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Iraqi Kurdistan’s EV Revolution

Electric cars were a punchline here just a few years ago. Thanks to Chinese companies, that’s not the case anymore. September 23, 2025, 6:00 AM Comment icon View Comments ( )

A man in sunglasses stands in front of a Tesla on a street with powerlines and buildings behind him.

ERBIL, Iraq—One day in July, rush hour traffic crowded Erbil’s 60 Meter Street, one of Erbil’s growing number of ring roads, under a smoggy sky. Tan Nissan Sunny taxis merged against the flow of Ford SUVs and Kia sedans. Junky Toyota farm trucks idled next to pricey Land Rovers at stop lights. And Chinese-made electric vehicles from companies such as BYD made up a sizable portion of the traffic.

Iraq’s Kurdistan Region is shifting toward electric vehicles as cons

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