Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Daimler AG will make investments in the high nine figures (euro) in the new model series by the time of the market launch. The key markets will be Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Australia with New Zealand, and Europe. Mid-size pickups currently have the largest share of the total vehicle market in Australia with 14.1%.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Hyundai Motor Company and H 2 Energy set up its joint venture (JV), Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility, in April 2019. The JV will spread its reach for an innovative pan-European solution for the commercialized fuel-cell-vehicle market. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2018

The Volkswagen brand has founded “Volkswagen Mobility Solutions Rwanda”, a company based in Rwanda. The objective is to provide modern integrated mobility services in Africa in future. As part of its worldwide regionalization strategy, Volkswagen is planning to expand its business presence significantly in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2022

South Africa-based mining and metals group Sibanye Stillwater has increased its effective shareholding in Keliber Oy to 84.96%. Keliber is a Finnish mining and battery chemical company that aims to start the sustainable production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide, utilizing its own ore, in 2024. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2017

The Volkswagen brand has established a "Sub-Saharan Africa” region to develop and strengthen its activities in the African market. Sub-Saharan Africa refers to the area of the African continent south of the Sahara. Africa is still one of the blank spots on the Volkswagen map. —Thomas Schäfer.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

The OorjaPac DMFC system is already in use by some of the world’s largest materials handling and telecommunications companies. The investment round follows a $4.2-million The OorjaPac keeps the vehicle’s battery at a constant state of charge, eliminating the need for battery swapping and rapid charging.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Full scope CO 2 emissions will be one of the lowest in the industry, the company claims. Approximately one quarter of production will serve the domestic Russian market. Pre-operation verifications and testing have begun. TaAZ is the third low-carbon aluminum smelter to be built by RUSAL, with an overall cost of more than $1.69

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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. In addition, there has also been a significant improvement in the fundamental outlook for the lithium market. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2021

The company has also developed the Prometheus Carbon-free Fire, a system to crack ammonia back into hydrogen providing an efficient means of green hydrogen storage and transportation. The modular solution is sized to connect directly with renewable energy production, providing a scalable, distributed source of zero-carbon ammonia.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2012

Strategically, it provides Ballard with additional product capabilities with methanol fueled systems and key customer relationships in leading markets for fuel cell commercialization, such as Southeast Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America as well as South Africa. —John Sheridan, Ballard President and CEO.

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Baua Electric

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

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Aurizon , Australia’s largest rail freight operator, and leading global mining company Anglo American will work together on a feasibility study to assess the introduction of hydrogen-powered trains for bulk freight.

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Baua Electric

JULY 3, 2023

inventive companies, hiring Ogilvy in Might 2022, changing Venables, Bell & Companions, which had held the account since 2007. Ogilvy had already labored with Audi in South Africa, China and Germany. The WPP company’s first fat marketing campaign for Audi is anticipated quickly. Audi’s U.S. Audi’s U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2022

The new partnership covers retail sites in Australia, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa and the west coast of US. Sites in the UK and eastern US will be added to the app for the first time this year, with plans to launch in other European markets from 2023. bp currently offers delivery in 10 markets with a variety of partners.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Volkswagen is taking a further step to develop market potentials in Africa. We will systematically continue to develop our position in the fast-growing African car market. ”. In addition, possibilities of training initiatives for the local population are being investigated together with other German companies. initiative.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2017

South African engineering company Swayana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LanzaTech to collaborate on developing projects for the production of ethanol and higher value products from waste gases in the ferroalloy and titania smelting sectors. during steel manufacturing. —Joseph Zinyana of Swayana.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 22, 2024

A new electric pickup is coming to global markets. A BYD spokesperson confirmed to Electrek that its first electric pickup will be a mid-to-large size model developed for global markets. BYD’s Shark electric pickup will meet the growing demand in China and global markets. of the electric pickup market in China last year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2022

HPMSM produced in China using ore from South Africa has higher levels of trace elements of fluorine and silicon compared to Chvaletice’s HPMSM. Additional analysis of the GWP for different cathode metals shows that Chvaletice manganese has the lowest kg CO– eq.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2024

Honda Cars India has launched the Elevate in Japan which is their home market. The company will sell the Elevate under the ‘WR-V’ nameplate. In the Indian market, the Elevate is being sold only with a 1.5-litre, The All-New Honda Elevate has been very well appreciated in the Indian market becoming our key pillar of business.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2023

The EU is heavily dependent on imports of these metals because extraction is concentrated in a few countries such as China, South Africa and Brazil. In Sweden the state-owned mining company LKAB reported on significant deposits of rare earth metals in Kiruna at the start of the year. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2016

If applied across 17 million new vehicles sold annually in the US, the value of the precious metal cost reduction could reach $1 billion in that market alone. This is an important milestone for SDC as a company. The SDC approach could take as much as $60 out of that cost.

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EV Central

AUGUST 20, 2023

“Amongst our priority markets Australia is really up there,” Mahindra Automotive president Veejay Nakra recently told EV Central ‘s Toby Hagon at a recent media event. We are currently in the process of understanding from a product market fit which of those (EVs) we want to bring to Australia. 09 crossovers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2011

Ltd) to establish a global joint venture to capitalize on the world-wide railroad tie market through the manufacture and sale of Recycled Structural Composite (RSC) ties/sleepers utilizing their respective geographic licenses from Rutgers University. The joint venture will be 65% owned by Axion and 35% owned by Sicut.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Joule, the EV from South African company Optimal Energy ( earlier post ), has completed the prototype phase recently and is nearing the start of volume production, according to the company. The information received from Spot will be implemented in the production of the marketing fleet, which is currently underway.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Research will be conducted on biomass sourcing, fuel production, sustainability and lifecycle assessment, and aviation biofuel market development. The Mexican government and participating institutions will fund the effort for four years, aiming to develop a self-sustaining business model.

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Electric Vehicles India

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

MARCH 27, 2015

The new Mercedes-Benz midsize pickup will initially be targeted at markets in Latin America, South Africa, Australia, and Europe, all of which are posting sustained growth in this segment. Commercial as well as private users are increasingly asking for vehicles that have car-like specifications, the company said.

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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. —Stephen Cornell.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2013

Datsun is now the third brand for the Nissan Motor Company along with the Nissan and Infiniti brands. Nissan positioned the new car as built to meet the needs of the recent rising group of optimistic customers in high-growth markets who seek better value propositions. Datsun models will be individually developed for different markets.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Rental car companies and other fleet operators are some of the major drivers of vehicle sales around the world. This is why there has been a lot of excitement around Hertz’s deals with Tesla and Polestar, for example, as well as SIXT’s deal for 100,000 BYD cars. Just the other day, SIXT announced that it […]

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2015

This is a significant milestone for the company, its aim being to gradually increase the share of renewable energy to 100% over the coming years. At the Spartanburg plant in South Carolina, a methane gas system provides around 50% of the energy required for production. However, economic viability is essential for implementation.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2017

The first step will address topics such as the application of specific market knowledge as well as local development expertise. In the long term, the Volkswagen Group is looking to further expand its product portfolio in the fast-growing emerging markets. That is why we are systematically pursuing our regional growth strategy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The pilot project, which will form part of Volkswagen’s operations in Rwanda, was officially announced today by Thomas Schäfer, CEO of Volkswagen Group South Africa and responsible for the Sub-Sahara Africa Region, in the presence of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda, Right Honourable Dr. Edouard Ngirente.

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Baua Electric

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.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

In its first weeks of operation, the business secured 10 new telecom customer orders across several regions, including Africa, Asia, India and the US powering a total of more than 3,500 cell towers. This costs an average of $20,000 to $30,000 per site and adds more than 50 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere per year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2021

By 2050, green hydrogen could be the cheapest production method for steel and capture 31% of the market. 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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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Through subsidiaries and associated companies, Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand, Spain, South Africa and Indonesia. Tata cars, buses and trucks are being marketed in several countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia, South America, CIS and Russia.

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