Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2021

Battery metal prices have recovered strongly in the first half of the year, incentivizing new projects to come online. China controls the battery chemical industry, with the biggest market share for all of the five main battery materials: lithium, nickel, manganese, cobalt and graphite.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 4, 2023

Sales of battery electric vehicles breached the 500 units per year mark in South Africa for the first time ever in 2022. Last year, 502 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were sold in South Africa, up from 218 in 2021. There has been a slow but steady increase in BEV sales in the country, punctuated by […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 18, 2024

Sales of battery-electric vehicles came close to breaching the 1,000 units per year mark in South Africa for the first. continued] The post The Volvo XC40 Leads The Way In South Africa As BEV Sales Show Good Progress in 2023 appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 16, 2023

The customer is the refuse collection company Arma, and this is the first heavy battery-electric truck from a global manufacturer to be in commercial operation in Africa. With Europe and the US among the […] The post Volvo delivers the first heavy electric truck to Africa appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Battery swapping for electric motorbikes isn’t new technology, but its adoption rate has proven to be remarkably inconsistent around the world. One of the biggest surprises recently has been one of the places where such technology has grown rapidly: Africa.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Kofa, a Ghanaian company focusing on battery swap networks, and TAILG are jointly developing a battery swap-enabled electric motorcycle called Jidi. Kofa says based on the advantages of its batteries and battery swap networks, the Jidi […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 19, 2023

Sales of battery-electric vehicles continue to show steady progress in South Africa. Battery-electric vehicle sales breached the 500 units per year mark in South Africa for the first time ever in 2022. Last year, 502 battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) were sold in South Africa, up from 218 in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

Leclanché SA will provide its proprietary battery technology to Canadian Pacific (CP) for its innovative Hydrogen Locomotive Program. Our battery systems and energy management software solution significantly increase the total energy efficiency compared to standalone fuel cell modules, reducing the total cost of ownership.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 1, 2023

The all-electric BMW iX1 is now on sale in South Africa. It joins the growing list of battery electric vehicles now available from BMW for consumers in South Africa to buy, adding onto the MINI Cooper SE (which is the most affordable BEV in South Africa at the moment), the […] It starts from R1,140,000 ($62,928).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2023

It will supply EV and energy storage systems (ESS) markets in the Middle East and North Africa region. 2021: Saudi Arabia became the first Middle Eastern country to establish pipeline capacity in lithium processing by signing an agreement with EV Metals Groups to build a battery chemicals complex in Yanbu Industrial City. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

China-based battery giant CATL has selected technology lifecycle solutions company TES to deliver after-sales services for its battery products. This initial agreement will see TES Sustainable Battery Solutions service CATL’s clients, who use its energy storage solutions in 12 countries within Asia-Pacific (APAC). batteries,?now

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

After a very slow start, electric vehicle sales seem to be starting to gain some traction in South Africa. Sales of battery-electric vehicles breached the 500 units per year mark in South Africa for the first time ever in 2022. Last year, 502 BEVs were sold in South Africa, up from 218 in 2021. Audi […]

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2020

This partnership between Gaussin and Total will be drawing on the 40 years of know-how of Saft (a subsidiary of Total) in designing and producing batteries for electric & hybrid commercial and industrial vehicles. Saft will provide the lithium-ion batteries for this future fleet.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

GWh of battery capacity was deployed globally in newly sold passenger EVs, an increase of 30% over the year prior, according to Adamas Intelligence’s web-based EV Battery Capacity and Battery Metals Tracker. Battery capacity deployment in the Americas came in at 20.5 In 2019, 95.6 Asia Pacific led with 50.9

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

In an infrastructure-light country like India, automotive OEMs are embracing solutions such as battery swapping to further reduce the upfront cost of EVs to increase access and accelerate the nation’s clean energy transition.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The FCEV haul truck will be powered by a hydrogen Fuel Cell Module (provided by Ballard, earlier post ) paired with a WAE scalable high-power modular lithium-ion battery system. Through regenerative braking, the battery system will be capable of recovering energy as the haul truck travels downhill.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Sales of battery-electric vehicles breached the 500 units per year mark in South Africa for the first time ever. Last year, 502 BEVs were sold in South Africa, up from 218 in 2021. With only 1024 BEVs sold since 2018, its clear to see that sales of BEVs have been slow in South Africa compared […]

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2022

We are relying on our long-standing partnerships and are working intensively with our global network of bodybuilders so that we can also serve markets in Asia, Africa, South America, Australia and New Zealand in the best possible way. —Rudi Kuchta, Head of Business Unit Bus at MAN Truck & Bus.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 22, 2023

Sales of battery electric vehicles breached the 500 units per year mark in South Africa for the first time ever. Last year, 502 BEVs were sold in South Africa, up from 218 in 2021. There has been a slow but steady increase in BEV sales in the country, punctuated by a sharp decline in 2020 […]

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Innovation News Network

DECEMBER 2, 2022

A new possibility for Africa to fill the gaps of the global battery metals supply chain is rising, due to continued tensions in Ukraine. The post Are Africa’s battery metals the key to the global energy transition? appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 3, 2023

The BYD Atto 3 is now available in South Africa. The Atto 3 will have 2 models in South Africa, a 49.92kWh Standard Range model starting from R768,000, and a 60.48kWh Extended Range model. Both models have BYD’s Blade Battery. It was launched last Friday in Johannesburg. The Extended Range Version starting from R835,000.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 30, 2023

Italy’s Aehra is building battery repairability into its EV. Africa has its first EV maker with global ambition. Rivian Tank Turn isn’t going to happen. Dealerships are spending big on EV infrastructure when you add it all up. And the affordable Kia EV6 Light returns. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2020

When stationary in the field or in port, the boats will be able to operate on battery power only, thereby greatly reducing both fuel consumption and exhaust emissions. The 746 kWh Wärtsilä Energy Storage System will enable the Harvey Gulf PSVs to operate on battery power only when stationary at sea or in port. © Wärtsilä Corporation.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 30, 2023

ARC Ride designs and builds electric vehicles, as well as runs a battery-as-a-service business in Nairobi, Kenya. ARC Ride wants to be the leading Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) infrastructure provider for electric 2- and 3-wheel vehicles across Africa.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2019

A study by a team of researchers from Germany and South Africa forsees the gradual replacement of lead-acid SLI (starter, lighting and ignition) batteries with Li-ion batteries over the next couple of years.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 31, 2023

265,970 vehicles were sold in South Africa from January to June this year. Of these, 501 were full battery-electric vehicles (BEVs). of all the vehicles registered in the first 6 months of the year in South Africa were fully electric. That means just 0.2% This may look like a small number, and it is, but […]

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2023

Ballard Power Systems and First Mode announced a purchase order for Ballard to supply First Mode with 30 hydrogen fuel cell modules—totaling 3 megawatts—to power several hybrid hydrogen and battery ultra-class mining haul trucks. This is the equivalent of approximately 4,000 horsepower.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Graphex has more ethan a decade of commercial experience producing 10,000 metric tons per annum of battery-grade purified spherical graphite at its facility in Heilongjiang Province, China, for the power battery market. Reforme was founded by the team that developed a first in the sorting and beneficiating of iron ore.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

There are about 1000 battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) in South Africa at the moment. There has been a limited supply of EVs in South Africa over the years, with very few models to choose from since 2015. However, there are now more models on the market for consumers to choose from than before. The charging network […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 9, 2023

The founders of Zero Carbon Charge have been involved in the utility-scale solar sector in South Africa since 2011.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 5, 2023

The motorcycle sector in Africa is one of the largest vehicle segments on the continent. There are over 27 million ICE motorbikes registered across Africa, with around 80% of them used in the motorcycle taxi industry.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 1, 2022

South African retail firm TFG has bought 307 Tesla Powerwall battery storage units to support operations while state-owned power utility Eskom continues load shedding practices. . The South African retail firm ordered 227 Tesla Powerwalls in late July 2022 and another 80 Powerwall battery storage units about a month later.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2023

b) Region-specific/vehicle-specific/battery-specific cumulative (from 2010 to 2050) demand for critical metals and the cumulative potential secondary production from recycling. (c) c) Sensitivity of cumulative requirement under different battery scenarios. Recycling w/2nd” denotes retired batteries reused as ESSs before recycling.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 2, 2022

When it comes to bringing EVs to South Africa, BMW has been the leader. From the time it introduced the i3 about 7 years ago, BMW has consistently introduced battery-electric vehicles as well as some plug-in hybrids whenever they became available on the global market. This is a really big deal, as not all brands […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 27, 2023

We don’t think of Africa. However, Africa has resources, and the expectation is that the continent will be a much bigger source of lithium by 2030. When we think of where lithium comes from, we think of South America (Chile specifically), Australia, and the US a bit — with processing in China, of course. Lithium […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 19, 2022

Shaun’s car has the highest mileage of any i3 in Africa. This 60 Ah i3 has been driven for over 300,000 kilometers in those 5 and a half years on its original battery! […]. Shaun Maidment’s 2016 BMW i3 has just reached 300,000 kilometers on its odometer! Shaun bought his BMW i3 in August of 2016.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 17, 2023

His family moved across West Africa for over 30 years, mainly […] How did a US/Norwegian national end up founding a business in Ghana with the aim of advancing energy access in Ghana and beyond? Well, Erik Nygard lived in Ghana during his formative years, before going to university in the US and then the UK.

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