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Ford to expand aggressively in Middle East & Africa; at least 25 new vehicles by 2016

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company announced an aggressive product acceleration in its newest business unit, Middle East & Africa, leveraging the company’s One Ford global portfolio and targeting opportunities for growth in small, mid-size and large vehicle segments. —Jim Benintende, president, Ford Middle East & Africa.

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SMART: working for a systems-based approach to sustainable mobility; Alcoa Foundation support for practical solutions in Beijing and Detroit

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However, these innovations are too rarely linked and optimized in a way that can provide a convenient, practical, affordable and sustainable door-to-door trip for the user. You’re moving from a mode and evolving into a more sophisticated system. —Susan Zielinski. Zielinski, S.

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EV Charging: A Look at the International Landscape

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South Africa, the European Union and the U.S. Starting in 2017, the Germany-based company IONITY set out to address this problem. They have large working classes that need affordable transportation which may well result in Asia having the largest EV market share.