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BYD Partners With Auto Nejma To Bring Its EVs To Morocco

CleanTechnica EVs

Morocco’s EV scene is making some good progress. Morocco wants to be a leader in the automotive industry in Africa. of the kingdom’s exports in 2019. Keeping up with key trends in the global automotive industry will ensure that such a key pillar of Morocco’s economy will continue to […].

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BMW boosts CATL battery order to €7.3B, signs €2.9B battery order with Samsung SDI

Green Car Congress

Every cell generation is awarded in global competition to the leading manufacturer from both a technology and a business perspective. The BMW Group will source the cobalt needed as a key raw material for cell production directly from mines in Australia and Morocco and make it available to CATL and Samsung SDI. —Andreas Wendt.

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How Fiat joined Toyota, Hyundai in key metric

Baua Electric

“Within Stellantis, the Fiat brand now has the scale and the platforms to be competitive globally,” he stated. All 3 are constructed at Stellantis’ manufacturing facility in Kenitra, Morocco. Francois stated that within the later two years Fiat will foundation two brandnew globally centered fashions.

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Chinese-made cars account for one in five BEV sales in February in Europe | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

According to Felipe Munoz, Global Analyst at JATO Dynamics: “As the economic outlook has continued to improve, the car market has gone from strength to strength. JATO’s data revealed that these vehicles were responsible for 61% of total sales in February 2024, in comparison to the 62% registered in February 2019. in February last year.

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My Tour Operator Is a B Corp. What Does That Mean? Should I Care?

Baua Electric

When it comes to travel, she also values environmentally and socially responsible companies, which led her to choose Intrepid Travel , a certified B Corp company, for a tour in Morocco in 2019. Globally, there are only 62 certified B Corps in the travel industry and 76 in accommodation and hospitality. Annual dues start at $500.

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Roskill: Spread of COVID-19 threatens cobalt supply; bottlenecks out of DRC

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As COVID-19 continues to spread worldwide, the pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on the global economy and commodity markets, including cobalt. At this time, the loss of supply from these closures amounted to more than 1% of the total mine supply in 2019. Gulley, Erin A. McCullough, Kim B. 2019.03.015.

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a free-trade area covering 54 African Union nations, which came into force on 30 May 2019 and effectively went operational on 1 January 2021. We are only at the beginning of the path to achieving net-zero emissions globally. —Ashish Sethia, global head of commodities at BNEF.

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