Remove Global Remove Information Remove Parts Remove South Africa
article thumbnail

Mercedes-Benz running automated test drive in Shanghai; infrastructure peculiarities

Green Car Congress

million kilometers in Europe, the US, China, Australia and South Africa, and more than 1.2 The Mercedes-Benz Research & Development Center in Beijing has therefore been an integral and crucial component of the global R&D network of Daimler AG for more than a decade. China is the largest automobile market in the world.

Mercedes 186
article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

As the UN climate conference COP21 opened in Paris, Bill Gates announced the formation of the “ Breakthrough energy coalition ”, an investment grouping of global billionaires focused on developing the technologies that will create a new zero-carbon energy mix. —Breakthrough energy coalition. Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures, US.

Energy 150
article thumbnail

Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think

Cars That Think

Both are easy to define—a population’s share connected to the national grid or to a local source of electricity, and the ability to read and write—but such definitions do not make it possible to get a truly informed verdict. This means that in 2019 about 770 million people had no electricity, three-quarters of them in Africa.

article thumbnail

Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

Green Car Congress

At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

article thumbnail

This Community-Run Internet is Bridging the Digital Divide

Cars That Think

For many of us, the Internet is part of daily life. billion people around the world who don’t have meaningful access to it, according to a Brookings Institution report, “Bridging the Global Digital Divide.” But that’s not the case for more than 3.5

article thumbnail

Volkswagen Group and Tata Motors Ltd. to explore strategic alliance for joint development projects; ŠKODA to lead

Green Car Congress

By offering the appropriate products we intend to achieve sustainable and profitable growth in very different parts of the world. Until then, the parties have agreed not to disclose any information. Through subsidiaries and associate companies, Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand, South Africa and Indonesia.

Motor 150
article thumbnail

Summary of decisions from Durban climate conference

Green Car Congress

Countries meeting in Durban, South Africa, managed to deliver an agreement after an extension to negotiations. markets all remain in action as effective tools to leverage global climate action and as models to inform. as possible, but not later than 2015. future agreements. Governments acknowledged the “urgent.

Climate 294