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Maruti Suzuki Jimny available with up to ?1.50 lakh discounts

Baua Electric

Available in two variant options, Zeta and Alpha, the Maruti Suzuki Jimny SUV comes priced from ₹ 12.74 Besides selling it in India, Maruti Suzuki exports the made-in-India SUV to markets like South Africa and Indonesia as well. However, these offers may vary depending on the variant, location, availability of stock etc.

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This Community-Run Internet is Bridging the Digital Divide

Cars That Think

There are many reasons for the divide, including affordability, the lack of digital literacy, and the absence of relevant content and services in local languages. The 10-Gbps network is now one of the largest community-based networks in South Africa, with more than 100 hotspots and 60,000 unique users.

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Tesla Model 3, Model X are Google’s Most Searched for EVs globally

Teslarati

The Tesla Model 3 sedan and the Tesla Model X SUV are Google’s most searched for electric vehicles globally, according to new data from a price comparison website. The Model X claimed notable areas like Elon Musk’s home country of South Africa and other regions like Egypt, Kazakhstan, Guyana, and Nambia.

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BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

Green Car Congress

The steel industry cannot afford to wait for the 2040s to start its transition. South Africa and India have good iron ore reserves and the potential to produce a large amount of low-cost clean power. Converting a significant portion of the fleet to hydrogen would require more DRI plants and more electric furnaces.

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The War in Ukraine Disrupts Trade in Both Food and Fuel

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Russia ranks second in the extraction of both crude oil (behind the United States and ahead of Saudi Arabia) and natural gas (behind the United States and ahead of Iran), and it is the sixth-largest producer of coal (behind Australia and ahead of South Africa). share in 2020, by contrast, was about 9 percent.

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Ford to expand aggressively in Middle East & Africa; at least 25 new vehicles by 2016

Green Car Congress

The company also confirmed that several additional vehicles from its global portfolio will come to Middle East & Africa in the near term—including the Mustang. The total Middle East and Africa car market is expected to grow 40 percent by the end of the decade to 5.5 —Jim Benintende, president, Ford Middle East & Africa.

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Mercedes-Benz introduces its mid-size pickup truck: the X-Class leans on diesel

Green Car Congress

At the beginning of 2018 South Africa, Australia and New Zealand will follow, and at the beginning of 2019 Argentina and Brazil. Production for the markets in Europe, Australia and South Africa will start at the Nissan plant in Barcelona, Spain, in 2017. Further market-specific prices will be made known successively.

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