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

Green Car Congress

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. 1 or the e-Golf.

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GM to double models with 40 mpg highway or better by 2017; ongoing manufacturing efficiency improvements

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Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. Manufacturing energy use and emissions. MWh/vehicle in 2010.

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Volkswagen founds mobility services company in Rwanda; to begin local assembly of Polo and Passat

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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. Vehicle assembly began in Nigeria in 2015, and in Kenya in December 2016.

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Volkswagen & Siemens launch joint electric mobility pilot project in Rwanda

Green Car Congress

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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This Community-Run Internet is Bridging the Digital Divide

Cars That Think

The Wakoma team operates out of four countries and supports Nimbles in Canada, the Czech Republic, South Africa and the United States, with upcoming deployments planned in India, Kenya, and Mexico. The web of wireless nodes is resilient to the failure of individual nodes, Nitschke says. www.youtube.com.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

Blink Charging

Despite a strong vehicle manufacturing presence in the United States, and solid support from the current federal government, Ernst & Young has categorized the country as being “stuck in low gear” when it comes to EV adoption. Again, we can break this down into the consumer side and the manufacturer side.

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From Chip Factories & EV Production Lines To Superchargers: Morocco’s EV Ecosystem Is Blossoming

CleanTechnica EVs

We try to cover what is happening in all the key EV markets of the world, and we increasingly cover quite a lot of content focusing on the development of the African EV market. We are always on the lookout for any interesting developments. There is a lot of exciting stuff happening all over the […].