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It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars

Baua Electric

Ethiopia spent nearly $6 billion to import fossil fuels last year — with more than half of that spending going to fuel vehicles. In response, Ethiopia’s Transport and Logistics Ministries have announced that automobiles cannot enter Ethiopia, unless they are electric. (!) Ethiopia, however, isn’t waiting for 2035.

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Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think

Cars That Think

Both are easy to define—a population’s share connected to the national grid or to a local source of electricity, and the ability to read and write—but such definitions do not make it possible to get a truly informed verdict. We measure access to electricity no better than we do the rate of literacy. What does 50 kWh/year deliver?

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

Cars That Think

Being part of a team that is providing care to patients who have been traditionally not served well by our existing health system is a privilege.” The imported machines couldn’t withstand Malawi’s heat, dust, and humidity, and they couldn’t be repaired because the country lacked parts and trained technicians.

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Study finds economic losses due to health burdens caused by in-car PM2.5 exposure inversely proportional to per capita GDP

Green Car Congress

drivers inhaled is connected to the duration drivers spend in pollution hotspots and socio-economic indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP). The study was part of the Clean Air Engineering for Cities (CArE-Cities) project and builds upon its previous work around car exposure.

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