Electrifying Ethiopia: Analyzing the Opportunities, Challenges, and Influencing Factors in Electric Vehicle Importation
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2025-07-11
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A.A.U
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The aim of this study to assess the opportunities, challenges, and influencing factors in electric vehicle importation in Ethiopia. Based on a quantitative research design, primary data were gathered from 350 EV importers from the population size of 3,004 through structured questionnaires. Descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression analyses were used to examine determinants affecting EV importation by using SPSS Version 26 statistical tools. The findings of the study indicates that the economic factors, policy & regulatory, technological & infrastructure, consumer awareness, and market dynamics were determines the Ethiopian EV importation. The positive their regression coefficient for each covariates were mean that electric vehicle importation were increases for each response variables increases, with other factors held constant. While environmental factors were not statistically significant effect on EV importations in Ethiopia based on the dataset. The most notable findings indicate that economic factors play the biggest role in raising EV imports, and the biggest obstacles are infrastructure shortages in areas of insufficient charging stations, irregular supply of electricity, and lack of repair workshops. This study adds to the existing scholarship on sustainable development by offering pragmatic recommendations to policymakers and industry players seeking to leapfrog the link between EV importation and those all factors to enable Ethiopia's transformation technology, also it must also have longer-term consideration and more inclusive stakeholder engagement.
Keywords: Electric Vehicles, Importation, Renewable Energy, Policy, Infrastructure, Consumer Awareness