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Electric vs gasoline cars: Which one truly wins the road?

The electric car that President William Samoei Ruto drove during the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi. [Silas Otieno, Standard]

As the global shift toward greener transportation builds up, the motoring world finds itself at a crossroads, one paved by electricity and the other by petrol or diesel.

On one side stands the electric vehicle (EV), sleek, silent, and sold as the future. On the other hand, the internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle is a time-tested powerhouse that has defined modern transport for over a century.

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