Africa and Industry

The BYD Dolphin Is Now The Lowest Priced EV In South Africa

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 10, 2024

Sales of electric vehicles have been very slow in South Africa, but the industry is starting to show signs of growth. Sales of battery-electric vehicles came close to breaching the 1,000 units per year mark in South Africa for the first time ever. Last year, 931 battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) were.

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Local Production of Plug-In Hybrids Up 5X In South Africa

CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

South Africa is one of the main motor vehicle assembly and manufacturing hubs on the African continent. Vehicles are produced in South Africa for the local South African market, the regional markets on the African continent, and for export to countries on other continents, such as Europe.

South Africa

South Africa Africa Plug-in Production

Spiro Now Has 6,000 Electric Motorcycles Across 3 Countries In Africa

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 5, 2023

The motorcycle sector in Africa is one of the largest vehicle segments on the continent. There are over 27 million ICE motorbikes registered across Africa, with around 80% of them used in the motorcycle taxi industry.

Africa

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Nearly 20% of intact tropical forest landscapes overlap with extractive industries

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2021

A new study from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and WWF finds that nearly 20% of tropical Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs) overlap with concessions for extractive industries such as mining, oil and gas. Of these regions, Central Africa’s IFLs had the highest overlap with extractive concessions (26%). Grantham et al.

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Aceleron, Zembo, Toyota Tsusho, & Mobility 54 Sign MOU At TICAD 8 To Catalyze Development Of E-Mobility Industry In Africa

CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Toyota Tsusho Group (TTC) has been working with people and societies in Africa under the philosophy of “WITH AFRICA FOR AFRICA” in various areas for a while now.

Africa

Africa Toyota Industrial Industry

Reservations Now Open For Audi’s e-tron Range In South Africa — Pricing Confirmed

CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Audi has a good following in South Africa. According to Autotrader’s 2021 Mid-Year Car Industry Report, Audi is the 5th most searched brand in South Africa. I have also been a fan of Audi cars for a while. My eldest brother had an old Audi 500 over a decade ago. It was in very good […].

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LCA finds EMN high-purity manganese products have lower carbon footprint than incumbent industry

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Highlights of the results include: The GWP of HPEMM produced at Chvaletice, using 100% renewable power, is 64% lower than the estimated GWP of HPEMM produced by the incumbent industry. HPMSM produced in China using ore from South Africa has higher levels of trace elements of fluorine and silicon compared to Chvaletice’s HPMSM.

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Carbon Industrial Industry Czech Republic

India’s NMDC exploring lithium assets in Africa and Australia, source says – ET Auto

Baua Electric

MARCH 22, 2024

Indian iron ore miner NMDC Ltd is exploring lithium assets in Africa and Australia and is currently in negotiations, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday. In June last year, Reuters reported that NMDC’s unit Legacy Iron Ore had signed a lithium exploration pact with Australia’s Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd.

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Volvo Trucks South Africa Takes Its First Extra Heavy Electric Truck On A 600km Road Trip From Durban To Johannesburg

CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 12, 2023

One of the leaders in the electric heavy truck industry is Volvo Trucks. Volvo Trucks recently announced that it will start delivering heavy electric trucks to its customers in South Africa […]

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Anglo American unveils prototype 2MW hydrogen-battery hybrid mine haul truck

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2022

Anglo American plc unveiled a prototype of the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mine haul truck designed to operate in everyday mining conditions at its Mogalakwena PGMs (platinum group metals) mine in South Africa. nuGen is a tangible demonstration of our FutureSmart Mining program changing the future of our industry.

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Hydrogen South Africa Africa Hybrid

Musashi appoints Naoya Nishimura as CEO for India, Africa region – ET Auto

Baua Electric

APRIL 9, 2024

Naoya Nishimura as CEO for India, Africa region New Delhi: Musashi Auto Parts India Pvt Ltd (Musashi), a 100% owned subsidiary of Musashi Seimitsu Industries, Japan, and a manufacturer of two-wheeler and four-wheeler transmission components in India, has appointed Naoya Nishimura as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Africa

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Airbus and LM Industries create mobility startup Neorizon; digital manufacturing

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2019

Airbus and LM Industries, the the parent company of Local Motors and Launch Forth, have formed Neorizon to provide disruptive and innovative products with an initial focus on local mobility and autonomy. —Jay Rogers, CEO and founder of LM Industries. leadership. —Benjamin Queisser, Neorizon CEO.

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Study finds future-fuel demand for shipping industry equal to entire current global production of renewables

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2022

Particular opportunity for the Global South identified as net-zero fuel production costs expected to be up to 20% lower in Latin America and Africa. The report indicates that this makes maritime a key enabler of the decarbonization of land-based industrial sectors. London, UK. Vancouver, Canada. 17th May 2022.

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Renewable Global Industrial Industry

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

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 27, 2022

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. 58% of these vehicles were for the export market.

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South Africa Africa 2018 Automobile

MAN Energy Solutions and Fraunhofer IST analyze options for cost-efficient hydrogen supply to Salzgitter industrial cluster

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2022

As such, green hydrogen can be produced in northern Germany at competitive prices and form the basis for a German hydrogen initiative—this is good news for German industry. This will be the case in many instances, as for example in the shipbuilding or aviation industries. —Marc Grünewald.

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Volkswagen opens IT Center in the Gläserne Manufaktur in Dresden; Volkswagen Industrial Cloud

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2019

In Software Development Center Production (SDC Production), up to 80 newly hired IT specialists will be working on the Volkswagen Industrial Cloud. In the future, the Industrial Cloud will link all 122 Group-wide Volkswagen production facilities. The Industrial Cloud brings together data from all factories.

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KIT and Wintershall Dea collaborating to develop industrial-scale methane pyrolysis for CO2-free production of hydrogen

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Methane pyrolysis separates methane (CH 4 ) into gaseous hydrogen and solid carbon that is a valuable material for various industry branches and can also be stored safely. Now, KIT is partnering with industry partner Wintershall Dea to further develop this process for use on an industrial scale. Resources. Geißler, A.

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Kits Hydrogen Industrial Industry

Volvo Opens Orders For Heavy Electric Trucks For The Construction Industry In South Africa

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 15, 2023

Heavy vehicles for applications such as construction sites or in campus-based sectors such as in mining environments usually have to drive for short distances at well known intervals. Vehicles in this sector are perfect for electrification.

South Africa

South Africa Africa Volvo Industrial

Deep South Resources is back in business in the copper exploration industry

Innovation News Network

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Deep South Resources is back to upgrading its copper exploration game in Southern Africa. The post Deep South Resources is back in business in the copper exploration industry appeared first on Innovation News Network. Read more about their work here.

Industrial

Industrial Industry Africa

Africa’s waste industry just got a whole lot cleaner with its first electric garbage truck

Electrek

MARCH 20, 2023

Africa received its first heavy-duty commercial electric truck this past week, a Volvo Trucks FE Electric garbage truck (waste collector). more… The post Africa’s waste industry just got a whole lot cleaner with its first electric garbage truck appeared first on Electrek.

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Cleaner Waste Industrial Industry

Ballard & First Mode sign order for 30 additional hydrogen fuel cells for ultra-class mining trucks; 3MW

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2023

The Ballard hydrogen fuel cell module will help power ultra-class mining haul trucks like this one at Anglo American’s Mogalakwena Platinum Group Metals mine in South Africa. Together with First Mode, we are continuing to demonstrate a viable pathway to decarbonize mining trucks by using Ballard’s leading hydrogen fuel cells.

South Africa

South Africa Hydrogen Seattle Fuel

Chromatin sorghum hybrids produce fivefold yield increase in East Africa

Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2015

an agriculture technology company, announced that its newly introduced hybrid sorghum seed products have achieved unprecedented yields in East Africa. Recent reports have suggested that the demands of the brewing industry have put a strain on food supplies in Eastern Africa. Chromatin, Inc.,

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Africa Uganda Hybrid Water

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

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Steel is responsible for around 7% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions every year and is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Government and corporate net-zero commitments are pushing the steel industry to cancel out its emissions by 2050. The steel industry cannot afford to wait for the 2040s to start its transition.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Industrial

Volvo Trucks Is Bringing Electric Trucks To South Africa!

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 14, 2023

One of the leaders in the electric heavy truck industry is Volvo Trucks. In 2022, the number of heavy electric trucks on the roads in Europe and the United States grew faster than ever before. Volvo Trucks has now sold more than 4,300 electric trucks globally in more than 38 countries since 2019, when production […]

South Africa

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TotalEnergies and Safran form strategic partnership to accelerate the decarbonization of the aviation industry; key role for SAF

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

TotalEnergies and Safran signed a strategic partnership agreement to develop technical and commercial solutions jointly for the decarbonization of the aviation industry. TotalEnergies is involved in numerous initiatives to produce and market sustainable aviation fuel in partnership with aviation industry partners.

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Industrial Industry France Africa

Germany and Namibia form partnership for green hydrogen

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2021

Namibia has enormous potential for scaling up a green hydrogen industry. The National Hydrogen Council estimates that hydrogen demand of German industry alone (excluding refineries) will amount to 1.7 However, Namibia is also the most arid country in sub-Saharan Africa. It has a lot of vast unused space.

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Walkabout Resources’ Tanzanian graphite project moves to construction phase

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2021

Australia-based Walkabout Resources, an Africa-focused energy minerals developer, announced that its Tanzania Lindi Jumbo flake graphite project had progressed into the construction phase, with the CRDB-approved Independent Project Manager completing site visits and bulk earthmoving contractor TNR commencing mobilization.

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TUM, partners to present electric aCar prototype at IAA; transport for sub-Saharan Africa

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2017

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and partners will present their new prototype of an electric four-wheel drive utility vehicle designed for Africa—the aCar — at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt next month. Four-wheel drive is a must for the roads of Africa, the majority of which are not paved.

Africa

Africa Ghana Tanzania Transportation

BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

This trend was already underway before the pandemic, due to cost-competitive gas in key sectors including power, industry and transport, and major regions including Europe, North America and Asia. The hydrogen market is on the verge of a revolution.

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Gas Global Industrial Industry

EY: oil & gas megaproject overruns to cost industry more than $500B

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

The report—“Spotlight on megaprojects”—is based on the review of 365 projects with a proposed investment of above US$1 billion in the upstream, LNG, pipelines and refining segments of the oil and gas industry.

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Oil Industrial Industry Gas

Ballard and Anglo American launch field trial of methanol-fueled fuel cell home generator in rural South Africa

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

Ballard and Anglo American Platinum have partnered with Eskom, South Africa’s power utility, and The Department of Energy of South Africa to conduct the 12-month field trial. Naledi Trust is part of the Moqhaka Local Municipality in the southern part of the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State province of South Africa.

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South Africa Africa Fuel Grid

GAC Group begins construction of $6.5B industrial park for electric and intelligent vehicles

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2017

China-based automobile manufacturer Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC Group), the parent company of GAC Motor, has begun construction of a large industrial park for electric and intelligent vehicles as part of its efforts to boost its electric vehicle business. More than 45 billion yuan (US$6.5 More than 45 billion yuan (US$6.5

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Stima, One Electric, & Mobius Motors Launch Strategic Partnership To Propel Local Electric Motorcycle Assembly In Kenya

CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 24, 2023

There has been a lot of attention on electrifying the motorcycle industry on the African continent. That is because the motorcycle sector in Africa is one of the largest vehicle segments on the continent.

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Motorcycles Kenya Africa Electric Motorcycles

Deloitte forecasts clean hydrogen market to hit US$1.4T per year by 2050

Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2023

Demand is expected to initially build on the decarbonization of existing industrial uses of hydrogen (95 MtH 2 eq), most notably for fertilizer production. The net-zero transition then underpins rapid demand growth, cementing hydrogen’s role as a versatile solution for decarbonization.

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Clean Cleaning Hydrogen Market

Elon Musk’s Second Cousin, Hilton Musk, Takes Tesla Model X On A 1,400 KM Drive From Cape Town To Johannesburg

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 13, 2023

Tesla’s vehicles are not yet available for people to buy in South Africa. However, Rubicon, the largest supplier of solar systems and components to the commercial & industrial and residential sectors in South Africa, had the honour of bringing in the first ever Tesla vehicle to South Africa.

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South Africa Africa Tesla Solar

GlobalData: Hydrogen market growth to surge in 2023 despite slowing global economy

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Hydrogen development, given its application across various industries, is indispensable to attaining energy transition, meeting decarbonization goals, and positioning leading companies as market experts. mtpa active and upcoming capacity combined.

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Hydrogen Global Economy Market

AfricaNEV’s First EV Technical Training Course Was Held In Nairobi Last Month

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 6, 2023

Africa New Energy and Vehicles (AfricaNEV) is a continental non-profit that aims to accelerate the adoption of e-mobility in Africa through policy advocacy, awareness creation, and skills development, as well as linking industry players in the e-mobility value chain.

Africa

Africa Industrial Industry Energy

1,740 Passenger Plug-In Hybrid EVs Were Built In South Africa From January To April Of 2023

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 10, 2023

The motor vehicle and the associated vehicle components production industry is the largest manufacturing sector in the South African economy. A substantial 21.7% manufacturing and […]

South Africa

South Africa Africa Plug-in Economy

Powerhive Announces Strategic Partnership with Mobius Motors to Boost Local Assembly Capabilities in Kenya

CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The electric motorcycle industry in East Africa has been developing nicely over the past 5 years. Several startups have been. continued] The post Powerhive Announces Strategic Partnership with Mobius Motors to Boost Local Assembly Capabilities in Kenya appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Comment on BYD Fang Cheng Bao sees 1st production car of Bao 5 roll off line by Marwan khattab

CN EV Post

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

I'm Marwan Khattab from Egypt, I made a market research plan related to Electric Vehicles industry and Tesla company in new markets of the Middle East and Africa. But I believe that Chinese EV makers will be more successful than Tesla in the Middle East and Africa.

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GE Transportation to Supply 100 Locomotives to Transnet in South Africa; First AC Diesel Electric Locomotive to Sub-Saharan Africa

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2009

GE South African Technologies (GESAT), GE Transportation’s entity in South Africa, will supply 100 locomotives to Transnet Freight Rail (TFR). TFR is South Africa’s state-owned rail freight logistics utility; Transnet Limited is its parent company.

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Energtek Plans to Implement Low-pressure Mobile Pipeline (LMP) Technology in Africa

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

a developer of Adsorbed Natural Gas (ANG) technology, is planning to implement its natural gas distribution technology in western Africa. Energtek CEO Lev Zaidenberg, CTO Yuri Ginzburg and other staff members recently concluded a series of visits and meetings in Africa. Energtek Inc., Earlier post.).

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Africa Gas Gasoline Oil

Growing Plugless Hybrid EV Market Share In Japan Has Direct Implications On The African Vehicle Market

CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 12, 2023

The Japanese auto industry dictates the African vehicle market, especially in east and southern Africa, where 90% of the vehicles imported into this region are vehicles from Japan. Japanese brands rule in Africa and Toyota is King. Most of these vehicles are imported as used vehicles.

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Japan Market Africa Mazda

Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) Systems, The National Aerospace Centre, and Airbus to research use of fuel cells for commercial airliners

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Airbus and South Africa’s National Aerospace Centre will jointly fund research by Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) into the application of fuel cells on airliners. With demand for air transport doubling every 15 years, the global airline industry will require nearly 30,000 new aircraft (over 100 seats) by 2032.

South Africa

South Africa Africa Hydrogen Fuel

The BYD Dolphin Is Now The Lowest Priced EV In South Africa

Local Production of Plug-In Hybrids Up 5X In South Africa

Spiro Now Has 6,000 Electric Motorcycles Across 3 Countries In Africa

Nearly 20% of intact tropical forest landscapes overlap with extractive industries

Aceleron, Zembo, Toyota Tsusho, & Mobility 54 Sign MOU At TICAD 8 To Catalyze Development Of E-Mobility Industry In Africa

Reservations Now Open For Audi’s e-tron Range In South Africa — Pricing Confirmed

LCA finds EMN high-purity manganese products have lower carbon footprint than incumbent industry

India’s NMDC exploring lithium assets in Africa and Australia, source says – ET Auto

Volvo Trucks South Africa Takes Its First Extra Heavy Electric Truck On A 600km Road Trip From Durban To Johannesburg

Anglo American unveils prototype 2MW hydrogen-battery hybrid mine haul truck

Musashi appoints Naoya Nishimura as CEO for India, Africa region – ET Auto

Airbus and LM Industries create mobility startup Neorizon; digital manufacturing

Study finds future-fuel demand for shipping industry equal to entire current global production of renewables

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

MAN Energy Solutions and Fraunhofer IST analyze options for cost-efficient hydrogen supply to Salzgitter industrial cluster

Volkswagen opens IT Center in the Gläserne Manufaktur in Dresden; Volkswagen Industrial Cloud

KIT and Wintershall Dea collaborating to develop industrial-scale methane pyrolysis for CO2-free production of hydrogen

Volvo Opens Orders For Heavy Electric Trucks For The Construction Industry In South Africa

Deep South Resources is back in business in the copper exploration industry

Africa’s waste industry just got a whole lot cleaner with its first electric garbage truck

Ballard & First Mode sign order for 30 additional hydrogen fuel cells for ultra-class mining trucks; 3MW

Chromatin sorghum hybrids produce fivefold yield increase in East Africa

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

Volvo Trucks Is Bringing Electric Trucks To South Africa!

TotalEnergies and Safran form strategic partnership to accelerate the decarbonization of the aviation industry; key role for SAF

Germany and Namibia form partnership for green hydrogen

Walkabout Resources’ Tanzanian graphite project moves to construction phase

TUM, partners to present electric aCar prototype at IAA; transport for sub-Saharan Africa

BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

EY: oil & gas megaproject overruns to cost industry more than $500B

Ballard and Anglo American launch field trial of methanol-fueled fuel cell home generator in rural South Africa

GAC Group begins construction of $6.5B industrial park for electric and intelligent vehicles

Stima, One Electric, & Mobius Motors Launch Strategic Partnership To Propel Local Electric Motorcycle Assembly In Kenya

Deloitte forecasts clean hydrogen market to hit US$1.4T per year by 2050

Elon Musk’s Second Cousin, Hilton Musk, Takes Tesla Model X On A 1,400 KM Drive From Cape Town To Johannesburg

GlobalData: Hydrogen market growth to surge in 2023 despite slowing global economy

AfricaNEV’s First EV Technical Training Course Was Held In Nairobi Last Month

1,740 Passenger Plug-In Hybrid EVs Were Built In South Africa From January To April Of 2023

Powerhive Announces Strategic Partnership with Mobius Motors to Boost Local Assembly Capabilities in Kenya

Comment on BYD Fang Cheng Bao sees 1st production car of Bao 5 roll off line by Marwan khattab

GE Transportation to Supply 100 Locomotives to Transnet in South Africa; First AC Diesel Electric Locomotive to Sub-Saharan Africa

Energtek Plans to Implement Low-pressure Mobile Pipeline (LMP) Technology in Africa

Growing Plugless Hybrid EV Market Share In Japan Has Direct Implications On The African Vehicle Market

Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) Systems, The National Aerospace Centre, and Airbus to research use of fuel cells for commercial airliners

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