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Analysis: Skepticism, higher prices drag government’s effort to encourage use of EVs in Ethiopia, as a new directive set to tackle infrastructure issues

EV at a charging station in Addis Abeba - Photo: Ethiopia Electric Power/Faceboob By Mihret G Kristos @MercyG_kirstos Addis Abeba - Electric Vehicles (EV) are slowly gaining momentum on the roads in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Abeba, as the government exempted them from value added tax and excise