Transportation
A strategic capability for converting public-institution vehicle fleets from internal combustion to electric, developed with the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), and paired with an IoT and GPS remote-monitoring platform designed to track and manage those fleets once they're on the road.
Why now
Combustion fleets can no longer be replaced like-for-like
Ethiopia has closed the import routes for petrol and diesel vehicles one by one. For a public institution, every combustion vehicle already in the fleet is capital with no like-for-like replacement. Converting protects that investment and keeps fleet renewal inside the rules, rather than waiting for the policy to force the decision.
Jan 2024
Import of gasoline and diesel vehicles prohibited.
Source: IEA policy database (opens in a new tab)May 2025
Ministry of Industry extends the ban to SKD and CKD assembly kits for combustion cars, three-wheelers and motorcycles.
Source: CleanTechnica (opens in a new tab)Oct 2025
Ban expanded to gasoline and diesel trucks.
Source: Ecofin Agency (opens in a new tab)