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"overtake" in the title seems very exaggerated

> There are around 100,000 EVs in Ethiopia so far. [1]

> The Ministry of Transport data indicates approximately two million vehicles in Ethiopia [2]

[1] https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/17/climate/ethiopia-evs-gas-car-...

[2] https://ethionegari.com/2024/01/29/ethiopia-to-ban-entry-of-...

I think this is referring to new car sales - vehicles in the third world tend to stay on the road a very long time, 30 to 40 years by my reckoning. It would take a long time for EVs to displace ICEVs by sheer numbers.

Well to be pedantic, if I'm in a car and I'm "starting to overtake", I'd still be behind the overtake "target", but I just started speeding up...

Not really, you first have to catch up the vehicle ahead, before you start overtaking. At present, they are miles behind.

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