Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2022

Anglo American plc unveiled a prototype of the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mine haul truck designed to operate in everyday mining conditions at its Mogalakwena PGMs (platinum group metals) mine in South Africa. South Africa’s Hydrogen Valley. With a combination of abundant renewable energy sources (i.e.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 30, 2022

Opibus, a Swedish-Kenyan technology company that designs, develops, and deploys electric vehicles tailored for the African continent, has been awarded with a place on TIME’S 100 Most Influential Companies of 2022 for its efforts in electrifying Africa.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 9, 2024

Honda just premiered two CRAZY electric vehicle designs at this year’s CES event in Las Vegas, and has plans to bring them to market with a launch in 2026. It will present these vehicles in Japan, Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and South America, as well.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2023

The Ballard hydrogen fuel cell module will help power ultra-class mining haul trucks like this one at Anglo American’s Mogalakwena Platinum Group Metals mine in South Africa. These trucks are estimated to save 2,600 tons of diesel fuel each year.

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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

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

brand designing vehicles for high-growth markets, will return to South Africa. The first model to be introduced in South Africa will be a new passenger vehicle that will be launched by the end of 2014. Datsun, a Nissan Motor Co. The brand is also to be introduced in India, Indonesia and Russia in 2014.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

Ballard and Anglo American Platinum have partnered with Eskom, South Africa’s power utility, and The Department of Energy of South Africa to conduct the 12-month field trial. Naledi Trust is part of the Moqhaka Local Municipality in the southern part of the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State province of South Africa.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A lot of the action is being driven by local startups that are designing, developing, and then in collaboration with international contract manufacturers or similar, have […] We have seen a lot of progress in the electric mobility sector on the African continent over the past five or so years in quite a number of countries.

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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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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2023

The floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the bp-operated Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) project has started its journey towards the project site off the coasts of Mauritania and Senegal in West Africa. It is the deepest offshore project in Africa to date.

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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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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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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Airbus and South Africa’s National Aerospace Centre will jointly fund research by Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) into the application of fuel cells on airliners. The initial three-year project is being undertaken by HySA Systems Competence Centre at its University of the Western Cape research facility.

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JULY 4, 2023

Notably, global hydrogen trade is projected to generate more than US$280 billion in annual export revenues by 2050, with North Africa expected to benefit the most (US$110 billion per year) due to its high export potential.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2023

It is designed to process Nigerian crude with the ability to also process other crudes. The refinery will meet 100% of the Nigerian requirement of all refined products and also have a surplus of each of these products for export. Refineries need to employ strategies to manage wax formation.)

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Electric Cars Report

AUGUST 16, 2023

at its signature Futurescape event in Cape Town, South Africa. is more than an electric evolution of the legendary off-roader; it’s a daring, distinct design transformation that continues to embody the spirit of Mahindra’s […] The post Mahindra Thar.e Mahindra says the Thar.e

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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. The post ROAM launches production-ready Air electric motorcycle with two swappable battery packs appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2020

Design sketch of the new Tiguan. The SUV was now based on the Modular Transverse Toolkit (MQB), which allowed for an authentic and muscular SUV design. inches, up to seven seats, and a bespoke design. As far back as 2016, Volkswagen unveiled a Tiguan PHEV concept, based on the second-generation Tiguan. Earlier post.).

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JULY 20, 2022

The Roam Air is designed both for urban and rural environments. Several years of research and months of development were dedicated to building the optimal electric motorcycle for Africa. Roam has today announced the launch of its next-generation electric motorcycle, the Roam Air.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2021

The research array furthers the design and development of a system for offshore cultivation of tropical seaweeds to support large-scale production of biomass for biofuels and other valuable bioproducts. Puerto Rico has stable warm temperatures and ample sunlight year-round, as well as a wide range of exposure to prevailing winds and waves.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2009

South Africa is reinvigorating its efforts to develop automotive lithium-ion batteries, with the government’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) now determining the commercial feasibility of battery manufacturing in the country. Engineering News.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2023

—Fengqi You, senior author Currently, critical metals and minerals are centralized in politically unstable Chile, Congo, Indonesia, Brazil, Argentina and South Africa, according to the World Bank. It’s mainly driven by the electric vehicle market penetration and battery technology development.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Constellium SE is supplying aluminum auto body sheet solutions for the Mercedes-Benz C-Class produced in Europe, China, and South Africa and sold around the world. Aluminum is a natural choice to make vehicles lighter and more efficient, and provides numerous additional benefits to enhance vehicle design, durability and safety.

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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. Hynfra P.S.A. Hynfra’s portfolio is based on four pillars: industrial, ammonia, municipal, and energy storage.

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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

AUGUST 13, 2011

South Africa state-owned power utility Eskom reports that a design study is currently under way for an underground coal gasification (UCG) demonstration plant, which will include a 250,000 Nm 3 /h gas production plant and a 100 MW to 140 MW gas turbine plant. Mining Weekly.

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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. Total is one of the world’s biggest suppliers of aviation fuel, in France, in Europe and Africa.

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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

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The power units will be designed and built at WAE, in Grove, Oxfordshire, and integrated into an existing mining haul truck, with testing taking place later this year at the Mogalakwena platinum group metals mining operation in South Africa, Anglo American’s flagship PGMs mine.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2023

Occidental and Carbon Engineering are also adapting Stratos’ front-end engineering and design study for a DAC plant to be built at King Ranch in Kleberg County, which is part of the South Texas DAC Hub that was selected to receive a grant from the US Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 26, 2023

On Tuesday, X user and cargo ship tracker Morten Grove pointed out that the cargo ship Morning Champion, which is carrying several refreshed Model 3 units, has officially docked in Barcelona, Spain, after traveling around the continent of Africa from its origin in Shanghai, China. in recent months.

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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’s signing of the deal will be a game changer within Africa’s gas market.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2020

Nuclear generation fell fractionally in North America and in West & Central Europe, but rose in Africa, Asia, South America and East Europe & Russia. The construction of a new design need not result in a long construction time. The average global capacity factor for reactors generating electricity in 2019 rose from 79.8%

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2022

South Africa is the major source, accounting for almost 60% of the world’s rhodium supply; Russia is the second-largest producer. The researchers concluded that in the long run, establishing a new design that prevents the formation of rhodium aluminate could help get the most out of these devices.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

The project is designed to evaluate the combined technologies’ readiness for the freight rail sector. In addition to North America, we are currently looking at the freight train market in Europe, Australia, Brazil and South Africa—all of which are ideally suited for the transformation of their current diesel stock.

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