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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. These include high import duties and taxes for EVs, as well as a small selection of EVs for consumers to choose from. While the high import duties and taxes remain, there is light at the end of the tunnel on other […].

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EV Supply Chains May Be Dirtier Than You Think

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Materials like manganese mined in South Africa can have significant negative impacts on local communities and the people doing the mining. Many of the extraction locations are in poor parts of the world where the environmental safety and protections aren’t as strong as they are here. As The Washington Pos t points out, the U.S.

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Sibanye-Stillwater to achieve majority shareholding in Keliber; seeks to increase shareholding further to 80%

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South Africa-based mining and metals group Sibanye-Stillwater acquired an initial 30.29% shareholding in Keliber Oy as announced on 23 February 2021, by way of a phased equity investment. Earlier post.). Keliber’s location in Finland enables efficient transport of lithium hydroxide to European customers.

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A First: An AI System Has Been Named An Inventor

Cars That Think

The patent success in South Africa was thanks to Thaler’s attorney, Ryan Abbott. He spoke about the decision by South Africa during the Artificial Intelligence and the Law virtual event held in September by the IEEE student branch at the University of South Florida , in Tampa. Pay Income Taxes?

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BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

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South Africa and India have good iron ore reserves and the potential to produce a large amount of low-cost clean power. Russia and Brazil both have access to high-quality iron ore reserves and to abundant clean power. The support that policymakers provide for industrial decarbonization could also be a deciding factor for steelmakers.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

Blink Charging

Consumer solutions Without a doubt, the biggest steps to helping consumers adopt EVs are government-backed programs like tax credits for EVs, funding for EV charging infrastructure expansion, enacting bans on internal combustion engines, and setting goals for EV adoption. As part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), $7.5

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Opinion: Everyone Is Guessing When It Comes To Oil Prices

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Globally, the picture isn’t any better—Citigroup says Europe is at 90 percent, while South Korea, South Africa, and Japan may all be nearing 80 percent. When you throw in geopolitics, technological advances, and changes in tax policy, for example, one quickly realizes that nobody knows which way oil prices are heading.