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

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The team produced the first prototype in May 2016 and conducted initial tests in Germany. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) Tanzania. Of course we'll have to import high-tech components such as the battery and the electric motors in the beginning.

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

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The focus for new natural graphite development remains in Africa, where almost 1 Mtpy of additional concentrate capacity has the potential to come online by 2027 with projects in Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, and Tanzania. Chinese exports of scrap steel increased from around 1,000 t in 2016 to 2.2 Mt in 2017.

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