CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 22, 2023

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. There has been a slow but steady increase in BEV sales in the country, punctuated by a sharp decline in 2020 […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 7, 2021

There was a time when my dream car was a BMW. Here is how my love for BMW started. In high school, along with Physics, French was my other favorite subject. I had been very keen on learning the French language during my primary school days because my father, my sister, and my older brothers, […].

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2022

The BMW Group is using innovative technologies in its efforts to improve sustainability and taking advantage of new options to conserve resources and reduce emissions from painting bodywork. The BMW Group is the first automotive manufacturer worldwide to use matt paints made from biomass instead of crude oil at its European plants.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 27, 2023

For a very long time, battery-electric vehicles have generally been more expensive than comparable internal combustion engine vehicles. The gap between the upfront purchase prices was so high at times that it could only be justified by the lower total cost of ownership advantage that BEVs have from a financial point of view.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The BMW Group is speeding up the shift towards electromobility and strengthening its global network for production of electrified vehicles. member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Production. The Chinese plant in Dadong also began producing the BMW iX3 this year. —Milan Nedeljkovi?,

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Sales of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) in South Africa have been quite slow over the years. The table below shows EV sales over the past 6 years: The slow sales of BEVs can be attributed to several reasons, including: A limited number of models available in South Africa: For along time, there was essentially just one […].

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In China, MINO provides BIW intelligent manufacturing lines for Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Ford, Volkswagen, General Motors, Great Wall, Geely, GAC, SAIC, BAIC as well as other Chinese domestic and foreign automotive manufacturers, and exports products to the United States, Germany, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Malaysia and other countries.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 3, 2023

2,142 passenger plug-in hybrid vehicles were built in South Africa from January to May this year. 1,740 plug-in hybrid vehicles were built from January to April, meaning that 402 passenger plug-in hybrid vehicles were built in the month of May.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 19, 2023

I have been to several of these events in various parts of the world, including the Smarter Mobility Africa in South Africa, and Fully Charged Live in the United Kingdom. Electric vehicle expos present the perfect opportunity for more people to see and experience the beautiful world of electric mobility.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

At the Paris Motos Show, BMW introduced an expanded set of services, device support and availabilitiy in more countries. The personal mobility companion BMW Connected already comprises many functions designed to help users with their daily mobility needs. The update of BMW Connected will also cover the new Apple Watch Series 2.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 17, 2021

In South Africa, for example, the BMW i3 was for a very long time the only full electric vehicle available on the market. One of the best ways to accelerate adoption of electric vehicles is just to make them available. In many markets, there are only a few models available for consumers to buy. Right […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 26, 2022

South Africa doesn’t have the perfect environment to incentivize global automakers to rush to introduce more electric vehicles. Petrol and diesel vehicles imported from the EU into South Africa have a customs duty of 18%, while for electric vehicles it is 25%. There are also the Ad Valorem Customs Excise Duties and VAT.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2015

At its Annual Account Press Conference 2015, the BMW Group announced that, for the first time in the history of the Group, 51% of its electricity worldwide is being supplied from renewable sources. Examples of the use of renewable power include: In Leipzig, Germany, the BMW Group is using wind power.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 19, 2022

Shaun Maidment’s 2016 BMW i3 has just reached 300,000 kilometers on its odometer! Shaun’s car has the highest mileage of any i3 in Africa. Shaun bought his BMW i3 in August of 2016. This 60 Ah i3 has been driven for over 300,000 kilometers in those 5 and a half years on its original battery! […].

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Headquartered in Australia, ASI’s membership includes metals industry companies, national aluminum councils from Austria to South Africa, and automotive manufacturers such as Audi, BMW and Jaguar Land Rover.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2011

Judged by a panel of 76 motoring journalists from 36 countries as disparate as the USA, Japan, China, Russia, New Zealand, India, Korea, Germany, France, Romania, South Africa, Mexico and the UK, the Awards highlight and acknowledge engine engineering excellence. BMW 2-Liter Twin-Turbo Diesel. BMW 3-Liter DI Twin-Turbo.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2014

Motorists want automated driving, and those needs match perfectly with development possibilities in the coming years, said Continental head of research for automotive electronics, Christian Senger, during the “Zulieferer Innovativ 2014” Congress at BMW Welt in Munich. Not all countries have ratified the 1968 Vienna Convention.

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Driivz

AUGUST 1, 2023

Seven automotive manufacturers (Audi, BMW, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche, and Volkswagen) agreed to adopt the combined plug standard, with the first prototype implementation demonstrated in May 2012. What are CCS “combo plugs”? CCS1 is also available in Central America, Korea, and Taiwan.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 23, 2023

The African continent is bearing the brunt of climate change induced disasters. We see it on the news most nights. Here are some of the attempts to decarbonise the transport sector in these emerging economies as chronicled by Afrik21. Some further background can be found here.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 4, 2022

When electric cars are discussed on various local forums, as well as on social media, most of the comments will be quite negative and mostly FUD around the now too common electricity rationing program (load-shedding) introduced by South Africa’s state-owned utility company Eskom.

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EV Connect

MARCH 8, 2021

South Africa, the European Union and the U.S. Backed by BMW, Ford, Hyundai and Volkswagen, the mission of IONITY is to achieve the broadest possible compatibility across EVs so that residents of the EU can drive confidently anywhere on the continent.

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