Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

The partnership between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG accelerated and strengthened as it entered its sixth year in 2015, the companies’ leaders said today in a media update given during the Frankfurt International Motor Show. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, agreed.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2015

The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG are expanding their five-year strategic cooperation ( earlier post ) into the pickup truck segment. Together, Nissan and Daimler will develop a 1-ton pickup truck for Mercedes-Benz. The primary target markets for the truck are Europe, Australia, South Africa and Latin America.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Westcott, who has worked in the renewable energy sector converting a coal-fired power station to run on bio-mass in his native South Africa, confirmed he had lobbied federal government ministers on the issue. “We I have a car that’s ready to go.” We need a more holistic solution to the problem,” he said. “We

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The key markets will be Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Australia with New Zealand, and Europe. The pickup will be manufactured in a production cooperation with the Renault-Nissan Alliance. Production for the European, Australian and South African markets will start at the Nissan plant in Barcelona, Spain, in 2017.

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Teslarati

APRIL 16, 2021

A new report from CompareTheMarket.com analyzed Google data from 155 listed countries to determine what electric cars are most commonly searched for in the world’s most powerful and popular search engine. The closest competitor was the Nissan Leaf, with only 8 total countries claiming it to be the most popular search.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Frequently, cars withdrawn from one market live on in another, sometimes for years. Consider that the first-generation Volkswagen Golf launched in 1974, for example, lived on in South Africa until 2009 as the VW CitiGolf. Those vehicles may even be upgraded with newer technology in the older body.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Mercedes-Benz is realigning its global passenger cars manufacturing activities and is strengthening its German passenger cars locations with investments worth billions of euros. “ We want to continue to grow and will significantly increase our production capacities in the coming years.

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All Cars Electric

JUNE 14, 2010

Electric cars like the 2011 Nissan Leaf require lots of lithium and other precious heavy metals to make them go. Today's sources of lithium are far and few: Bolivia has something like 40 percent of the world's deposits, while Russia, South Africa, Chile and Argentina have some.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

As climate talks in Durban, South Africa get underway today, a host of electric cars will be on hand to give COP17 delegates the chance to try out the cleaner future in the automotive industry. A dozen electric cars from the Renault-Nissan Alliance will be on hand for the United Nation’s Climate Change Conference which [.].

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Ricardo’s Rising-15 automotive markets include: Argentina; Egypt; Indonesia; Iran; Malaysia; Mexico; Morocco; Nigeria; Peru; the Philippines; South Africa; Thailand; Turkey; Ukraine; and Vietnam. Nissan introducing new Datsun in Indonesia.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2017

At the beginning of 2018 South Africa, Australia and New Zealand will follow, and at the beginning of 2019 Argentina and Brazil. The demand for mid-size pickups with typical passenger car characteristics and comfort features has been steadily on the rise for years. The market launch in Europe is scheduled for November 2017.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2014

The Common Module Family represents a new approach to engineering for the Renault/Nissan Alliance. The Renault-Nissan Alliance posted record synergies of €2.87 Purchasing, which is jointly managed by Renault-Nissan Purchasing Organization (RNPO), generated €1.036 billion (US$1.4 Click to enlarge. billion (US$3.7 Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

The total cost of purchasing and driving one—the cost of ownership—has fallen nearly to parity with a typical gasoline-fueled car. With all this, consumers and policymakers alike are hopeful that society will soon greatly reduce its carbon emissions by replacing today’s cars with electric vehicles. EVs have finally come of age.

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