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. (!)
  • li10@lemmy.ml
    4·
    9 months ago

    Seems like a surprising move, of all the countries that can do it I’d have thought Ethiopia would be near the bottom.

    I guess this would also only apply to individuals and not HGVs?

    I’m pro trying it, but have my doubts about how viable this is.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
      18·
      9 months ago

      Per the article, viability is caused by an inability to afford oil, so electric becomes appreciably more reliable by comparison.

      • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
        6·
        9 months ago

        In hindsight it makes sense that smaller countries that might struggle to import oil would be the first ones to convert. They already have to supply electricity, why supply a second form of energy too?

        • VindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          9 months ago

          Kind of like how developing countries tend to skip over landline phones and go straight to cell phones. Why bother with that whole other form of infrastructure?

    • poVoq@slrpnk.net
      10·
      9 months ago

      They recently completed a huge hydro-electric dam and subsequently electricity supply at least in the capital improved quite a bit.