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Laos suspends fuel-powered vehicle imports in drive to accelerate EV adoption​

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Laos suspends fuel-powered vehicle imports in drive to accelerate EV adoption​

A ban through end-2026 aims to reduce fossil fuel dependence, control EV prices and expand charging infrastructure as Southeast Asia’s electric vehicle market grows​

 

[cowbellc]

sg lose liao

 

[searcher1]

This country can't even provide clean drinking water to all it's citizen, now wants to adopt EV ?
Their roads are not even well paved, with many pot-holes, when raining ... the road become m&d.

 

[k1976]

This country can't even provide clean drinking water to all it's citizen, now wants to adopt EV ?
Their roads are not even well paved, with many pot-holes, when raining ... the road become m&d.

It has a lot hydroelectric

 

[k1976]

 

[Hightech88]

" Laos just implemented a total ban on all petrol- and diesel-vehicle imports, to at least end-2026

>EV and hybrid sales are already 36% of new sales
>Laos wants 30% of all vehicles on the road to be electric by 2030, so EVs will be 75% to 100% of all vehicle sales over the next few years (that's just the math)
>Laos bleeds $1.27b/year on refined petroleum imports alone, in a country with a GDP of $17b. Laos has zero domestic oil reserves and imports 100% of its refined petroleum products. That's macro-economic suicide for a hydro powerhouse with 26.5GW of water-based energy potential, positioned as the “battery of SE Asia”. The ban will drastically cut that import bill "