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Ethiopia’s fossil fuel car ban is a vision of the future
Episode 171

Ethiopia’s fossil fuel car ban is a vision of the future

Zero: The Climate Race · Bloomberg

February 19, 202632m 38s

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Show Notes

In 2024, Ethiopia did something revolutionary. It banned the import of fossil fuel cars and cut tariffs on electric vehicles. This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi talks with producer Oscar Boyd and Ethiopia-based EV entrepreneur Yuma Sasaki about the EV boom that ensued and what that tells us about the growth of EVs in rapidly developing countries like Ethiopia.

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