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Volkswagen founds mobility services company in Rwanda; to begin local assembly of Polo and Passat

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The Volkswagen brand has founded “Volkswagen Mobility Solutions Rwanda”, a company based in Rwanda. Going forward, the brand will be focusing in particular on new app-based mobility services such as car sharing and ride hailing in Rwanda. It is planned to initially build the Volkswagen Polo and Passat models. 16 million).

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Volkswagen establishes new Sub-Saharan Africa region

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The Volkswagen brand currently has three operations in the region: the company has been building cars in South Africa since 1951. In addition, Volkswagen plans to launch an integrated mobility concept in Rwanda at the end of this year. The concept provides for app-based mobility solutions such as car sharing and ride hailing.

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How Zipline Designed Its Droid Delivery System

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We know the folks at Zipline pretty well, though, and they’ve certainly made creative engineering work for them, as we saw when we visited one of their “nests” in rural Rwanda. Early Droid concept sketches by designer Gregoire Vandenbussche featured legs that would fold up after delivery. The design journey was pretty fun.

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