It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars | automobiles cannot enter Ethiopia, unless they are electric [Edit: Strong indications this is unreliable]
It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars | automobiles cannot enter Ethiopia, unless they are electric [Edit: Strong indications this is unreliable]
Ethiopia's Transport and Logistics Ministries have announced that automobiles cannot enter the country unless they are electric. (!)
Nice one Ethiopia
32There is little wrong with combustion cars, at least compared to electric cars Compared to actual solutions, both suck ass
-35That is absurd on its face.
ICE cars haven't significantly improved in close to a century, electric cars are becoming more affordable, efficient, and sustainable every year.
ICE cars are much more trouble to maintain and cost more to maintain, and as of this year, produce.
ICE cars release more pollutants, while electric cars are annually decreasing and can continue to decrease their pollutants.
There's a huge difference between electric and ICE, don't let some imagined ideal stop you from supporting a practical leap in the right direction.
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fuck cars
24The easiest way to ensure that would be to get rid of all gasoline-based gas stations and replace them with electric ones. So even if someone tries to sneak in a gas car, they won't be able to refill it.
18That wouldn't work, there are zillions of existing ICE cars there already in use. They aren't banning ICE cars that are already there, just banning importation of new ones
22Not to mention non-street legal ICE engines, like generators, water pumps or ag equipment. We should be pursing less reliance on fossil fuels, but in the correct order. More EVs means more need for reliable power infrastructure. Then we wouldn't need generators, irrigation pumps become easier to run from electricity and tractors can be migrated to EV or fueled by biofuels(biogas or biodiesel) to fill the gap.
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It seems like this article doesn't hold up too scrutiny:
https://kbin.social/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/809052/-/comment/4961022
13Thanks. I'll edit.
4Cheers!
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I hope they build a lot of transit too
12*China has entered the chat
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Many old cars that are no longer allowed in european cities end up exported to Africa. This leap-frogging move (esp if others copy) changes the outlook - depreciation of ic-cars accelerates, europeans might have to recycle more. Otoh, there are not yet so many 2nd-hand e-cars, so poorer people in rural areas of Ethiopia might be stuck - unless there is plenty of public transport even outside of cities? Wonder whether it applies to (mini-)buses?
10Also only 51% of Ethipians have access to electricity. That is access for at least four hours a day and enough to charge a phone, have some light and other light tasks. Charging an EV is another league entirly.
So this might backfire badly. At the same time it makes oil infrastructure obsolete and China is selling extremely cheap EVs these days. The BYD Seagull at $11,000 is rather competitive for a new car and something like a Guang Hong Mini for $4500 is also available. Obviously that is not used cars territory, but we are going to see second hand cars of these cars as well and they will be even cheaper.
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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.
4Per the article, viability is caused by an inability to afford oil, so electric becomes appreciably more reliable by comparison.
18They recently completed a huge hydro-electric dam and subsequently electricity supply at least in the capital improved quite a bit.
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Doesn't this exclude the vast majority of people who can't afford an electric car?
2Car ownership in Ethiopia is something like 1% of the population. Most of them are taxis.
The vast majority use buses.
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That is certainly a good way to keep Fano from acquiring tacticals.
Great news nevertheless.
1pure chinese lobby
-3It's probably not.
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