Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2022

South Africa-based mining and metals group Sibanye-Stillwater acquired an initial 30.29% shareholding in Keliber Oy as announced on 23 February 2021, by way of a phased equity investment. This is a further significant step in our strategy to build a unique global portfolio of green metals in a value accretive manner.

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APRIL 19, 2024

Building on the success of Royal Enfield Rentals in India, the company has now made that service available across many more international markets and has dubbed it Royal Enfield Rentals and Tours. A call-back from the tour operator will be organised, to confirm and finalise details of the tour and the itinerary.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

This vehicle architecture makes it possible to build Mercedes-Benz electric cars from saloons to large SUVs. At the same time, Mercedes-Benz designs its vehicles and factories to be able to build different models flexibly on the same production lines. Mercedes-Benz will introduce the all-electric architecture in 2021.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 6, 2022

Take Africa in particular: The continent is less a component of the cable network than an extension of it. Even as Google and Meta set their sights on building entirely new lines that will drastically boost the continent’s capacity, those lines hug well-trodden, predictable routes. That meant ramping up plans.

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MARCH 22, 2013

between 2011 and 2012—putting the company more than halfway toward its current goal of using an average of 4 cubic meters per vehicle globally by 2015. Silverton Assembly Plant (South Africa): Began using a $2.5 Ford has reduced the average amount of water used to make each of its vehicles by 8.5%

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Arushi joined Royal Enfield after spending close to two years with Mahindra & Mahindra, where she was part of the team that showcased the electric vehicle portfolio BE in the UK and South Africa. She will be reporting to Mohit Juyal – the head of marketing at Royal Enfield.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 14, 2022

More than 250 academics, companies, nonprofit organizations, individuals, and students from 69 countries entered the contest. First place in the best overall proof-of-concept category went to social enterprise startup Wakoma for the Nimble , an open-source, portable, wireless mesh network system that communities can build and deploy locally.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2022

The patent success in South Africa was thanks to Thaler’s attorney, Ryan Abbott. He spoke about the decision by South Africa during the Artificial Intelligence and the Law virtual event held in September by the IEEE student branch at the University of South Florida , in Tampa. Charles, Mo.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The key markets will be Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Australia with New Zealand, and Europe. The key markets are Brazil, Argentina, Australia, and South Africa. The top markets are Australia, South Africa, Brazil, Great Britain, and Germany. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

Bounce Infinity, an electric scooter and removable battery company, has raised $20 million from existing investors, including Sequoia. Co-founder and CEO of the company, Vivekananda Hallekere, confirmed that the Bangalore-based company has completed its first tranche. Hallekere said it was not in talks to sell the company.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

At the company’s Capital Markets Day 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sasol management said that the company will no longer pursue its proposed ) project in the US ( earlier post ) and furthermore will not invest in additional greenfields gas-to-liquids (GTL) projects.

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

But continuing to build new coal-fired plants will leave producers with only bad options toward a net-zero future by 2050. South Africa and India have good iron ore reserves and the potential to produce a large amount of low-cost clean power. Companies and investors don’t yet appreciate the scale of the changes ahead.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

Attracting industry talent ahead of R2 launch As Rivian looks to expand into new markets, the EV maker is adding industry talent from top-tier companies. Mittelbach brings over 20 years of experience from Mercedes, serving as plant manager in East London and South Africa. By 2030, the EV maker looks to double it.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2012

We’ll continue to expand the business into new areas beyond telecommunications to build the next generation of energy-efficient buses, locomotives and mining vehicles around the world. —GE Chairman & CEO Jeff Immelt.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2015

It is the private sector that knows how to build companies, to evaluate the potential for success, and to take the risks that lead to taking innovative ideas and bringing them to the world. Patrice Motsepe, Founder and Executive Chairman, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), South Africa. —Breakthrough energy coalition.

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APRIL 9, 2015

Initiated by Shell, the collaboration, which is called Project M, brings together Shell’s Lubricant’s Technology Team, The Gordon Murray Design Group and Goto’s engine specialist company Geo Technology. Development of the lubricants, engine and vehicle will be completely integrated. Earlier post.) City car Fuel Efficiency Personal Transit'

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NOVEMBER 27, 2010

— Nigel Harris, general manager of Changan Ford Sales Company. CFMA) are building a new assembly plant in Chongqing, and just signed an agreement to build a new engine plant also in Chongqing. Ford expects 70% of its growth in the next ten years to come from its Asia Pacific and Africa region.

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JULY 12, 2013

Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. Earlier post.). In 2012, GM invested more than $7.3

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APRIL 7, 2015

The primary target markets for the truck are Europe, Australia, South Africa and Latin America. Nissan is the world’s second-biggest 1-ton pickup truck maker and has been building and selling 1-ton pickups for more than 80 years. The strategic cooperation among the three companies began in 2010.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2014

South Africa-based Anglo American Platinum , the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), has invested in the first close of the Series A financing round of Hydrogenious Technologies, a company developing liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) hydrogen storage technology. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2011

Axion International, a leading producer of industrial building products and railroad ties made from 100% recycled plastic ( earlier post ), has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with Sicut Holding Limited (previously Micron Inc. In addition, Axion’s products are completely recyclable at the end of their functional life.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Craig Atkinson, originally a music school owner and events company director, has been focusing on projects that uplift members of his community and projects that contribute to nature conservation for the past 13 years now. Music has been proven to build confidence and is a […].

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MARCH 6, 2009

Ford Motor Company officially launched the new Ford Fiesta into the China market on the southern resort island of Hainan. The sedan and the five-door Fiesta hatchback are both built at the Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Company manufacturing facility in Nanjing. China is the world’s first market to introduce the four-door Fiesta sedan.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

For its non-GAAP accounting, Tesla recorded a net increase of $307 million in deferred revenue as a result of lease accounting, bringing the figure the company calculates as its non-GAAP automotive revenue to $1.16 Faced with growing demand for Powerpacks and Powerwalls, the company accelerated plans to expand manufacturing capacity.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

umlaut is a global, full-service, cross-industry, end-to-end engineering consultancy company with 4,200 specialized experts and engineers, and operations in 50 locations all over the world. The company regularly releases “technology roadmaps” in various industries, including energy, telecommunications, automotive and aviation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

As it announced during its investor conference earlier this week, Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, has increased its 2013 earnings growth objectives to adjusted earnings per share of at least $6.00, or operating EBITDA of at least $1.7 Earlier post.). million tons.

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

The other countries currently covered are Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. TomTom as a company has evolved with a combination of GPS and mapping. That gives us a unique inroad.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Comprehensive energy and climate change policies that accelerate the deployment of energy efficiency, cleaner energy, renewable energy, green buildings, clean vehicles and fuels, and low- carbon transportation infrastructure.

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Q: There are a lot of use cases, say, from taxi or ride sharing by companies like Uber or Lyft, where there are problems of driver shortage. You have said that it’s not very cheap to implement ADAS, especially in countries like India or developing countries like Brazil or South Africa. So, it is very individual.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2014

The worldwide challenges kicked off in Lisbon, Portugal; Los Angeles, United States; and Mumbai, India; before moving on to Delhi and the Chennai region in India; Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; and a countrywide challenge in Argentina. Venkatesh Prasad, senior technical leader, Open Innovation, Ford Motor Company.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2017

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. The market launch in Europe is scheduled for November 2017.

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CN EV Post

APRIL 11, 2023

DriveGPT is the first generative large model for autonomous driving that will reshape the technological path to automotive intelligence, the Beijing-based company announced today at its 8th Haomo AI Day event. Haomo was the former autonomous driving division of Great Wall Motor and became an independent company in November 2019.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2014

CMF enables Renault and Nissan to build a wide range of vehicles from a smaller pool of parts, while at the same time increasing customer choice and quality. Last year, Renault began sales of the Duster sports utility vehicle in the UK and South Africa. As a result of the convergence, the Alliance expects to achieve at least €4.3

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

Building capacity for now and for the next generation. Elements of these solution sets were introduced by SMART in a 2006 article entitled “ New Mobility: The Next Generation of Sustainable Urban Transportation ,” in the Bridge Magazine of the National Academy of Engineers. The five themes are: Systems integration. The accessibility paradigm.

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MAY 29, 2009

Since 1999, Renault and Nissan have achieved and developed an alliance that has created significant value for the two companies. We have assigned a group of experts to focus on building greater synergies to get us through the crisis and position us competitively for the future. Seeking synergies is no longer optional, but mandatory.

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MARCH 8, 2021

South Africa, the European Union and the U.S. Starting in 2017, the Germany-based company IONITY set out to address this problem. A project began in 2016 to build stations all up and down the Queensland coastline. The number of public EV charging stations worldwide passed one million in 2020, making it a landmark year.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2023

Source: Geopolitics of the Energy Transition: Critical Materials While the dependency and supply dynamics fundamentally differ from fossil fuels, mining and processing of critical materials is geographically concentrated, with a few countries and few major companies playing a dominant role.

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