Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2017

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and partners will present their new prototype of an electric four-wheel drive utility vehicle designed for Africa—the aCar — at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt next month. The car is characterized by an unembellished, clear and modern design.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2016

A new Ford Motor Company pilot program aims to enhance mobility health services in rural areas of South Africa and Nigeria. Two modified Ford Rangers will work as mobile clinics to deliver health services, dispense medication for chronic conditions, and monitor the growth of children in South Africa. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2012

The companies deployed and demonstrated a 150 kW fuel cell system near the 17 th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Durban, South Africa in late-2011. The locomotives use Ballard fuel cell stacks in a system designed by Vehicle Projects Inc.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 16, 2023

One Electric recently announced the launch of two electric motorcycles and one electric scooter model which are completely designed, developed, and made in India, with design patents pending. The company claims to be the first to develop and launch multiple indigenous electric two-wheel models in India.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2021

The distribution of IFLs and oil and gas contracts (top) and mining leases (bottom) for the three regions of interest: South America (left), Central Africa (middle) and Asia-Pacific (right). Of these regions, Central Africa’s IFLs had the highest overlap with extractive concessions (26%). Grantham et al.

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Electrek

JULY 20, 2022

Swedish-Kenyan mobility company ROAM has launched its first production-intent model of electric motorcycles designed for both urban and rural terrain in Africa.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 15, 2022

Opibus, a Swedish-Kenyan technology company that develops, designs, and manufactures electric vehicles tailored for the African continent, has officially changed its name to Roam Motors. Roam is one of the firms leading the transition to sustainable transport in Africa.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2023

Poland-based Hynfra has signed a framework cooperation agreement with Amarenco MENA, a major developer of renewable energy projects in the Middle East and North Africa and part of Amarenco Group. The company finances, develops, builds and operates C&I and large-scale solar PV plants across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2020

Engineering company Gaussin and energy major Total are jointly developing the first full electric aircraft refueler transporter (ART FULL ELEC). Total is one of the world’s biggest suppliers of aviation fuel, in France, in Europe and Africa. Delivery is expected at the end of 2020.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Global mining company, Anglo American, has engaged Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) to develop its new Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV): a 290-tonne electrically powered mining haul truck, which is set to be the world’s largest electrified vehicle. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Volkswagen is taking a further step to develop market potentials in Africa. At the inauguration, Diess underlined Kenya’s key role within the Volkswagen brand’s Africa strategy: “ After over 60 years of Volkswagen vehicle production in South and North Africa, I am delighted to now have a further site in Kenya. initiative.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

UTM Offshore signed an agreement for the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for Nigeria’s first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility with engineering firms KBR, JGC Corporation and Technip Energies. UTM Offshore was incorporated in July 2012 as a privately held Nigerian company.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2020

The customer is Finnlines, the Finnish shipping company and part of the Grimaldi Group. The vessels are designed to be flexible for all type of ro-ro cargo; tank top and main deck are shaped with strengthened bulkheads and free of pillar areas to accommodate paper and sto-ro concept. Designed by Knud E.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The company is investing €400 million in a new vehicle assembly at the main plant in Munich. The combustion engines with four, six, eight and 12 cylinders produced there will be manufactured at the company’s locations in Steyr in Austria and Hams Hall in the UK going forward. —Milan Nedeljkovi?,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2021

Enel Green Power, within the Enel Group, develops and operates renewable energy plants worldwide and is present in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania. This MoU can successively undergo future binding agreements defined according to applicable rules and regulations, including those regarding operations between related parties.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Cepsa—the Spain-based multinational oil and gas company—will invest more than €3 billion to establish the Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley, creating the largest green hydrogen hub in Europe in southern Spain. The company will build two plants with a total capacity of 2 GW to produce green hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2021

Unlike traditional Haber-Bosch designs the RapidRamp process can accommodate being directly powered by intermittent energy sources such as wind, solar and hydro. We are also pleased to collaborate with Starfire on system deployments in South Africa, where there is a promising emerging market for innovative zero carbon technologies.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The wheelbase and track as well as all other system components, especially the batteries, are variable due to the modular design. The EQS will allow customers in the luxury segment to fully benefit from all the advantages of an all-electric architecture with respect to space and design.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2022

The patent is for a food container that uses fractal designs to create pits and bulges in its sides. Designed for the packaging industry, the new configuration allows containers to fit more tightly together so they can be transported better. The patent success in South Africa was thanks to Thaler’s attorney, Ryan Abbott.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 14, 2023

Last year, the Kenyan e-mobility company BasiGo introduced the BYD K6 electric minibus, which has seating capacity of around […] A lot of intracity passenger bus services in various African cities are run by private players using small- to medium-sized buses ranging from 14- to 36-seat models.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Aurizon , Australia’s largest rail freight operator, and leading global mining company Anglo American will work together on a feasibility study to assess the introduction of hydrogen-powered trains for bulk freight.

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Baua Electric

MAY 13, 2024

The modular course design allows students to study at their own pace and complete the program in 24 months or take up to five years, with no physical attendance required. With hubs in Germany, South Africa, the USA, Portugal, China, Romania, and India, the company aims to tap into regional talent pools.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2019

Airbus and LM Industries, the the parent company of Local Motors and Launch Forth, have formed Neorizon to provide disruptive and innovative products with an initial focus on local mobility and autonomy. —Jay Rogers, CEO and founder of LM Industries. leadership. —Benjamin Queisser, Neorizon CEO.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2016

Engine designs for fuel economy can result in reduced exhaust temperatures. For example, according to Peoples Health Movement – South Africa, each ounce of platinum requires approximately 18 tons of ore extraction, and each kilogram requires 200GJ power consumption and 400M3 of water. Further advancements in automotive fuel economy.

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Electric Vehicles India

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Opibus an African electric mobility company has announced that it has closed on a round of equity and grant fundraising totalling $7.5 As per the company, this is the largest amount that is raised by an electric mobility company in all of Sub-Saharan Africa. The Swedish-Kenyan company raised $5 million in equity and $2.5

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Cars That Think

MARCH 19, 2024

adults surveyed about their views on data privacy had “little to no understanding of what companies do with the data they collect,” and 81 percent reported being concerned about how the data is being used, according to the results from a Pew Research Center survey conducted last year. Two-thirds of this population live in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2023

After he graduated from the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, his plan was to get a high-paying job at one of the multinational oil and gas companies based in the country. Today GVE is one of Nigeria’s leading renewable energy companies. The project received support from Power Africa and USAID.

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Teslarati

JUNE 7, 2022

Built by Franco-Italian aerospace company Thales Alenia Space, Nilesat 301 is a fairly standard 4.1-ton ton (~9000 lb) geostationary communications satellite designed to provide large swaths of the Middle East, North Africa, East Africa, and Sudan with communications and digital broadcasting services.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

In 2026, Honda will begin introducing the first model of the Honda 0 Series globally, starting from North America, then to Japan, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East and South America. This new H mark will be used on next-generation EVs of Honda, including Honda 0 Series models, the company said in a media release.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2023

The EU is heavily dependent on imports of these metals because extraction is concentrated in a few countries such as China, South Africa and Brazil. In Sweden the state-owned mining company LKAB reported on significant deposits of rare earth metals in Kiruna at the start of the year. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2017

Ford Motor Company has appointed Jim Hackett as Ford Motor Company president and CEO, replacing Mark Fields, who is retiring, effective immediately. The company was actually doing quite well in terms of profits. In this role, Farley will oversee Ford’s business units, The Americas; Europe, Middle East & Africa and Asia Pacific.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2022

This latest announcement in diversification and expansion follows Graphex’s recent raw material sourcing announcements around the world, including Canada, the US, Brazil, and Tanzania as well as active pursuits of additional resources in Canada, Africa, and Europe.

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EV Central

AUGUST 20, 2023

it is intended to showcase both the electric opportunities presented by Mahindra’s latest ‘INGLO’ architecture and a new design direction for the brand. These EVs designed at Mahindra’s UK tech centre are the XUV:e8 and XUV:e9 SUVs and the BE:05, BE.07 Dubbed the Vision Thar.e and BE – starting in 2024 Mahindra’s upcoming EVs.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2018

Fiat Chrysler will phase out diesel engines in its passenger cars sold in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) market by 2021, according to company executives presenting at FCA Capital Markets day in Balocco, Italy. The company, however, will still offer diesel in its light commercial vehicles across its brands.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2017

South African engineering company Swayana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LanzaTech to collaborate on developing projects for the production of ethanol and higher value products from waste gases in the ferroalloy and titania smelting sectors. during steel manufacturing.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

South Africa-based Sibanye-Stillwater will establish. a joint venture company with Australia-based ioneer with respect to ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project. The Stage 2 pit design will facilitate a larger mining area to be maintained, aiding the efficiency of the operation for another 21 years. Quarry Stage 2.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2017

Westinghouse Electric Company and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates, filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code. The company is seeking to undertake a strategic restructuring as a result of certain financial and construction challenges in its US AP1000 power plant projects.

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