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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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Global Fuel Economy Initiative launches second 3-year campaign; ICCT joins partnership

Green Car Congress

litres of gasoline equivalent per 100km. To consider the role of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and electric vehicles and build them into the targets. The Initiative’s new workplan for 2013-15 lays out the challenges which still remain on fuel economy, and outlines the Initiative’s planned response to those challenges.