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Kenya's EV bus adoption stalled by supply shortages, import tariffs

2 pointsby surprisetalk5 months ago

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lbriner5 months ago
It would be interesting to know why the Kenyan Government proactively levied a tax on EV imports. Usually this would be to protect local production but if the local production cannot supply, it is self-defeating.<p>I guess the real problem is that Governments are not agile enough to change this things as needed e.g. lets remove tariffs for 6 months and then revisit. If the locals can produce what we need, great, if not, we allow imports again.