“Our transition to EVs is aimed at ensuring our energy sovereignty,” said Bareo Hassen Bareo, Ethiopia’s state minister for transport and logistics. “As a net importer of fuel, we are affected by global supply and price fluctuations. In contrast, EVs use electricity, which we produce locally and can price ourselves.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-02-18/ethiopia-ev-boom-sparked-by-ice-car-import-ban
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