Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2022

Currently, approximately 75% of global vanadium supply is sourced from China, South Africa, and Russia. It is becoming recognized as a significant addition to new lithium-ion chemistries used in electric vehicles as well as in VRFBs used for long duration energy storage solutions from renewable sources.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2023

Elcora Advanced Materials has signed , through its Ermazon SARL wholly owned subsidiary, a binding agreement with exclusive long-term mining production rights and option to purchase a 16 km² manganese mining concession in Morocco. The artisanal production run rate at the deposit was then approximately 2,500 metric tonnes / month.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2021

TI Fluid Systems (TIFS), a leading global supplier of automotive fluid systems technology, has launched high volume production supply of various fluid products for the global Mercedes-Benz AG programs C-Class, GLC and E-Class hybrid electric vehicles (HEV). Mercedes-Benz is a key strategic OEM for TIFS. Fluid systems—e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2009

GE South African Technologies (GESAT), GE Transportation’s entity in South Africa, will supply 100 locomotives to Transnet Freight Rail (TFR). TFR is South Africa’s state-owned rail freight logistics utility; Transnet Limited is its parent company.

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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.)

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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

APRIL 10, 2021

Starfire Energy, a Colorado-based developer of modular chemical plants for the carbon-free production of ammonia and hydrogen, has closed a major funding round. Proceeds will be used to advance the development of commercial-scale applications to decarbonize ammonia production and unlock its potential as a zero-carbon energy carrier.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Francis Gatare, Director of the Rwanda Development Board, and Thomas Schäfer, CEO of Volkswagen Group South Africa, this week signed a memorandum of understanding for a new integrated mobility concept in Kigali in the presence of Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and Dr. Herbert Diess, CEO of the Volkswagen brand. initiative.

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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

DECEMBER 7, 2019

ENGIE, a global energy and services company, has selected Plug Power Inc. The project has emerged from a global partnership agreement between the two companies that was announced in September of this year and is the latest example of Plug Power’s continuing innovation in clean hydrogen solutions. Earlier post.).

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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 IToY Truck Innovation Award is determined by a jury of 25 commercial vehicle editors and senior journalists that represent major trucking magazines from Europe and South Africa. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2012

Ballard Power Systems signed an agreement to acquire key assets from IdaTech, including its fuel cell product lines for backup power applications, distributor and customer relationships, as well as a license to intellectual property. South Africa is a market of special interest for fuel cell commercialization.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Russia-based RUSAL, a global aluminum producer, opened the first phase of its low-carbon aluminum production plant, Taishet Aluminum Smelter (TaAZ), in Taishet, Siberia. Full scope CO 2 emissions will be one of the lowest in the industry, the company claims. of global production of aluminum and 6.5%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2017

The region will be headed by Thomas Schäfer, Chairman and Managing Director of Volkswagen Group South Africa. Africa is still one of the blank spots on the Volkswagen map. The Volkswagen brand currently has three operations in the region: the company has been building cars in South Africa since 1951.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2021

are launching a new rare earth production initiative spanning European and North American critical material supply chains. The initiative will produce value-added rare earth products from natural monazite sands, a byproduct of heavy mineral sands mined in the southeastern United States. Neo Performance Materials and Energy Fuels Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2016

SDCmaterials, a developer of advanced catalyst products based on a novel materials fabrication and integration platform, announced a partnership and formalized a supply agreement with Car Sound, a leading manufacturer of catalysts and catalytic converters for the automotive aftermarket. This is an important milestone for SDC as a company.

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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

JULY 1, 2021

Diversifying the global supply chain would require significant investment from regions such as Europe and North America, according to the latest Battery Metals Outlook from research company BloombergNEF. Manganese supply recovers strongly: Manganese production in South Africa in April increased by 208% year on year.

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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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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2011

Ford has begun production of the Focus at its Vsevolozhsk Plant near St. The five-door door version is now in production; the four-door Focus and the wagon will go into production in September and January 2012, respectively. Petersburg, Russia. More than 5,000 Russian customers have already ordered a new Focus.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2019

In Software Development Center Production (SDC Production), up to 80 newly hired IT specialists will be working on the Volkswagen Industrial Cloud. In the future, the Industrial Cloud will link all 122 Group-wide Volkswagen production facilities. The Industrial Cloud is being established together with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Mercedes-Benz says development is running on schedule: at present, test drives are being conducted mainly at the Test and Technology Center in Immendingen to validate the production maturity. In the compact class, production of the EQA, the fully electric brother of the GLA, will start later this year, followed by the EQB in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2023

With the current raw material production levels there will not be enough of these metals in future—not even if recycling increases, according to the findings of a major survey led by Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, on behalf of the European Commission. The increasing dependence on them is thus problematic for several reasons.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2022

Together, the partners will offer a range of convenience products, including fresh and prepared ranges, from select retail locations. The new partnership covers retail sites in Australia, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa and the west coast of US. bp currently offers delivery in 10 markets with a variety of partners.

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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. Earlier post.). Subsequent to completion of the voluntary offer, a capital raise by Keliber will be executed.

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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. Rhyolite Ridge is expected to be one of the first large-scale US lithium projects to enter production, currently anticipated in H2 2024.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Cellulosic biofuels company Mascoma Corporation, is acquiring SunOpta BioProcess Inc. Both SBI and Mascoma say they have made significant progress towards commercialization and collectively have development partners in the US, Canada, China, Brazil and South Africa, all of which will benefit from the combination.

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Setec Powerr

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Numerous visitors even took out their phones to capture photos of the products. By the morning of the 19th, we had already engaged with buyers from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, South America, Africa, Russia, and more. We had clients from India, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

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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 Model S production and deliveries are on track to achieve our initial Q4 plan. billion miles to date. Gigafactory.

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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. At Mahindra, Arushi was responsible for brand strategy; marketing communications, and go-to-market plans for all EV products.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2016

With the pickup, Mercedes-Benz Vans will also expand its product range with a fourth model series. The key markets will be Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Australia with New Zealand, and Europe. The pickup will be manufactured in a production cooperation with the Renault-Nissan Alliance.

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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

APRIL 4, 2009

Optimal Energy , the Cape Town, South Africa-based company that unveiled the Joule full battery-electric multi-purpose urban passenger vehicle to the world at the Paris Motor Show in 2008 ( earlier post ), plans to have pilot fleets on the road in South Africa and globally from 2010 onwards, with mass production to start in South Africa from 2012.

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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

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Steel production could be made with almost no carbon emissions through $278 billion of extra investment by 2050, according to a new report from research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). Hydrogen and recycling are likely to play a central role in reducing emissions from steel production. Source: BloombergNEF.

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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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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. In mid-2013, four wind turbines started operation on the premises of the plant, with 100% of the power produced going into the production of the BMW i3 and BMW i8.

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