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South Africa Really Shouldn’t Be That Far Behind Australia In EV Adoption

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Sales of battery-electric vehicles breached the 500 units per year mark in South Africa for the first time ever. Last year, 502 BEVs were sold in South Africa, up from 218 in 2021. With only 1024 BEVs sold since 2018, its clear to see that sales of BEVs have been slow in South Africa compared […]

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The UK Gives South Africa R3.7 Million To Fund Skills Training Projects For Jobs in The EV Sector

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The automobile assembly and motor vehicle component manufacturing industry is a critical pillar of the South African economy. Before the Covid19 pandemic, South Africa’s assembly plants produced 610,854 vehicles in 2018, all of which were internal combustion engine vehicles.

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GlobalData: Global coal production set to grow to 2022, despite major players scaling down capacities

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between 2018 and 2022, with the high growth in India helping to reduce the country’s reliance on imports to feed its expanding coal-fired power generation. Mt in 2018. CAGR between 2014 and 2018, respectively. CAGR between 2014 and 2018, respectively. to 7,188.8 Mt in 2017 and then rose again by a marginal 0.1%

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Leclanché to provide battery technology for Canadian Pacific’s hydrogen-powered locomotive project

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In 2018, year-over-year, Canada's freight rail sector’s workload, measured by gross ton-miles, increased by 6.2%, and increased 10.1% million in 2018 versus 2017. The market for freight rail is large and growing across the world. compared with the five-year average. —Anil Srivastava, CEO, Leclanché.

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BNEF: EV company fundings bright spot as clean energy investment slips in Q3 quarter; 3 China EV companies raise $1.9B

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billion in the third quarter of 2018, down 6% from the same period last year, according to the latest Clean Energy Investment Trends report from research company Bloomberg NEF (BNEF). billion in the first nine months of 2018, making this year certain to be the strongest since at least 2011. South Africa at $2.6

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BloombergNEF: battery metals rebounding; by 2030, annual Li-ion battery demand to pass 2TWh

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This is the highest price since March 2018 and 15% above the five-year average. Manganese supply recovers strongly: Manganese production in South Africa in April increased by 208% year on year. Manganese supply recovers strongly: Manganese production in South Africa in April increased by 208% year on year.

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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

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New investment in wind, solar, and other clean energy projects in developing nations dropped sharply in 2018, largely due to a slowdown in China. thousand terawatt-hours in 2018, up from 6.4 Investment in new wind, solar, and other non-large hydro renewables projects in the country fell to $86 billion in 2018 from $122 billion in 2017.

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