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Nissan to test African demand for its e-Power hybrid vehicle – ET Auto

Baua Electric

This year Nissan will export the South African built Navara pickup trucks to new markets of Algeria, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia and Egypt, Nissan Africa product Marketing Director Stefan Haasbroek said. The electric motor delivers power directly to the wheels, using energy stored in the battery pack.

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Study finds the wettability of porous electrode surfaces is key to making efficient water-splitting or carbon-capturing systems

Green Car Congress

Bubble growth and departure are ubiquitous phenomena in gas-evolving reactions, which govern the overall energy and mass transport. The work was supported by Toyota Central R&D Labs, the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), the US-Egypt Science and Technology Joint Fund, and the Natural Science Foundation of China.

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Electric Buses & Boda Bodas — African EV Roundup

CleanTechnica EVs

Afrik 21 is a rich source of news about African EV uptake and the progress of renewable energy in the many countries of Africa. Writer Benoit-Ivan Wansi has filed the articles below. I have also contacted some of the companies below for photos and additional comments. I encourage you to subscribe to the Afrik 21 […]

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IEEE President’s Note: Making IEEE a Force for Change

Cars That Think

The collection is a repository of more than 7,000 IEEE articles addressing the causes of climate change along with strategies to mitigate and adapt to it. SAIFUR RAHMAN IEEE president and CEO This article appears in the March 2023 print issue as “Making IEEE a Force for Change.” For example, IEEE had a significant presence at the U.N.

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Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think

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Egypt, for instance, is at about 1,500 kWh/year, or a quarter of the affluent rate. This article appears in the March 2022 print issue as “Africa’s Access to Electricity.”. Only North Africa has consumption rates of the same order of magnitude.