knexcar@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So steam engine cars then?

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• hal_5700X@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.

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  • GeneralVincent@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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?

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  • admiralteal@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    155k registered motor vehicles in Ethiopia for a population of about 130 million. Is it really so unimaginable to you that a country may not be car-dependent?

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    • Brkdncr@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Are scooters excluded from that count? I’m guessing scooters and motorcycles dominate the roads. Electrifying those are a little more challenging.

      Getting cars off gas is a great start though.

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    • Uranium3006@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      and if they're smart they'll build out bike lanes and rail transit instead of multi-lane freeways. it's not like even American can afford that shit

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  • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • hal_5700X@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Does it matter?

      Yeah. If people can’t buy or use EVs. What’s the point?

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• danielfgom@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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

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  • maness300@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Seems like a good investment.

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• SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What about internal combustion motorcycles?

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• boatsnhos931@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s because they never had cars in the first place, DUH 🤣

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