Fasika Tadesse
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Journalist, covering Ethiopia’s economy, business, finance and political landscape
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix
11 days ago
"In the 2 yrs since the ban on internal combustion engine vehicles, EV adoption has grown from less than 1% to nearly 6% of all the vehicles on the road in the country — according to the government’s own figures — above the global average of 4%." story
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Caroline Spears
11 days ago
The most interesting thing I read this week:
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Justin Gerdes
11 days ago
Ethiopia: "In the two years since the ban on internal combustion engine vehicles, EV adoption has grown from less than 1% to nearly 6% of all of the vehicles on the road in the country."
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Ethiopia EV Boom Sparked by ICE Car Import Ban
The East African country is making use of cheap hydropower and Chinese electric vehicles to ditch the internal combustion engine.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-02-18/ethiopia-ev-boom-sparked-by-ice-car-import-ban?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3MTQwODcxMywiZXhwIjoxNzcyMDEzNTEzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQU1RUzJLSVVQVUIwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIwQzg4NkY0NTI0NzY0RUE0OEY2QTk4RTk1NDc5RTI2NSJ9.mVWM-PB1RFC2P-yMK-LuyFdm1ktXLIetTD3QG1KVFc8&leadSource=uverify%20wall
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Mark Gongloff
10 days ago
ICYMI: Fascinating dive by
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into what we can learn from Ethiopia successfully banning gas-burning cars and sparking an EV boom, something many developed countries struggle to do Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Ethiopia EV Boom Sparked by ICE Car Import Ban
The East African country is making use of cheap hydropower and Chinese electric vehicles to ditch the internal combustion engine.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-02-18/ethiopia-ev-boom-sparked-by-ice-car-import-ban?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3MTUxMjYxMywiZXhwIjoxNzcyMTE3NDEzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQU1RUzJLSVVQVUIwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIxMkE1QzVFRUNERDg0NUJEQjVFOTM1MUE0Mzk4QTAxNCJ9.DE0-GOhvliDG-A7cYODqGGIprWOiX7bGharDV_-9Z2M
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