Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2019

During the pilot phase, four e-Golfs and one charging station will be introduced in the capital of Rwanda, Kigali. Volkswagen has signed a joint development agreement with Siemens to provide the charging infrastructure for the electric cars. Ghana and Ethiopia are planned as the next locations. —Thomas Schäfer.

Rwanda 170

Rwanda Africa Ethiopia Ghana 170

Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 23, 2024

Which countries are leading the shift from internal combustion engine automobiles to EVs? China has an EV sales share of 29 percent and an impressive number of publicly available fast-charging stations. There are 760,000 charging stations country-wide—almost six times more than all the combined charging stations in other countries!

Automobile 75

Automobile International Engine Sweden 75

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Deaths attributable to household air pollution and ambient particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) air pollution in Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, and overall in Africa, 1990–2019. The team devoted special attention to three rapidly developing Sub-Saharan countries: Ethiopia, Ghana and Rwanda. Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 Fisher et al.

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Pollution Africa 2019 Ethiopia 397