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The Rwandan authorities have announced the abolition of customs duties on imports of electric vehicles. The main aim of the incentive is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from internal combustion vehicles. This measure should encourage the mass adoption of low-pollution modes of transport in this East African country. Earlier Tunisia and Togo exempted electric vehicles from customs duties.
The Rwandan authorities have announced the abolition of customs duties on imports of electric vehicles. The main aim of the incentive is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from internal combustion vehicles. This measure should encourage the mass adoption of low-pollution modes of transport in this East African country. Earlier Tunisia and Togo exempted electric vehicles from customs duties.
Rwanda, which is one of the most polluted countries in the East African Community (EAC), road transport is the main cause of air pollution in urban areas, according to the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA). This is particularly the case in the capital Kigali, where the vehicle fleet consists mainly of combustion-powered vehicles. To reverse this situation, the Rwandan authorities have been encouraging the electrification of the vehicle fleet in recent years.
This exemption applies exclusively to two-wheelers, tricycles, and all cars that do not run on fossil fuels (petrol or diesel). The aim is to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles and contribute to a cleaner, greener future, stated Uzziel Ndagijimana, Rwanda’s Minister of Finance and Economic Planning while speaking to parliamentarians on the sidelines of the presentation of the budget for the 2023-2024 financial year.
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The Chinese company Tailing Electric Vehicle (TAILG) has announced that it will build a factory in the first half of 2022 to assemble and market bicycles, scooters and tricycles powered by electric motors. The facility, based at Gahanga in the Kicukiro district, is one of the first of its kind in Rwanda. It should help to reduce the carbon footprint of travel for some 13.2 million people.
