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Volkswagen brings electric cars to Rwanda for ride-hailing service

Volkswagen is importing a batch of electric powered Golf models into Rwanda for a local ride-hailing service. The firm will establish a bridgehead in the country that it hopes to expand to other nations as it seeks to increase market share globally.

Importing the vehicles into Rwanda, which sells itself to foreign investors on its reliable infrastructure, stability and relative ease of doing business, and where VW already assembles cars, is initially intended to test infrastructure and performance in the region’s climate.

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