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BRICS Summit Misses A Big Opportunity As An Overload Of ICE Vehicles Used As Official Vehicles

CleanTechnica EVs

The BRICS summit was held in South Africa this week. The website adds, “together, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, the […]

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TomTom launches real-time traffic service in Brazil

Green Car Congress

TomTom has launched its real-time traffic information service, TomTom Traffic, in Brazil. Car ownership in Brazil has increased by 119% over the last decade making traffic congestion a serious issue in the country. This service helps drivers, businesses and governments make smarter choices when tackling traffic congestion.

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GE Transportation to Supply 100 Locomotives to Transnet in South Africa; First AC Diesel Electric Locomotive to Sub-Saharan Africa

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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. It feeds the port of Saldanha Bay, for export to a global market.

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Cornell study examines trade-off between critical metals requirement and transportation decarbonization

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—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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VW’s PowerCo, Stellantis, Glencore again $1B nickel, copper SPAC do business in in Brazil

Baua Electric

LONDON — World miner Glencore, Stellantis and Volkswagen Crew’s battery unit PowerCo have yes to again a $1 billion do business in by means of blank-cheque treasure ACG Acquisition Corporate to shop for two mines in Brazil, ACG stated. Each mines usefulness hydropower for manufacturing and are taking into account expansions.

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Leclanché to provide battery technology for Canadian Pacific’s hydrogen-powered locomotive project

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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. —Anil Srivastava, CEO, Leclanché.

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Veolia launches largest project to produce bio-methanol from pulp mill waste

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Since then, Veolia has more than 450 installations worldwide for mills in Brazil, Indonesia, China, Japan, Australia, South Africa and several European countries. Veolia has been a major supplier to the pulp and paper industry since the 1960s for HPD black liquor evaporation systems.

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