There is “a nagging sense to sell it [an EV] soon because of shortage and expensiveness of spare parts.” Meklit Mussie, an Addis Ababa resident, bought a Volkswagen ID4 electric car in ...

Some EVs sell for about $20,000 ... “With such a car, I fear I might be stuck if I go far from Addis Ababa where there are no charging stations," he said. The Associated Press receives ...

But in order to make any profits we have to sell cars at such high prices ... It has a plant on the outskirts of the Addis Ababa which assembles about 1,000 cars a year - way below its capacity.

Some EVs sell for about $20,000 ... “With such a car, I fear I might be stuck if I go far from Addis Ababa where there are no charging stations," he said.