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Bolivia’s fuel shortages and ‘junk gasoline’ drive a surge in electric cars
Electric vehicle registrations rose from 500 to 3,352 in five years as fuel shortages and higher gasoline prices pushed Bolivians to switch.
- Amid fuel shortages and skyrocketing prices, Bolivians are increasingly abandoning fossil fuel-powered cars for electric vehicles after President Rodrigo Paz repealed long-standing fuel subsidies in December, effectively doubling gasoline costs.
- Former President Luis Arce maintained subsidies costing more than $2 billion annually, while the 'junk gasoline' scandal involving contaminated fuel from Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos triggered strikes and official resignations.
- Lawyer Ever Vera, 54, invested more than $36,000 to eliminate fuel search time, while Indigenous artisan Huanca imported a Chinese electric car to transport his family and alpaca wool for his weaving workshop.
- President Paz eliminated import tariffs on automobiles, multiplying importers and vehicle availability, yet electrician Marcelo Laura identified a charging niche because only three public stations serve El Alto and La Paz's more than 1.6 million residents.
- Electromobility expert Freddy Koch of Swisscontact reports exponential growth in electric vehicle adoption and predicts the total number could triple in as little as two to three years.
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