Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2009

GE South African Technologies (GESAT), GE Transportation’s entity in South Africa, will supply 100 locomotives to Transnet Freight Rail (TFR). TFR is South Africa’s state-owned rail freight logistics utility; Transnet Limited is its parent company.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2016

One major milestone of the past year includes the EV versions of the new smart fortwo, smart cabrio and smart forfour (Electric energy consumption: 13.1 – 12.9 These all-new smart and the Renault Twingo were the first vehicles built on a common platform by Daimler and the Alliance. kWh/100 km; CO2 emissions, combined: 0 g/km).

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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. In all cases, however, the production of ferroalloys is energy-intensive.

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Baua Electric

JULY 3, 2023

Peugeot lately has a “healthy” form store and is taking a look to make bigger electric-vehicle choices at the same time as indicators mount that auto call for is softening international, Linda Jackson, the emblem’s CEO, stated. The emblem has refuse plans to go into the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

Mercedes-Benz will run the Mercedes-Benz EQC electric vehicle through hot weather trials in Spain. Particular attention is being given to aspects which are very demanding for electric cars—air conditioning and charging, as well as cooling the battery, drive system and control units in extreme heat.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Another €1 billion go to the Untertürkheim core plant, amongst others for the expansion of engine production. Further investment also goes to the Rastatt compact car plant, where the fully-electric B-Class electric drive has been seamlessly integrated into series product. Mercedes-Benz sales top one million mark in August.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2009

The Oyster concept for transforming wave power to onshore electricity. In contrast to many other wave power devices, Oyster uses hydraulic technology to transfer wave power to shore, where it is then converted into electricity. Onshore, conventional hydroelectric generators convert this high-pressure water into electrical energy.

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