On top of this affordable price, Smart is also offering rebates that will lower the price for anyone who wants to buy the Smart Fortwo ED. The Daimler Smart Fortwo Electric Drive will be available for a discounted monthly price that’s under $200. That will knock the hybrid’s price tag down significantly, making it an even more affordable competitor to Tesla’s Model 3.Īnd Daimler is offering price cuts for anyone who wants to lease a new EV. GM, which manufacturers the popular Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, announced price cuts of $5,000 on new Volt models. Many of the biggest names in the auto industry are entering the EV price war, announcing price cuts and new vehicles at lower price points. Though Tesla is currently the leader, big names like General Motors and Daimler have announced that they’ll be cutting prices and amping up their sales for electric cars.
With Tesla currently dominating the electric market, introducing more affordable and budget-friendly options year after year, other automakers are being forced to lower their own prices.Īnd as a result, the electric vehicle price war is heating up between manufacturers. And that’s before any incentives are factored in.Īs the technology becomes cheaper and electric vehicles become more popular, the price will only continue to fall. The Model 3, Tesla’s most affordable option, sells for $38,990. 1, a few days before the war's one-year mark.One big reason for this more affordable trend in the Tesla Model 3. human rights office and the government-created Ethiopian Human Rights Commission will be released on Nov. The results of a joint investigation into the conflict by the U.N. “They have a parliament which is dominated by one ruling party, so if they have the commitment, they also have the opportunity to do that.” Thousands of people have been killed in the war waged between the Tigray forces who once dominated the national government and Ethiopian and allied forces.Īs Abiy faces another term, “I think it will give the government the chance to renew its commitment to reform and to enhance the human rights situation in the country,” Amnesty International researcher Fisseha Tekle told The Associated Press.
has threatened further sanctions if humanitarian access to Tigray isn't granted soon and the warring sides don't take steps toward peace. humanitarian chief told The Associated Press that the situation in Ethiopia is a “stain on our conscience.” has called a “de facto humanitarian blockade.” Last week the U.N. The government is under growing pressure as people begin to starve to death in Tigray under what the U.N. officials it accused of supporting the Tigray forces who have been battling Ethiopian and allied forces. in spite of efforts by negative external forces of regression.” The president, who has never allowed national elections since independence from Ethiopia, didn't attend Monday's events.Įthiopia’s government last week faced condemnation from the United Nations, the United States and several European nations after it expelled seven U.N. If our mother is not at peace, neither can the family be at peace.”Įritrean President Isaias Afwerki, in a message shared by his information minister, expressed hope that the trajectory of his country and Ethiopia “will be further enhanced and consolidated. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta added that "Ethiopia is our mother. We remain certain that the Ethiopian nation is bigger and stronger than whatever ails her." “We all know how fragile peace is in our region. “Today, more than ever before, we hope to see an Ethiopian nation that is at peace with itself,” Djibouti's president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, told the crowd. Six African heads of state - from Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda and neighboring Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya and South Sudan - attended Monday’s ceremony.
The 11-month war is weakening Ethiopia’s economy, once one of Africa’s fastest-growing, and threatening to isolate Abiy, once seen as a regional peacemaker. The prime minister, the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner for restoring ties with neighboring Eritrea and for pursuing sweeping political reforms, now faces major challenges as war in the Tigray region spreads into other parts of the country, deadly ethnic violence continues and watchdogs warn that repressive government practices are on the return.Ībiy said the country will start an “inclusive national dialogue that includes everyone who believes in a roundtable discussion,” led by Ethiopians.
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