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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