China has emerged as the key partner for Tajikistan’s green transportation transition and is quickly becoming the country's main supplier of electric vehicles (EVs). Tajikistan’s EV transition perfectly aligns with China’s rise as the global leader in the manufacturing and export of EVs and the growing bilateral cooperation between the two countries. According to the Chinese state-run media CGTN, Chinese EVs constitute more than 90 percent of Tajikistan’s EV imports. Chinese EV brands are increasingly seen as high-quality products by local industry experts, while also being affordable and reliable. Effectively controlling Tajikistan’s EV market will equip China with another tool for political influence, and who is to say it won’t use it for leverage?