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Mobility for Africa Sues Toyota Over Stolen EV Design

6/20/2026

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Mobility for Africa sued the Toyota Mobility Foundation, alleging it stole the NGO’s electric vehicle design and gave it to a Kenyan for-profit firm.
Founder Shantha Bloemen, a former UNICEF official in Johannesburg, says the transport gap harms women’s social wellbeing.
Critics say Toyota lags on EVs and lobbies U.S. lawmakers to relax emissions rules.
They note the dispute involves 322 Zimbabwean vehicles versus 70 Kenyan units.

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Mobility for Africa sued the Toyota Mobility Foundation, alleging it stole the NGO’s electric vehicle design and gave it to a Kenyan for-profit firm.
Founder Shantha Bloemen, a former UNICEF official in Johannesburg, says the transport gap harms women’s social wellbeing.
Critics say Toyota lags on EVs and lobbies U.S. lawmakers to relax emissions rules.
They note the dispute involves 322 Zimbabwean vehicles versus 70 Kenyan units.