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TUM, partners to present electric aCar prototype at IAA; transport for sub-Saharan Africa

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The 20 kWh battery capacity gives the vehicle an electric range of 80 kilometers (50 miles). The team produced the first prototype in May 2016 and conducted initial tests in Germany. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) Tanzania. The two-seat aCar is EU-classified as L7e—a heavy quadricycle.

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Roskill: graphite prices could push higher on tightening markets for batteries & electrodes

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The project, situated in the Cabo Delgado province of northern Mozambique, some 200 km (124 miles) west of the port town of Pemba, has the potential to become the largest in the world with plans to increase capacity to 350 ktpy in the future (around 60% of current global flake production). Mt in 2017.

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