Lebanon launches first electric car despite crisis

Lebanon launches first electric car despite crisis

A model leans on the hood of the "Quds Rise", the first ever electric car produced in Lebanon, during an unveiling ceremony in Khaldeh, south of the capital Beirut, on April 24, 2021. The front golden grille represents Al-Aqsa mosque's Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. The lebanese-made electric car made its debut in a double first for the Mediterranean country that has never manufactured automobiles and is wracked by economic crisis and power cuts. / AFP / ANWAR AMRO