Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2010

South Africa-based Optimal Energy has taken delivery of four of its Joule EVs ( earlier post ) for use as a marketing fleet. Each vehicle will cover approximately 100,000 km (62,000 miles) on public roads and the feedback that is received from testing will be implemented to further improve on this model.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

South Africa vehicle maker Optimal Energy will exhibit a functional prototype of its Joule full battery-electric multi-purpose urban passenger vehicle ( earlier post ) at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. Joule will be completely highway capable with a top speed limited to 135 km/h (84 mph).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Last mile navigation displays the route users need to take from their car to their final destination on their mobile device. And the new update to BMW Connected also sees users benefitting from first mile navigation—the route back to their vehicle is now accessible via BMW Connected.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2009

Optimal Energy , the Cape Town, South Africa-based company that unveiled the Joule full battery-electric multi-purpose urban passenger vehicle to the world at the Paris Motor Show in 2008 ( earlier post ), plans to have pilot fleets on the road in South Africa and globally from 2010 onwards, with mass production to start in South Africa from 2012.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2020

Pollution from ships creates lines of clouds that can stretch hundreds of miles. The new study uses observations from 2003 to 2015 in spring, the cloudiest season, over the shipping route between Europe and South Africa. The narrower ends of the clouds are youngest, while the broader, wavier ends are older.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 28, 2023

Two-wheelers are a big deal in a lot of African countries for various applications including for personal mobility, as motorcycle taxis, as well as the growing demand in the last mile delivery sector. The ride-share market as well as the leisure and tourism sectors are also areas with potential in a lot of African countries. […]

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2013

g/mile) in the NEDC. The Audi SQ5 has been designed specifically for the following markets: United States, Canada, Russia, China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and the Ukraine. The Audi SQ5 consumes on average 8.5 liters of fuel per 100 km in the NEDC (21 mpg US).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Tesla customers logged almost 250 million miles in Q3, for a total of nearly 1.5 billion miles to date. Tesla said it was seeing very strong demand for Tesla Energy products globally, and particularly in Australia, Germany and South Africa. Gigafactory.

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All Cars Electric

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Cape Town in South Africa has just hosted the end of a journey of almost 2,500 miles on solar, hydrogen or electric power. The race, the South African 2010 Solar Challenge, was won by Japan's Tokai Challenger, a solar-powered vehicle with a top speed of 100mph which has previously won the 2009 Solar Challenge.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 31, 2022

In 2021, umlaut’s testing team moved to the Northeast and covered 2,100 miles to find and test top sites from 7 networks—through 7 states over 6 days during September 2021. The testers conducted nearly 150 tests at 28 stations (4 each from 7 different networks) in Michigan, Ohio, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Craig Atkinson, originally a music school owner and events company director, has been focusing on projects that uplift members of his community and projects that contribute to nature conservation for the past 13 years now. He has been working to change people’s lives through music. Music has been proven to build confidence and is a […].

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2016

miles) is slated to begin in May 2016 with service expected to begin in November 2017. mile route with stops at raised station platforms. In the US, construction of a typical light rail system averages $70 million per mile or more. Construction of the 150 block transit service (that spans 9.5

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Range is more than 50 miles (80 km). In 2011, Axeon and Jaguar Land Rover South Africa produced an all-electric version of the Defender model for use in game parks. The standard 90 kW (121 hp), 360 N·m (265 lb-ft) 2.2-liter In typical, low speed off-road use it can last for up to eight hours before recharging.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2012

The Tata Nano CNG comes with a touring range of more than 150 km (93 miles) in addition to the existing touring range (375 km, 233 miles) of the Nano 2012 and CO 2 emissions of 92.7 The Tata Magic IRIS CNG is a “last-mile” public transport vehicle. Tata Indigo Manza Hybrid Concept. Powered by a Hybrid 1.05 Magic IRIS CNG.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

The Bentayga Diesel, equipped with a start-stop system, has the lowest CO 2 emissions of any Bentley (210 g/km), as well as a range of more than 1,000 km (621 miles)—allowing owners to, for example, drive from London to Verbier, Bordeaux or the Scottish Highlands on a single tank.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Some 800,000 are also sold each year in South East Asia, he says, where they replace the noisy and smelly petrol scooters that are ubiquitous in many places. Typically, an electric bike can run for 30-50 kilometres (20-30 miles) between charges. Recharging a battery can take 5-8 hours, but costs only a few cents a day.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

The Brazilian government is hailing its reduced annual rate of deforestation—now approximately 700,000 hectares per year (2,700 square miles, an area the size of Shanghai)—as an “ historic figure ”, according to Carlos Minc, the country’s environment minister. “It has implications for us.

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EV Connect

MARCH 8, 2021

South Africa, the European Union and the U.S. and 90% of that population lives within 100 miles of the southern border — meaning that there may never be a need for EV infrastructure on the scale that other countries will eventually have. It may be worth noting that Canada has roughly one tenth the population of the U.S.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 14, 2007

The CityCat model will clock out at 68 mph with a driving range of 125 miles. Nègre has signed deals to bring its design to 12 more countries, including Germany, Israel and South Africa. If the manufacturers have no surprises up their exhaust pipes the car will be practical and reasonably priced.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

Show more The question of whether to save or to spend miles takes on new urgency this year as lawmakers consider the Credit Card Competition Act. The trains will reach 160 miles per hour, up from the current 150 m.p.h.

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