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Goddamn, Burkina Faso is killing it (hexbear.net)

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[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 78 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

From what I can find, it’s based on the Chinese Dongfeng Nammi Box

Similar to how the Ford Explorer EV is based on Volkswagen’s MEB platform (same one as most of their EVs like the ID.3)

so calling it 100% indigenous is a bit of a stretch. However, while researching this, there was a lot of anti-AES nonsense and propaganda, so hard to say if the downplaying is more untrue than the claim of 100% indigenous. I can’t find any hard information on this vehicle at all. It’s either fluff pieces or racists saying that it’s not possible that Africans could do it on their own.

Regardless, progress for Burkina Faso is a very good thing to see

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 53 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I was gonna say, there is no way it's 100% domestic. I don't think any country in the world other than China can build something as complex as a car without importing parts, post-globalization.

I don't even know how you would accurately quantify something like that.

[-] spectre@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago

Yeah I keep seeing this posted everywhere even though it's obviously not true, the way it is phrased.

[-] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 30 points 3 days ago

I think "100% assembled" is probably the more accurate term they mean. Not to downplay the importance of that, though - assembling components means you have colossally more control over where you import from, the tariffs you're subject to, and the countries you want to deal with. Aside from the obvious value increase in assembly.

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 days ago

Yeah it takes a lot of skilled labour to assemble vehicles over just importing them. Opens the door to localising production of components too, in a much more granular and manageable fashion for a country that has limited resources to invest at once.

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago

It’s the same wordplay as “made with 100% real cheese” where the 100% describes real, ie real cheese is involved somewhere in the process, but not all of the cheese in the product is real. But the average person will read it as meaning that there is no “fake” (non-dairy) cheese.

[-] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago

Non-dairy? Usually the filler is whey.

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago

Yeah, this is a generally BK made car, like how the Holden brand were typically variants of GM cars (except for the late model Commodores where it was the other way round and became the Pontiac G8)

[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

so calling it 100% indigenous is a bit of a stretch

If I get a body and neck from the US, electronics from China, and hardware from Japan, I'm still 100% building a guitar in Norway.

Was the VW Beetle that was built in latin america up to 2009 "Made in Germany"?

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago

In the Western capitalist sense that we apply to 99% of our commodities, it's 100% Burkinabe for sure.

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 30 points 3 days ago

Hell yeah, Burkinabe will have better cars than Europeans.

Long live the People's New Castro!

[-] Pili@hexbear.net 25 points 3 days ago

When western car: rage-cry train-shining

When Burkinabé car: waow-based

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 31 points 3 days ago

https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/burkina-faso-joins-africas-electric-vehicle-market-with-launch-of-new-ev-brand/y7p112y?op=1

According to Sputnik Afrique, this innovative vehicle offers a 100% electric, solar-powered, and eco-friendly transportation solution, poised to contribute significantly to the continent's growing electric vehicle market.

Thanks so much for a couple of bright spots, last couple of days.

[-] Bruja@hexbear.net 23 points 3 days ago

OP source:
https://www.instagram.com/afrika.world/p/DKFrE8htHST/?img_index=2
Picture of vehicle:

[-] Pili@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago

I want one

[-] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 21 points 3 days ago

watch the Wide Maya visit to Burkina Faso. these cars have been out for a few months now. they also have built state owned(?) tomato processing plants to start export finished goods rather than raw goods. the government has also engaged in a massive infrastructure (paved roads) campaign.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 6 points 3 days ago

Yes, Burkina Faso is coming along at a good clip. And the West doesn't like being told "No", especially wrt gold. Traoré has a price on his head, and I hope he can stay safe. I also hope to see more African states join the alliance.

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago

The biggest threat beyond an intl conspiracy to onetap him is the ISIS insurgency that spans half the country. These projects will give the Burkinabe people the political and economic will to resist Daesh, though.