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Audi Is Bringing 6 Electric Vehicle Models To South Africa In Q1 2022

CleanTechnica EVs

Electric vehicle sales in South Africa have been quite slow due to several factors. While the high import duties and taxes remain, there is light at the end of the tunnel on other […]. These include high import duties and taxes for EVs, as well as a small selection of EVs for consumers to choose from.

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Cornell study examines trade-off between critical metals requirement and transportation decarbonization

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—Fengqi You, senior author Currently, critical metals and minerals are centralized in politically unstable Chile, Congo, Indonesia, Brazil, Argentina and South Africa, according to the World Bank. “Recycling w/o 2nd” indicates retired batteries that are directly recycled without a second life as energy storage systems (ESSs).

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South African firm buys 307 Tesla Powerwall batteries to help with load shedding

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TFG , which owns well-known retail stores in South Africa, turned to Tesla Powerwalls to keep the lights on throughout daily operations, minimizing load-shedding effects on its businesses. . “In As of Thursday, September 29, South Africa experienced its 115th day of rolling blackouts in 2022.

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Study sees gradual, focused replacement of lead-acid SLI batteries by Li-ion batteries over next couple of years

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A study by a team of researchers from Germany and South Africa forsees the gradual replacement of lead-acid SLI (starter, lighting and ignition) batteries with Li-ion batteries over the next couple of years. —Ferg et al. Schuldt, J. 2019.03.063.

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Swedish Firm Clean Motion Is Adding The Re:volt Delivery Van To Its Line Of Light Electric 3-Wheeled Vehicles

CleanTechnica EVs

Swedish company Clean Motion focuses on light, affordable electric 3-wheeled vehicles that are built to be as energy efficient as possible under their philosophy that aims to ensure that most of the energy is used to transport the goods rather than the vehicle itself.

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BYD confirms Shark electric pickup name as Ford F-150 Lightning rival in latest teaser

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It also showed the pickup’s Ford F-150 Lightning -like full-length light bar and stacked headlights. The Shark will look to take market share from Toyota’s Hilux and Isuzu’s D-MAX in key markets like Thailand, Australia, and South Africa. Radar began exporting RD6 models overseas late last year.

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

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Even South Africa, by far the best-supplied country south of the Sahara, suffers from frequent blackouts. The urban-rural divide has been eliminated in North Africa’s Arab countries, but it remains wide in sub-Saharan Africa, where 78 percent of urban populations but only 28 percent of rural inhabitants have connections.