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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.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

Blink Charging

IEA states that cities that started adopting EVs early may also face electricity grid congestion as electricity infrastructure catches up to the new level of electricity demand. Countries like Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda and Egypt all have plans in place to increase EV production and usage.