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Mbay Mobility Is Launching An All-Electric Taxi Financing Platform In Senegal

CleanTechnica EVs

M’Bay means to cultivate in Wolof,the main language in Senegal. The aptly-named Mbay wants to help cultivate and grow the green mobility sector in West Africa, starting in Dakar, Senegal. Mbay wants to play a key role in the transition to electric mobility by being the first mover in the electric car sector in Senegal […]

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The Grand Tour's "Sand Job," Nothing to See Here, I'm Afraid

The Truth About Cars

The challenge is to create a rally raid car and then sorta-kinda follow the route of the old Paris-Dakar rally, the challenging race that you might think has run from Paris, France to Dakar, Senegal since its inception in 1977. Each of the cars cost around £25,000 ($34,542 USD).

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Audi shows off its new all-electric RS Q E-Tron Dakar racecar

Teslarati

Audi has entered its RS Q E-Tron electric rally car in the Dakar rally, bringing modern EV technology to the heritage racing series. In a video published by Top Gear on Friday, the new rally car from Audi was shown off. The rally originally got its name as racers would race from Dakar, Senegal to Paris, France over several weeks.

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What is Extreme E? – 1# Ultimate beginners guide to Extreme E

My Energi

Formula E co-founder Alejandro Agag and Champ Car World Series star Gil de Ferran formulated the sport in 2018, which is now officially recognised by the International Automobile Federation, known more widely as the FIA. Ocean X Prix – Lac Rose, Senegal – 29-30 May. What type of car is used in Extreme E? Our pleasure!

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Not The End Of The World — Africa Moving Towards Decarbonisation

CleanTechnica EVs

In a recent Fully Charged podcast, she reiterated what others have said: eating a plant-based diet, using renewable energy, having no car (or, if necessary, an electric […] Dr Hannah Ritchie of Our World in Data asserts that the rapidity of change will enable us to avoid the worst of the climate catastrophe that is currently building.

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

Cars That Think

With superpowered cars like the Model S Plaid , Tesla upended the stereotype of electric cars as being slow, frumpy and boring. Now electric cars are making scorching inroads on the racing scene, faster than many folks dared to believe. So the performance gap remains huge, but Formula E is trying to close it.

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Will EU demand for biofuel mean starvation for world’s poorest?

Green Cars News

The French chapters of Friends of the Earth, Oxfam, Catholic Committee against Hunger and for Development (CCFD) report that the figures speak for themselves; 232 kilos of maize are needed to produce 50 litres of ethanol — roughly enough to fill an average car tank, or enough to provide the amount of calories a child needs in a year.

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