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Dodging fuel price hikes, Damascus drivers turn to electric cars

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What Al-Monitor reported

Taxi driver Mohammed Kanaan drives his shiny new electric car around Damascus's rundown streets, hoping for higher profits as spiking petrol prices made his old car too expensive to run. He is among some in the Syrian capital who are steering towards electric cars -- mostly Chinese-made -- after rep

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Dodging fuel price hikes, Damascus drivers turn to electric cars. Taxi driver Mohammed Kanaan drives his shiny new electric car around Damascus's rundown streets, hoping for higher profits as spiking petrol prices made his old car too expensive to run. He is among some in the Syrian capital who are steering towards electric cars -- mostly Chinese-made -- after rep Covered by 1 publications. Al-Monitor: Dodging fuel price hikes, Damascus drivers turn to electric cars.

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  1. Al-Monitor United States Dodging fuel price hikes, Damascus drivers turn to electric cars Taxi driver Mohammed Kanaan drives his shiny new electric car around Damascus's rundown streets, hoping for higher profits as spiking petrol prices made his old car too expensive to run. He is among some in the Syrian capital who are steering towards electric cars -- mostly Chinese-made -- after rep 15 h ago · Tier 3

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