Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2018

The vehicle fleet required for the planned mobility solutions is to be taken entirely from local production. In addition to Rwanda, the Volkswagen brand is also active at three other locations in the Sub-Sahara region: the company has been manufacturing vehicles in South Africa since 1951.

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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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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The majority of new power-generating capacity added in developing nations in 2018 came from wind and solar; however, the majority of power to be produced from the overall fleet of power plants added in 2018 will come from fossil sources and emit CO 2. The rest of the top five included Chile, Brazil, China, and Kenya, in that order.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

l/100 km) highway or better; and to reduce the average CO 2 tailpipe emissions of its US fleet by 15%. Opel also estimates it will reduce the average carbon tailpipe emissions from its fleet by 27% by 2020. —2012 Sustainability Report. In 2012, GM invested more than $7.3 The 2020 target was raised from 0.70 MWh per vehicle.

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Blink Charging

APRIL 6, 2023

In Africa , South Africa is leading the way on the continent as far as EV adoption, although it remains low. Countries like Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda and Egypt all have plans in place to increase EV production and usage. Needless to say, EV sales are increasing globally.

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