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Volkswagen plans integrated mobility concept in Rwanda; vehicle production in Kenya

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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. —Thomas Schäfer.

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Global billionaires unite in “Breakthrough energy coalition” to support development of zero-carbon energy

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Neither government funding nor conventional private investment have been able consistently to bridge the Valley of Death between promising concept and viable product. Success will provide the economic proof points necessary for the mainstream market-driven clean energy economy required for our planetary future.

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