Ivory Coast aims to achieve 10% electric vehicles in the state vehicle fleet by 2030, according to the Ivorian Ministry of Transport.
“The Ivorian government aims to reach 10% electric vehicles in the state vehicle fleet by 2030 and to create a favorable ecosystem for their adoption by private actors setting an example,” said Dioman Coné, an official at the Ministry of Transport.
Mr. Coné spoke over the weekend in Abidjan during a meeting organized as part of the Low Carbon Transition Project (TBC), implemented by “Expertise France” and funded by the European Union (EU) to the tune of 5.9 million euros for a duration of four years (2023-2026).
To this end, the government has adopted a decree that facilitates the introduction of electric vehicles, notably through fiscal and administrative incentives, the development of charging infrastructure covering the entire territory, the integration of renewable energies into the transport network, and sustainable management of the life cycle of batteries and electric vehicles, indicates the Government Information and Communication Center (CICG).
“As part of our revised Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), two key measures have been identified in the transport sector, namely MRV 19, which aims to increase the percentage of electric vehicles in the national vehicle fleet, and MRV 20, which aims to go further in the electrification of transport,” explained the Ivorian official.
For his part, the Low Carbon project manager at Expertise France, Guillaume Vermeulen, expressed his conviction that “the future project for integrating electric vehicles into the Ivorian administration’s fleet will be an additional tool for the sustainable development of the transport sector and for an Ivory Coast that is increasingly rooted in a perspective of sustainable and resilient development.”