In 2022 only about one in every hundred new cars sold in Turkey was electric. By 2025, more than one in five new cars were electric, a more than twentyfold jump in three years. The turn came after the government in 2023 cut the registration tax on electric cars compared with petrol and diesel models. The timing coincided with the launch of Turkey's first domestic electric car, which raised the models' visibility on the market. Electric models became normal enough that selling one stopped being unusual. The case shows how tax policy can change buying habits quickly. It is a clear example of how incentives and local production can speed up a technology shift.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.