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Throwback Thursday: Electric car

The Costa Rican government announced its plan to fully decarbonize the economy by 2050 this Sunday.

A big part of their plan involves electrifying the public and private transport system. While electric cars still feel new, they’ve been around for some time.

Here’s a photo of an electric car in Costa Rica back in June 1996.


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