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Study: air pollution caused 1.1M deaths across Africa in 2019, toll from outdoor pollution rising

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Deaths attributable to household air pollution and ambient particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) air pollution in Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, and overall in Africa, 1990–2019. —Philip Landrigan, director of Boston College’s Global Observatory on Pollution and Health. Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 Air pollution was responsible for 1.1

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Jaguar Land Rover partners with Pramac to create charging unit using second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries

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Jaguar Land Rover has partnered with Pramac , a global leader in the energy sector, to develop a portable zero-emission energy storage unit powered by second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries. The remaining materials are recycled back into the supply chain.

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bp and Uber partner to drive delivery growth globally

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bp and Uber Technologies announced a new global strategic convenience delivery partnership, extending their existing local arrangements to reach more consumers across the world. The new partnership covers retail sites in Australia, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa and the west coast of US.

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GlobalData: Global battery energy storage market to grow by 7% to reach $13.13B by 2023

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The global battery energy storage market will to grow to $13.13 The US market for battery energy storage is estimated to reach $2.96bn in 2023, accounting for 23% of the global market. The EMEA battery energy storage market registered a market value of approximately $1.73bn in 2018 and it accounted for 26% of the global market.

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Joy e-bike maker to develop hydrogen scooter, eyes global expansion | Autocar Professional

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The proposed hydrogen scooter has a range of 50 kilometres and will use an external electrolyser to charge the on-board fuel cell, which powers the motor. “The electrolyser charges the tank, and the tank is plugged into the compartment at the given compartment,” Sablok remarked.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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Needless to say, EV sales are increasing globally. Coming in second is Norway, followed by Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom rounding out the top five countries for EV adoption, according to the most recent version of the Electric Vehicle Country Readiness Index from ​​ Ernst & Young Global Ltd.

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Volvo Trucks leading market in Europe and in N America for electric heavy-duty trucks

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Now, its electric product range is being made available in new markets in Asia, Latin America and Africa. Thousands of public charging points for heavy trucks will be needed to scale up the volumes of electric trucks. The group is also investing in a charging corridor in North America.

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