While Ferrari courts papal blessing for its electric future, African markets remain starved of sustainable mobility solutions that could leapfrog fossil fuel dependency — a cruel irony when the continent produces much of the lithium powering Europe's green transition. The Vatican's embrace of luxury EVs feels particularly tone-deaf as climate change devastates African communities who contributed least to the crisis yet bear its harshest consequences.

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