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KCB Foundation & UNITAR Partner To Promote Electric Motorbikes For Boda-Boda Riders In Kenya

CleanTechnica EVs

As part of the effort towards accelerating the transition to a low-carbon resilient economy and enable the transition of 25% of the total loan portfolio to green investments by 2025, and also as part of the KCB Net Zero ambition, The KCB Foundation and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) have partnered […].

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GM to double models with 40 mpg highway or better by 2017; ongoing manufacturing efficiency improvements

Green Car Congress

Opel also estimates it will reduce the average carbon tailpipe emissions from its fleet by 27% by 2020. The rollout of these technologies in new GM US models between 2011 and 2016 is expected to improve the fuel economy of our fleet by more than 18 percent, which will translate into a more than 15 percent reduction in CO 2 emissions.

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More than 50 percent of MoUs signed in Vibrant Gujarat are green | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

It will generate green jobs, making Gujarat a leading exporter of green energy products and contributing to making the state into a USD 3 trillion economy. “Gujarat will get more than half of its energy from green energy sources with the facility that will be ready by late 2024.

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Global Mobility Report finds world not on track to achieving sustainable mobility

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Findings in the green mobility area included: The transport sector presently contributes 23% of global energy-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and 18% of all man-made global economy-wide emissions. Transport sector emissions growth in Annex I countries (developed countries and “economies in transition” averaged 0.5%

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Gravity Batteries, Green Hydrogen, and a Thorium Reactor for China

Cars That Think

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. We’ll still have to do the hard work of cutting carbon emissions, but geoengineering could be a way to buy us some time.

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Roam’s New Production Facility Could Turn Out 50K Electric Motorcycles Per Year

CleanTechnica EVs

This new facility will allow for an expanded production and have an annual capacity of 50,000 motorcycles while staying a carbon-neutral assembly, […]