Building, Environment, Market and South Africa

Mercedes-Benz Vans shows pickup truck concepts; market launch in late 2017; diesel V6

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Daimler AG will make investments in the high nine figures (euro) in the new model series by the time of the market launch. The key markets will be Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Australia with New Zealand, and Europe. Mid-size pickups currently have the largest share of the total vehicle market in Australia with 14.1%.

Mercedes

Mercedes South Africa 2017 Market

Sasol bails on $13-$15B US GTL project, divests from Canadian shale; no new greenfield GTL

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

At the company’s Capital Markets Day 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sasol management said that the company will no longer pursue its proposed ) project in the US ( earlier post ) and furthermore will not invest in additional greenfields gas-to-liquids (GTL) projects. —Stephen Cornell.

Oil Prices

Oil Prices Louisiana South Africa Oil

Global billionaires unite in “Breakthrough energy coalition” to support development of zero-carbon energy

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

It is the private sector that knows how to build companies, to evaluate the potential for success, and to take the risks that lead to taking innovative ideas and bringing them to the world. Success will provide the economic proof points necessary for the mainstream market-driven clean energy economy required for our planetary future.

Energy

Energy Saudi Arabia Carbon Global

Sasol, GE develop new anaerobic microbial technology for cleaning of Fischer-Tropsch waste water; boosting gas-to-liquids (GTL) value proposition

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The new Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor Technology (AnMBR) will be further developed at a new demonstration plant at Sasol’s R&D Campus at its Sasol One Site in Sasolburg, South Africa. The anaerobes used in AnMBR break down the complex organics to simpler building blocks such as sugars that provide food to the micro-organisms.

Waste

Waste Water Gas Qatar

Elements of the Cancun Agreements

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2010

The UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, ended on Saturday with the adoption of a package of decisions that set all governments more firmly on the path towards a low-emissions future and support enhanced action on climate change in the developing world, according to the UN Environment Programme.

Climate Change

Climate Change South Africa Financing Climate

Anglo American Platinum invests in Hydrogenious Technologies; liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology for H2 storage

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2014

South Africa-based Anglo American Platinum , the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), has invested in the first close of the Series A financing round of Hydrogenious Technologies, a company developing liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) hydrogen storage technology. Click to enlarge. 2012.08.066.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen South Africa Universal Renewable

Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Comprehensive energy and climate change policies that accelerate the deployment of energy efficiency, cleaner energy, renewable energy, green buildings, clean vehicles and fuels, and low- carbon transportation infrastructure. Seek to harness the power of markets to find the least cost ways to deliver on climate change objectives.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Global Energy

UN report projects that increasing use of HFCs likely to have a significant climate impact by 2050; equivalent to current total annual emissions from transport

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

A new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) projects that by 2050, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) could be responsible for emissions equivalent to 3.5 These range from improved building design that reduces or avoids the need for air conditioners to fibre rather than foam insulation materials. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge.

Climate

Climate Ozone Emissions Transportation

Haomo's self-driving ambitions leap forward with launch of DriveGPT

CN EV Post

APRIL 11, 2023

The AI model builds RLHF (Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback) technology by bringing in driving data for continuous optimization of self-driving cognitive decision models. In overseas markets, vehicles equipped with HPilot have been shipped to regions including the European Union and Israel and delivered to local consumers.

PHEV

PHEV South Africa Motor

Study recommends $10B/year US federal investment in energy RD&D and a substantial price on carbon emissions; leveraging the national labs and encouraging the private sector for a clean energy future

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The largest percentage increases we recommend compared to 2009 funding levels are for energy storage, buildings, bioenergy, and solar photovoltaics. Lack of market demand and specific innovation process issues are also important barriers. Private sector energy innovation activities are more widespread than previously understood.

Energy

Energy Clean Cleaning Carbon

SMART: working for a systems-based approach to sustainable mobility; Alcoa Foundation support for practical solutions in Beijing and Detroit

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

Building capacity for now and for the next generation. With that in mind, and because the whole world is a global market, there is a huge opportunity in this region [Detroit] to once again become a leader in transportation innovation that is not necessarily automotive. The five themes are: Systems integration. Zielinski, S.

Detroit

Detroit Sustainable Transportation Transportation Connect

Renault and Nissan to Accelerate Cooperation, Seeking €1.5 billion in Free Cash Flow in 2009 from Synergies

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2009

We have assigned a group of experts to focus on building greater synergies to get us through the crisis and position us competitively for the future. In the current economic environment, cooperation between the two companies will accelerate. Sales and marketing synergies represent €147 million of total synergies.

2009

2009 Nissan South Africa Purchase

EV Charging: A Look at the International Landscape

EV Connect

MARCH 8, 2021

Where does the global EV market stand? South Africa, the European Union and the U.S. Asia Seeing Significant Increases By 2027, the global EV charging station market is projected to reach 30,758 units — up from just 2,115 units in 2020. A project began in 2016 to build stations all up and down the Queensland coastline.

International

International Charging Canada 2020

We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

The good news is that 2035 is the year suggested at the COP26 for all new car and vans in leading markets to be zero-emissions vehicles, and many manufacturers and governments have committed to it. This concentration is problematic because it can lead to volatile markets and supply disruptions.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Vehicles West Virginia Electric

EV Driven

Mercedes-Benz Vans shows pickup truck concepts; market launch in late 2017; diesel V6

Sasol bails on $13-$15B US GTL project, divests from Canadian shale; no new greenfield GTL

Global billionaires unite in “Breakthrough energy coalition” to support development of zero-carbon energy

Sasol, GE develop new anaerobic microbial technology for cleaning of Fischer-Tropsch waste water; boosting gas-to-liquids (GTL) value proposition

Elements of the Cancun Agreements

Anglo American Platinum invests in Hydrogenious Technologies; liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology for H2 storage

Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

UN report projects that increasing use of HFCs likely to have a significant climate impact by 2050; equivalent to current total annual emissions from transport

Haomo's self-driving ambitions leap forward with launch of DriveGPT

Study recommends $10B/year US federal investment in energy RD&D and a substantial price on carbon emissions; leveraging the national labs and encouraging the private sector for a clean energy future

SMART: working for a systems-based approach to sustainable mobility; Alcoa Foundation support for practical solutions in Beijing and Detroit

Renault and Nissan to Accelerate Cooperation, Seeking €1.5 billion in Free Cash Flow in 2009 from Synergies

EV Charging: A Look at the International Landscape

We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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