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How electric trucks can drive Africa's green transition
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The only electric vehicles found on African roads until very recently were passenger cars, motorbikes and public buses. Now they are joined by a few lorries (or trucks, depending on your version of English).
The numbers: Early estimates say there are a few hundred (see chart) out of about a quarter of a million commercial vehicles sold in Africa annually.