Engine, Installation and South Africa

Ballard & First Mode sign order for 30 additional hydrogen fuel cells for ultra-class mining trucks; 3MW

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2023

The 30 Ballard hydrogen fuel cell modules will be integrated into clean energy powerplants built in Seattle, Washington and installed into ultra-class haul trucks to be operated at First Mode’s Proving Grounds in Centralia, Washington. This is the equivalent of approximately 4,000 horsepower.

South Africa

South Africa Hydrogen Seattle Fuel

GE Transportation to Supply 100 Locomotives to Transnet in South Africa; First AC Diesel Electric Locomotive to Sub-Saharan Africa

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.

South Africa

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Ford cuts global water use 8.5% per vehicle from 2011 to 2012; total usage down 62% since 2000

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2013

Ford’s biggest water-related projects within its facilities included: Cologne Engine Plant (Germany): Decreased water use by 50% per engine through implementation of a dry-machining process. Silverton Assembly Plant (South Africa): Began using a $2.5

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2000 Water South Africa 2012

Toyota Fortuner gets Leader edition with added styling elements. Check details

Baua Electric

APRIL 22, 2024

Certain accessories, including the spoilers, will be installed by authorised dealers. liter diesel engine paired with either a six-speed manual or automatic transmission. Toyota recently introduced the hybrid version of the Fortuner in South Africa. The Fortuner MHEV (Mild Hybrid Electric Vehicle) features a 2.8-liter

Toyota

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GE posts $63M in orders for Durathon sodium-halide battery systems

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Megatron Federal, an engineering company based in Johannesburg, South Africa, was the first customer to sign a purchase agreement for 700 batteries in early 2012, adding 300 more shortly thereafter. These batteries will ensure the continuous operation of telecom installations in Nigeria.

Sodium

Sodium South Africa Batteries Battery

GE to expand sodium-halide battery plant with $70M investment

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2012

Megatron Federal, an engineering company with products and services in power generation, transmission, distribution, construction and telecommunications based in Johannesburg, South Africa, has signed a purchase agreement for 6,000 batteries, which will be delivered in 2013.

Sodium

Sodium Molten Salt South Africa Batteries

Tenneco developing new gasoline particulate filter (GPF) technology ahead of Euro 6c emissions regulation

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2015

These filters are designed for gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines to reduce particulate emissions in compliance with the Euro 6c emissions regulation (particulate number of no more than 6 x 10 11 particles/km), which takes effect on 1 September 2017. This difference drives different choices for optimal filter technologies.

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Gasoline Emissions Czech Republic Exhaust

Anglo American Platinum invests in Hydrogenious Technologies; liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology for H2 storage

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.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen South Africa Universal Renewable

Oyster Wave Power Machine Generates Electricity Onshore; Sea Trials Begin This Autumn

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2009

A new type of wave power machine—Oyster—is being installed on the seabed off the Atlantic shores of the Orkney Islands for trials that begin this autumn. But globally there is huge scope in areas like the North West coast of the USA and coastlines off South Africa, Australia and Chile. Click to enlarge. Ronan Doherty.

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Power Powered South Africa Chile

The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

Blink Charging

APRIL 6, 2023

Consumer solutions Without a doubt, the biggest steps to helping consumers adopt EVs are government-backed programs like tax credits for EVs, funding for EV charging infrastructure expansion, enacting bans on internal combustion engines, and setting goals for EV adoption. As part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), $7.5

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Global Vehicles Tax Credit

Mercedes-Benz introduces its mid-size pickup truck: the X-Class leans on diesel

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2017

There are three design and equipment variants to choose from as well as four- or six-cylinder engines, rear-wheel drive and engageable or permanent all-wheel drive, a six-speed manual transmission and a seven-speed automatic transmission. At market launch, there are two four-cylinder engines. The ECO start/stop function is activated.

Mercedes

Mercedes Diesel South Africa Argentina

Haomo's self-driving ambitions leap forward with launch of DriveGPT

CN EV Post

APRIL 11, 2023

DriveGPT has been opened to a limited number of partners, and the first batch includes Beijing Jiaotong University School of Computer and Information Technology, Qualcomm, Volcano Engine, Huawei Cloud, JD Technology, NavInfo, WEY Brand, and Intel. What is DriveGPT? equipped model, Wey Lanshan, will be launched this year.

PHEV

PHEV South Africa Motor

We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

Scientists and engineers have extended the range of EVs by cramming ever more energy into their batteries, and vehicle charging networks have expanded in many countries. vehicle-to-grid technologies that exploit the installed base of EV batteries. EVs have finally come of age. All said, EVs present both a challenge and an opportunity.

Electric Vehicles

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EV Driven

Ballard & First Mode sign order for 30 additional hydrogen fuel cells for ultra-class mining trucks; 3MW

GE Transportation to Supply 100 Locomotives to Transnet in South Africa; First AC Diesel Electric Locomotive to Sub-Saharan Africa

Ford cuts global water use 8.5% per vehicle from 2011 to 2012; total usage down 62% since 2000

Toyota Fortuner gets Leader edition with added styling elements. Check details

GE posts $63M in orders for Durathon sodium-halide battery systems

GE to expand sodium-halide battery plant with $70M investment

Tenneco developing new gasoline particulate filter (GPF) technology ahead of Euro 6c emissions regulation

Anglo American Platinum invests in Hydrogenious Technologies; liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology for H2 storage

Oyster Wave Power Machine Generates Electricity Onshore; Sea Trials Begin This Autumn

The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

Mercedes-Benz introduces its mid-size pickup truck: the X-Class leans on diesel

Haomo's self-driving ambitions leap forward with launch of DriveGPT

We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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