{"id":599644,"date":"2019-01-06T05:08:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T05:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/"},"modified":"2019-01-06T05:08:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T05:08:10","slug":"electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric cars were hot many decades before Tesla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-08\"><\/a><b> **#8<\/b> <b>Electric cars were around almost as long as gas guzzlers. 171 years to be exact: <\/b>They may be viewed as \u201chipster\u201d today, but electric cars first made their debut long before your parents or even your grandparents were born.Half a century before present-day gas-fueled cars were invented, eventually taking center stage, British inventor Robert Anderson had already developed the world\u2019s first electric vehicle, Marisa Gertz and Melinda Grenier <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/photo-essays\/2019-01-05\/171-years-before-tesla-the-evolution-of-electric-vehicles\">write for Bloomberg<\/a><\/u>. In fact, there was one battery-powered car for every two gas-fueled ones on the street by 1900, before the former began gradually vanishing due to a rise in demand for the latter in the 1920s.<\/p>\n<p><b>So why are we hearing about electric cars now?<\/b> Well, the newswire suggests it mostly boils down to the affordability of the Ford Model T. Gas powered cars adoption of self starters over the cumbersome hand crank also helped speed up the popularity of the fossil fuel cars. It didn\u2019t take long for the electric vehicle to lose touch with the buyers, with them having largely fallen of the consumer map by the 1930s.<\/p>\n<p><b>But as governments began imposing stricter controls <\/b>on carbon emissions in the 1990\u2019s amid a wave of environmental awareness, manufacturers started to look for alternative fuel vehicles. US giant General Motors took the initiative to make some 1,000 electric cars in 1997 to test market readiness. But the story <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/science-nature\/the-death-of-the-ev-1-118595941\/\">was short-lived<\/a><\/u> with the company announcing in 2003 that it would no longer produce electric cars due to low demand. In the same year, Tesla Motors emerged, spurring what you could call an EV revolution. Today, there are 179 different models of EVs on the global market, and north of 230 will be available by 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**#8 Electric cars were around almost as long as gas guzzlers. 171 years to be exact: They may be viewed as \u201chipster\u201d today, but electric cars first made their debut long before your parents or even your grandparents were born.Half a century before present-day gas-fueled cars were invented, eventually taking center stage, British inventor Robert [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":599645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9003],"tags":[72,356,651,2397],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-599644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-worth-reading","tag-enterpriseam","tag-evs","tag-tesla","tag-worth-reading","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"893f1e01-de66-4c39-b7a6-839d1321e0c9","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2019\/1\/1803.jpg","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[599625],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Electric cars were hot many decades before Tesla - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Electric cars were hot many decades before Tesla\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"**#8 Electric cars were around almost as long as gas guzzlers. 171 years to be exact: They may be viewed as \u201chipster\u201d today, but electric cars first made their debut long before your parents or even your grandparents were born.Half a century before present-day gas-fueled cars were invented, eventually taking center stage, British inventor Robert [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EnterpriseAM Egypt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-06T05:08:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/1\/1803.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\"},\"headline\":\"Electric cars were hot many decades before Tesla\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-06T05:08:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/\"},\"wordCount\":288,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/1\/1803.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"EnterpriseAM\",\"EVs\",\"Tesla\",\"worth reading\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Worth reading\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/\",\"name\":\"Electric cars were hot many decades before Tesla - EnterpriseAM Egypt\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/1\/1803.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-06T05:08:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/1\/1803.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/1\/1803.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Electric cars were hot many decades before Tesla\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\",\"name\":\"EnterpriseAM\",\"description\":\"The State of the Nation\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\",\"name\":\"EnterpriseAM\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg\",\"caption\":\"EnterpriseAM\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\",\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Electric cars were hot many decades before Tesla - EnterpriseAM Egypt","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Electric cars were hot many decades before Tesla","og_description":"**#8 Electric cars were around almost as long as gas guzzlers. 171 years to be exact: They may be viewed as \u201chipster\u201d today, but electric cars first made their debut long before your parents or even your grandparents were born.Half a century before present-day gas-fueled cars were invented, eventually taking center stage, British inventor Robert [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/","og_site_name":"EnterpriseAM Egypt","article_published_time":"2019-01-06T05:08:10+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/1\/1803.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"enterpriseam admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"enterpriseam admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/"},"author":{"name":"enterpriseam admin","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d"},"headline":"Electric cars were hot many decades before Tesla","datePublished":"2019-01-06T05:08:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/"},"wordCount":288,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/1\/1803.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","keywords":["EnterpriseAM","EVs","Tesla","worth reading"],"articleSection":["Worth reading"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/","name":"Electric cars were hot many decades before Tesla - EnterpriseAM Egypt","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/1\/1803.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","datePublished":"2019-01-06T05:08:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/1\/1803.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/1\/1803.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/06\/electric-cars-were-hot-many-decades-before-tesla\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Electric cars were hot many decades before Tesla"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/","name":"EnterpriseAM","description":"The State of the Nation","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization","name":"EnterpriseAM","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg","caption":"EnterpriseAM"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d","name":"enterpriseam admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com"],"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/1\/1803.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/1\/1803.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"enterpriseam admin","author_link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2019\/1\/1803.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":630088,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/04\/11\/its-concern-for-our-pockets-rather-than-the-environment-that-will-instigate-the-switch-to-electric-cars\/","url_meta":{"origin":599644,"position":0},"title":"It\u2019s concern for our pockets rather than the environment that will instigate the switch to electric cars","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"11 April 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s concern for our pockets rather than the environment that will instigate the switch to electric cars, Alexander Landia writes for the Financial Times. Electric cars are proving more cost-effective, Landia says, arguing that they can be cheaper to operate than their diesel counterparts (especially for high-mileage drivers such as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Worth reading&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Worth reading","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/lifestyle\/worth-reading\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2018\/4\/electricauto_web_1600.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":559890,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/02\/08\/what-will-it-take-to-get-electric-cars-on-the-road\/","url_meta":{"origin":599644,"position":1},"title":"What will it take to get electric cars on the road?","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"8 February 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Infinity Solar subsidiary Infinity-E will install 300 electric car charging docks across Egypt by 2023 as part of an ongoing plan to invest EGP 300 mn in EV infrastructure, CEO Shams El Din Abdel Ghaffar said, according to Masrawy. Infinity now has a total of 150 charging points in operation\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Automotive&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Automotive","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/industries\/automotive\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2021\/2\/131.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":555807,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/11\/28\/ev-ipos-to-raise-usd-100-bn-by-2023-says-bank-of-america\/","url_meta":{"origin":599644,"position":2},"title":"EV IPOs to raise USD 100 bn by 2023, says Bank of America","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"28 November 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Electric vehicle-related IPOs could raise some USD 100 bn by the end of 2023, according to Bank of America Corp, Bloomberg reported. With investors betting on growing demand for cleaner cars, EV-makers have become stock market darlings, and BofA predicts the sector will see growing investments in the EV space\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;PLANET FINANCE&quot;","block_context":{"text":"PLANET FINANCE","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/planet-finance\/\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":552854,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/10\/04\/quantum-mechanics-researchers-land-nobel-prize-in-physics-kim-k-gets-a-slap-on-the-wrist-for-crypto-ads\/","url_meta":{"origin":599644,"position":3},"title":"Quantum mechanics researchers land Nobel Prize in Physics + Kim K gets a slap on the wrist for crypto ads","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"4 October 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Nobel Prize in Physics was jointly awarded to three scientists from France, Austria, and the US for their work on quantum mechanics. Alain Aspect, John Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger received the award for conducting \u201cgroundbreaking experiments using entangled quantum states,\u201d according to a statement by the Royal Swedish Academy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;FOR YOUR COMMUTE&quot;","block_context":{"text":"FOR YOUR COMMUTE","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/for-your-commute\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2022\/10\/410.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":629882,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/04\/03\/eama-wants-to-get-electric-cars-exempted-from-vat-and-custom-duties\/","url_meta":{"origin":599644,"position":4},"title":"EAMA wants to get electric cars exempted from VAT and custom duties","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"3 April 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Egyptian Automotive Manufacturers Association (EAMA) will be meeting with the ministers of environmental affairs and trade and industry to discuss a proposal to grant imported electric cars exemptions from custom duties and the value-added tax, EAMA boss Khaled Saad said yesterday, Al Mal reports. The proposal means to incentivize\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Automotive + Transportation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Automotive + Transportation","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/automotive-transportation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":629767,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/04\/01\/egypt-is-going-to-have-electric-cars-soon\/","url_meta":{"origin":599644,"position":5},"title":"Egypt is going to have electric cars soon","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"1 April 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Egypt is going to have electric cars soon: The first batch of Tesla electric cars are expected to hit Egypt\u2019s market by mid-April, Revolta Egypt CEO Mohamed Badawy said, Al Mal reports. The shipment has reportedly been stalled at customs, according to Badawy. Revolta is importing the Tesla cars as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Speed Round&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599644\/revisions"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue\/599625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599644"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=599644"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=599644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}