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Optimal Energy , the Cape Town, South Africa-based company that unveiled the Joule full battery-electric multi-purpose urban passenger vehicle to the world at the Paris Motor Show in 2008 ( earlier post ), plans to have pilot fleets on the road in South Africa and globally from 2010 onwards, with mass production to start in South Africa from 2012.

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million kilometers in Europe, the US, China, Australia and South Africa, and more than 1.2 The Tsinghua-Daimler Research Center has been working on pioneering projects on the development of sustainable China-specific traffic solutions since 2012. The performance of the driver assistance systems was assessed on some 9.5

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The global fuel cell industry surpassed $1 billion in revenue in 2012, growing from $847.5 billion in 2012, according to a 2013 report by Navigant Research. New investor Mingxin China Growth Fund joined previous backers including DAG Ventures in the oversubscribed round. million in 2011 to $1.3 The investment round follows a $4.2-million

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Since 2012, voestalpine has invested more than €100 million (US$140 million) in new plants in China, Germany, Romania, South Africa, and the US. In the business year 2012/13, the voestalpine Group generated 44% of its revenue of €11.5 Additional plants and expanded capacity are in the planning stage. billion (US$15.8

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Ballard Power Systems has shipped its 500 th methanol-fueled telecom backup power system, since expanding its product line in August 2012 via the acquisition of key assets from IdaTech. In regions such as Southeast Asia and South Africa, where Ballard is actively engaged, electricity grids can be unreliable. Earlier post.)

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The Datsun GO is the realization of Nissan’s commitment in March 2012 to return the Datsun brand to the marketplace. Datsun GO will be the first of several Datsun models that will be launched later in 2014 in Indonesia, Russia and South Africa. Carlos Ghosn, Nissan Motor President and CEO, unveiled the Datsun GO in India.

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Consider that the first-generation Volkswagen Golf launched in 1974, for example, lived on in South Africa until 2009 as the VW CitiGolf. Those vehicles may even be upgraded with newer technology in the older body. DON'T MISS: 2009 VW CitiGolf: Driving a Brand-New.

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The five-door door version is now in production; the four-door Focus and the wagon will go into production in September and January 2012, respectively. The start of all-new Ford Focus production in Russia commences on the same day as the first on-sale date for the Focus in South Africa.

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billion in 2012-13. Through subsidiaries and associated companies, Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand, Spain, South Africa and Indonesia. Tata Motors reported consolidated revenue of $34.7 Among them is Jaguar Land Rover, the business comprising the two iconic British brands.

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JULY 12, 2013

Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. —2012 Sustainability Report. MWh/vehicle in 2010.

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DECEMBER 11, 2011

Countries meeting in Durban, South Africa, managed to deliver an agreement after an extension to negotiations. Parties to this second period will turn their economy-wide targets into quantified emission limitation or reduction objectives and submit them for review by 1 May 2012. forward in 2012. future agreements.

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Megatron Federal, an engineering company based in Johannesburg, South Africa, was the first customer to sign a purchase agreement for 700 batteries in early 2012, adding 300 more shortly thereafter. This costs an average of $20,000 to $30,000 per site and adds more than 50 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere per year.

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In addition, Chevrolet set record first-half sales in many countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, South Africa, and Turkey. Since introduction in early 2009, Cruze has sold more than 800,000 units worldwide and is on track to exceed 1 million before the end of 2012.

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A total of US$30 billion in fast start finance from industrialised countries to support climate action in the developing world up to 2012 and the intention to raise US$100 billion in long-term funds by 2020 is included in the decisions.

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South Africa-based Anglo American Platinum , the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), has invested in the first close of the Series A financing round of Hydrogenious Technologies, a company developing liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) hydrogen storage technology. Click to enlarge. 2012.08.066.

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Ricardo’s Rising-15 automotive markets include: Argentina; Egypt; Indonesia; Iran; Malaysia; Mexico; Morocco; Nigeria; Peru; the Philippines; South Africa; Thailand; Turkey; Ukraine; and Vietnam. million vehicles in 2012. Nissan introducing new Datsun in Indonesia.

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Ford expects 70% of its growth in the next ten years to come from its Asia Pacific and Africa region. Ford’s Asia Pacific and Africa region encompasses markets on three continents, including Australia, China, India, Thailand and South Africa. Ford is aggressively expanding in Thailand as well.

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Seven automotive manufacturers (Audi, BMW, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche, and Volkswagen) agreed to adopt the combined plug standard, with the first prototype implementation demonstrated in May 2012. What are CCS “combo plugs”? The CCS Combo 1 (CCS1) connector uses the standard U.S. SAE J1772 plug and inlet for the U.S.

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Tenneco produces more than 2 million DPFs annually at its clean air manufacturing facilities in Edenkoben, Zwickau and Saarlouis, Germany; Rybnik, Poland; Hodkovice, the Czech Republic; Tredegar, the UK and Port Elizabeth, South Africa. —Josep Fornos, Executive Vice President, Clean Air, Tenneco.

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However, efforts led by China, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and South Africa resulted in a waiver for new ships registered in developing countries. Earlier post.) If countries choose to apply the waiver for a newly delivered ship, application of the EEDI is delayed for 6.5 years from the 1 January 2013 entry into force of the regulation.

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Perhaps nothing illustrates the rise of electric vehicles over the past decade more than this statistic: In 2012, the total number of electric vehicles (EVs) sold in the entire world was 120,000. In Africa , South Africa is leading the way on the continent as far as EV adoption, although it remains low.

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The formal acknowledgement of the Copenhagen Accord ended a particularly contentious and chaotic set of negotiations, ostensibly capping more than a decade of deliberations towards a framework to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions beyond the terms of the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012.

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The other countries currently covered are Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Additional countries will become available before the end of 2011 and into 2012.

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Tata Motors showcased its alternate fuel technology capability at the New Delhi Auto Expo 2012 by displaying four concepts: the Tata Nano CNG; the Tata Indigo Manza diesel-electric hybrid; the Tata Starbus Fuel Cell (hydrogen); and the Tata Magic Iris CNG. Indigo Manza Hybrid. Click to enlarge. Tata Indigo Manza Hybrid Concept.

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When the expansion program is completed in mid-2012, the engine plant’s production capacity will increase from 250,000 to 330,000 units per year, an additional output of 80,000 diesel engines annually. The expansion of diesel engine production capacity will bring Ford’s total investment in India to more than US$1 billion.

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Other G20 (Australia, Korea, EU, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Argentina). In 2012, PwC made two key changes to the assumptions in previous model versions: Delaying the start of commercial CCS at scale from 2016 to 2021. Low Carbon Economy Index 2012: Overview. nuclear war, radical climate change before 2050).

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The 103GW of capacity added by new renewable energy sources last year compares to 86GW in 2013, 89GW in 2012 and 81GW in 2011 and made 2014 the best year ever for newly installed capacity. billion) and South Africa ($5.5 billion, up 39% from 2013. Investment in developing countries, at $131.3 billion, up just 3% on the year.

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At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% Canada’s 2009 GHG emissions are 48.7%

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The A 220 CDI (available from December 2012) already meets the Euro 6 emission standard which only comes into force in 2015. Field tests carried out by Mercedes-Benz in Europe, the US, Japan and South Africa over a total distance of more than 4.5 All engines of the new A-Class feature the ECO start/stop function as standard.

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