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million kilometers in Europe, the US, China, Australia and South Africa, and more than 1.2 China is the largest automobile market in the world. The Tsinghua-Daimler Research Center has been working on pioneering projects on the development of sustainable China-specific traffic solutions since 2012.

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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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FEBRUARY 13, 2014

The global fuel cell industry surpassed $1 billion in revenue in 2012, growing from $847.5 billion in 2012, according to a 2013 report by Navigant Research. New investor Mingxin China Growth Fund joined previous backers including DAG Ventures in the oversubscribed round. million in 2011 to $1.3 The investment round follows a $4.2-million

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APRIL 24, 2014

Since 2012, voestalpine has invested more than €100 million (US$140 million) in new plants in China, Germany, Romania, South Africa, and the US. We are following the automotive manufacturers, particularly the European ones, into the markets of the future and massively expanding our presence there. billion (US$15.8

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JULY 15, 2013

The Datsun GO is the realization of Nissan’s commitment in March 2012 to return the Datsun brand to the marketplace. Nissan positioned the new car as built to meet the needs of the recent rising group of optimistic customers in high-growth markets who seek better value propositions. Datsun GO Click to enlarge.

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Frequently, cars withdrawn from one market live on in another, sometimes for years. Consider that the first-generation Volkswagen Golf launched in 1974, for example, lived on in South Africa until 2009 as the VW CitiGolf. Those vehicles may even be upgraded with newer technology in the older body.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

billion in 2012-13. Through subsidiaries and associated companies, Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand, Spain, South Africa and Indonesia. Tata Motors reported consolidated revenue of $34.7 Among them is Jaguar Land Rover, the business comprising the two iconic British brands.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

In its first weeks of operation, the business secured 10 new telecom customer orders across several regions, including Africa, Asia, India and the US powering a total of more than 3,500 cell towers. This costs an average of $20,000 to $30,000 per site and adds more than 50 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere per year.

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DECEMBER 11, 2011

Countries meeting in Durban, South Africa, managed to deliver an agreement after an extension to negotiations. Parties to this second period will turn their economy-wide targets into quantified emission limitation or reduction objectives and submit them for review by 1 May 2012. forward in 2012. future agreements.

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JULY 20, 2011

In addition, Chevrolet set record first-half sales in many countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, South Africa, and Turkey. For the first half of 2011, Chevrolet recorded sales gains in all of its top five markets, including: The United States, up 16%; Brazil, up 0.4%

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DECEMBER 12, 2010

Elements of the Cancun Agreements include: Industrialised country targets are officially recognised under the multilateral process and these countries are to develop low-carbon development plans and strategies and assess how best to meet them, including through market mechanisms, and to report their inventories annually.

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AUGUST 4, 2014

South Africa-based Anglo American Platinum , the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), has invested in the first close of the Series A financing round of Hydrogenious Technologies, a company developing liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) hydrogen storage technology. Click to enlarge. 2012.08.066.

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Seven automotive manufacturers (Audi, BMW, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche, and Volkswagen) agreed to adopt the combined plug standard, with the first prototype implementation demonstrated in May 2012. EV market and its buildout of the most extensive DC EV charging network in the country makes NACS the most commonly used standard.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Ford expects 70% of its growth in the next ten years to come from its Asia Pacific and Africa region. Ford’s Asia Pacific and Africa region encompasses markets on three continents, including Australia, China, India, Thailand and South Africa. Ford is aggressively expanding in Thailand as well.

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Perhaps nothing illustrates the rise of electric vehicles over the past decade more than this statistic: In 2012, the total number of electric vehicles (EVs) sold in the entire world was 120,000. Europe has also invested in domestic battery development to increase its own market share. What about the rest of the world?

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

The other countries currently covered are Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Additional countries will become available before the end of 2011 and into 2012.

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JANUARY 6, 2012

Tata Motors showcased its alternate fuel technology capability at the New Delhi Auto Expo 2012 by displaying four concepts: the Tata Nano CNG; the Tata Indigo Manza diesel-electric hybrid; the Tata Starbus Fuel Cell (hydrogen); and the Tata Magic Iris CNG. Indigo Manza Hybrid. Click to enlarge. Tata Indigo Manza Hybrid Concept.

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MAY 17, 2011

When the expansion program is completed in mid-2012, the engine plant’s production capacity will increase from 250,000 to 330,000 units per year, an additional output of 80,000 diesel engines annually. The expansion of diesel engine production capacity will bring Ford’s total investment in India to more than US$1 billion.

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The 103GW of capacity added by new renewable energy sources last year compares to 86GW in 2013, 89GW in 2012 and 81GW in 2011 and made 2014 the best year ever for newly installed capacity. A key feature of the 2014 result was the rapid expansion of renewables into new markets in developing countries. billion) and South Africa ($5.5

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The issue is further complicated by a slow market recovery in developed nations, but sustained growth in E7 economies which could lock economic growth into high carbon assets. Emerging markets’ previous trends on carbon emissions reductions linked to growth and productivity have stalled, and their total emissions grew by 7.4%.

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JUNE 26, 2012

The A 220 CDI (available from December 2012) already meets the Euro 6 emission standard which only comes into force in 2015. Unlike other assistance systems in compact-class vehicles already in the market, Collision Prevention Assist is not intended exclusively to minimize minor accident damage in an urban driving context.

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