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Electric Vehicles Are Duty Free In Mauritius!

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Mauritius is one of the best places to do business in Africa and has been for a long time. Before the World Bank discontinued its “Ease of Doing Business” report, Mauritius was ranked 1st in Africa and 13th globally. Although the World Bank said it discontinued the Ease of Doing Business Report “after?data

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Mauritius’ Light Rail Transit (LRT) System, The Metro Express

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Mauritius’ Metro Express is the first investment in train travel in the country since the old train lines were closed in the 1960s.

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Here Are Some Cool EVs You Can Buy In Mauritius

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Small island nations that are net importers of fossil fuels for the transport sector are some of the perfect candidates for a fast transition to electric mobility. This is because everything is so close that range anxiety will not be a major concern given the good range one gets these days from modern EVs. Unlike […].

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BYD Is Taking Its EVs To Mauritius With New Partnership Agreement With LEAL Group

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The transport sector is one of the major contributors of emissions. Therefore, we need to electrify everything in the transport sector as soon as practically possible. The passenger vehicle market is one area that is a low hanging fruit. There has been great progress in the quest to electrify the passenger vehicle over the last […].

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The UN’s Resident Coordinator For Kenya Gets The Hyundai IONIQ 5 As Official Vehicle

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Several countries, including Rwanda, Mauritius, and Ethiopia, have introduced progressive policies and incentives to help drive the adoption of EVs. As the transition to electric mobility accelerates around the world, several African countries are also making great strides in promoting electric mobility.

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UNEP: export of used cars to developing world creating significant environmental problems

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Cleaning up the global vehicle fleet is a priority to meet global and local air quality and climate targets. For example, Morocco only permits the import of vehicles less than five years old and those meeting the EURO4 European vehicles emission standard; as a result, it receives only relatively advanced and clean used vehicles from Europe.

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Cutting Non-CO2 Pollutants Can Delay Abrupt Climate Change; The Fast Action Climate Agenda

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The small island nations of Micronesia and Mauritius submitted a joint proposal in April to phase down production and consumption of HFCs under the Montreal Protocol. Molina received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995 for his path-breaking work in 1974 that sounded the alarm on ozone-depleting CFCs.). With indoor air pollution killing 1.6