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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Teslarati

OCTOBER 1, 2022

South African retail firm TFG has bought 307 Tesla Powerwall battery storage units to support operations while state-owned power utility Eskom continues load shedding practices. . Load shedding is the practice of switching off parts of the electric grid when there is insufficient capacity. Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Global mining company, Anglo American, has engaged Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) to develop its new Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV): a 290-tonne electrically powered mining haul truck, which is set to be the world’s largest electrified vehicle. Earlier post.).

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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. Earlier post.)

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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.

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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.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

South Africa-based Sibanye-Stillwater will establish. a joint venture company with Australia-based ioneer with respect to ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project. An initial starter pit will be developed in the southwestern part of the ore body to supply ore for the first 4.5 years of the Project.

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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. As part of the agreement, Uber Eats and bp will work to introduce delivery options onto bp’s own app, BPme—initially planned to be available in the UK, US and Australia by the end of 2023—powered by Uber Direct.

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Baua Electric

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 was also part of the Mahindra Edge program for high-potential candidates.

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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 7, 2020

At the same time, the company will continue to electrify the most successful platforms. As part of its Ambition 2039 initiative, Mercedes-Benz is working on offering a CO 2 -neutral new car fleet less than 20 years from now. Mercedes-Benz will introduce the all-electric architecture in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

As part of Boeing’s commitment to protect the environment and support long-term sustainable growth for commercial aviation, the company has active biofuel projects on six continents, including in the US, Australia, Brazil, China, Europe, Middle East, South Africa and Southeast Asia.

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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

DECEMBER 3, 2015

This project, announced during the 2015 Canadian Bioeconomy Conference in Vancouver, was recently awarded funding by the Green Aviation Research and Development Network (GARDN) of Canada as part of a portfolio of investments in technologies to reduce aviation’s carbon emissions. of Vancouver.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

The company began with various approaches and technologies including the use of costly sodium borohydride. HES Energy Systems is part of H3 Dynamics Group, a complementary eco-system of Singapore-based hardware and software companies. It took HES several years to achieve this performance.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The services are offered on the Move App, an innovative IT mobility solution which was developed by a local IT start-up company, Awesomity Lab. In a first for the African continent, the Volkswagen Brand has launched a pilot project in partnership with Siemens to test the feasibility of electric mobility in an African country.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 14, 2022

For many of us, the Internet is part of daily life. More than 250 academics, companies, nonprofit organizations, individuals, and students from 69 countries entered the contest. The 10-Gbps network is now one of the largest community-based networks in South Africa, with more than 100 hotspots and 60,000 unique users.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2012

GE will invest an additional $70 million to expand its sodium-halide battery manufacturing plant in New York, which is part of the company’s new Energy Storage business. —GE Chairman & CEO Jeff Immelt.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2021

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. Russia and Brazil both have access to high-quality iron ore reserves and to abundant clean power.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2017

By offering the appropriate products we intend to achieve sustainable and profitable growth in very different parts of the world. We strongly believe that both the companies, by working together, can leverage from each other’s strengths to create synergies and develop smart innovative solutions for the Indian and overseas market.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2010

A research collaboration between South Africa-based Sasol and the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of Pretoria (UP) has led to the commissioning of high-tech equipment to gain better insights into the properties and performance of synthetic diesel fuels.

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Green Car Congress

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. Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures, US.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2010

The disparity, according to the lead researcher for the study, Ruud Kempener, would doubtless have been higher had all state-owned companies and local government investments in the BRIMCS countries been included as part as government expenditure rather than solely 100% government-owned firms. Click to enlarge. billion dollars.

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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

APRIL 7, 2015

The primary target markets for the truck are Europe, Australia, South Africa and Latin America. A high parts localization rate is expected to expand the supply bases in Spain and Argentina significantly. The strategic cooperation among the three companies began in 2010.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

MHI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Ltd ( PBMR Pty ) of the Republic of South Africa to study the area of collaboration in the development of the helium-cooled, High Temperature Reactor (HTR) Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

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. l/100 km) over the iconic Brighton-London course with a low friction engine lubricant playing a significant part in this figure.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2009

Malaysia-based Petronas has signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Uzbekistan’s national oil and gas company Uzbekneftegaz (UNG) and Sasol Ltd of South Africa, making further progress on the development and implementation of a proposed Uzbek gas-to-liquids (GTL) project.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

GM’s fuel-economy plan through the 2016 model year focuses on a reduction in vehicle mass and aggressive investment in advanced materials, such as high-strength steel, carbon fiber and aluminum, enabled in part by our industry-first aluminum welding technology. Earlier post.). In 2012, GM invested more than $7.3 to reflect this change.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2009

The plant will be jointly developed with South Africa-based Sasol, the world’s largest CTL company. The plant is part of Shenhua’s reported plans to spend $58 billion over the next 10 years developing coal liquefaction facilities. Earlier post.) NuCoal is also exploring in situ (underground) gasification.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2009

Its offshore component—a highly reliable flap with minimal submerged moving parts—is the key to its success when operating in seas vulnerable to bad weather where maintenance can be very difficult. But globally there is huge scope in areas like the North West coast of the USA and coastlines off South Africa, Australia and Chile.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 11, 2013

Your Greenius opines that today’s oil, coal and gas companies are the modern equivalent of pre civil war plantation owners raking in massive profits off the backs of black slaves and treating them worse than the slave owners in Jhango Unchained did. Maybe because they never have or maybe because they believe it’s worth it.

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Green Car Congress

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

An integral part of this should be the removal of fossil fuel subsidies. IIGCC brings together European investors to engage with policymakers, companies and investors on addressing long-term risks and opportunities associated with climate change. Adaptation measures to reduce unavoidable climate impacts.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

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. Maybe driverless cars would work well in other parts of the world. I would say it may also differ region to region. Q: Now, coming back to the affordability factor of this technology.

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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

MAY 17, 2011

Ford Motor Company will invest US$72 million to expand its powertrain facility in Chennai to further support its sales and export growth plans in India. The new investment is part of Ford India’s transformation into a major global export and manufacturing hub; 1.6 TiVCT, 1.4 HC and Duratorq engines will be exported from the country.

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