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EPISODE · Feb 19, 2026 · 32 MIN

Ethiopia’s fossil fuel car ban is a vision of the future

from Zero: The Climate Race · host Bloomberg

In 2024, Ethiopia did something revolutionary. It banned the import of fossil fuel cars and cut tariffs on electric vehicles. This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi talks with producer Oscar Boyd and Ethiopia-based EV entrepreneur Yuma Sasaki about the EV boom that ensued and what that tells us about the growth of EVs in rapidly developing countries like Ethiopia. Read more: Electric Vehicle Sales Boom as Ethiopia Bans Fossil-Fuel Car Imports Dodai's website: https://dodai.co  Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd. Special thanks to Fasika Tadesse, Sommer Saadi, Laura Millan, and Sharon Chen. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at [email protected]. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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