Stephanie Ghacibeh wrote this article in MTV Website:

In light of the rapidly increasing fuel prices, and while a fuel tank price has exceeded one and a half million Lebanese Pounds, transportation in Lebanon has almost become a luxury, unless… people could lay their fingers on an alternative! 
 
Whereas some Lebanese resorted to motorcycles for their daily movements trying to avoid the sky-rocketing fuel costs, others took the shot, and replaced their traditional cars with electric or hybrid vehicles. 
Be that as it may, can we really consider electric and hybrid cars a solution for saving some cash? 
 
How about comparing our options:  
As they are exempted from customs taxes, electric cars score their first point against traditional cars. Hence, upon entering the Lebanese territory, importers of electric and hybrid cars only incur the VTA tax. Nowadays, the afore mentioned is considered a significant amount, since the customs taxes are now calculated at the rate of 45,000 LBP for the dollar. 
 
Per contra, if your budget is limited, investing in an electric or hybrid car may be an arduous ambition. According to Rabih Tohme, owner of a showroom for electric cars, the cheapest electric car costs no less than $14,000. 
 
Anyhow, in terms of consumption, electric cars' batteries can contain between 17 and 82 kilowatts. Provided that you recharge your batteries at a station, the latter will cost you approximately half a dollar per kilowatt. It goes without saying that charging an electric car on solar energy will be noticeably less costly, particularly if you own solar panels. 

Each kilowatt, depending on your vehicle and its specifications, provides between 6 and 7 kilometers of driving. 

This means that 10 kilometers in an electric car costs approximately $0.85. It is crucial to note that the mountainous roads of Lebanon allow this type of cars to be recharge while driving downhill, thus, it’ll even be cheaper. 

In this way, Mirella, the owner of a hybrid car, affirms that she is lucky to have taken such a decision in regard to the great amount of money her car saves her. 

For all these reasons, Tohme also indicated that this market is progressively thriving in Lebanon, to the extent that he opened a special showroom for electric and hybrid cars. 

To wrap things up, it is true that this new generation of cars requires us to somewhat adapt to its needs for it, in return, to satisfy one of our most pressing ones. However, the climate crisis may force us to start driving towards an inevitable future, while our Lebanon is only riding backwards.