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Building a Fleet of Personal EVs in Kenya

Cars That Think

ARC Ride is also installing battery-swapping stations around the city. A key person involved in the critical tasks of assembling, servicing, and testing the company’s vehicles and related products is Magdalene Maluta. She started with assembly and maintenance, where she learned about EVs from the ground up.

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Mercedes-Benz introduces its mid-size pickup truck: the X-Class leans on diesel

Green Car Congress

At the beginning of 2018 South Africa, Australia and New Zealand will follow, and at the beginning of 2019 Argentina and Brazil. Production for the markets in Europe, Australia and South Africa will start at the Nissan plant in Barcelona, Spain, in 2017. The market launch in Europe is scheduled for November 2017.

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AMPECO CEO discusses the software that makes large-scale EV charging systems work in comprehensive Q&A

Charged EVs

Q&A with AMPECO CEO Orlin Radev Large hardware installations need complex software to keep them running, and EV charging infrastructure projects are no exception. Some companies specialize in procuring and installing charging stations, while others offer a turnkey service that includes ongoing management and maintenance.

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AMPECO CEO discusses the software that makes large-scale EV charging systems work in comprehensive Q&A – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Large hardware installations need complex software to keep them running, and EV charging infrastructure projects are no exception. Some companies specialize in procuring and installing charging stations, while others offer a turnkey service that includes ongoing management and maintenance. Some of them are our customers.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

In the meantime, EV buyers’ sticker shock could be alleviated by the knowledge that fuel and maintenance costs are far lower for EVs and that total ownership costs are about the same. Those tax revenues are necessary for the maintenance of roads. vehicle-to-grid technologies that exploit the installed base of EV batteries.