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I’m currently traveling through Ethiopia, and it feels like 80% of the cars on the roads here are either BYD or some other Chinese maker I’ve never heard of. Al
by xenospn 9mo ago
I’m currently traveling through Ethiopia, and it feels like 80% of the cars on the roads here are either BYD or some other Chinese maker I’ve never heard of. All EVs - and this is in a country with very unreliable power. Same thing in South Africa - the Chinese brands are absolutely massive and sell for about $25k for a fully modern car.
- toomuchtodo 9mo agoIn the case of Ethiopia, they banned combustion vehicles to stoke EV uptake to avoid oil imports. It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39243196 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39243196 - February 2024 (69 comments)