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TUM, partners to present electric aCar prototype at IAA; transport for sub-Saharan Africa

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to set up a mobile physician’s office or a water treatment station. However, to make sure the aCar also meets all the demands placed on it on location, they shipped the vehicle to Ghana, where they tested the technology and concept under local conditions in July 2017. The two-seat aCar is EU-classified as L7e—a heavy quadricycle.

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Tesla supplier Piedmont Lithium gets key North Carolina mining permit – ET Auto

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The approval from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality , which was announced by the company on Monday and is conditional on the posting of a USD 1 million reclamation bond, removes one major hurdle to Piedmont’s plans to tap a large lithium deposit just outside Charlotte. The company has applied for U.S.

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Exploring Ghana, With Contemporary Art as a Guide

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In late 2022, I was invited to go to Ghana with a friend researching work by the Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, who first made a splash at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. We were going to Ghana to learn about the context of his work and also to understand the emerging contemporary art scene in the country.

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Eni reports important new discovery offshore Congo

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The exploration well, Nene Marine 3, was drilled in a water depth of 28 meters (92 feet) and encountered a significant wet gas and light oil accumulation in the pre-salt clastic sequence, outlining a significant extension to the west of the reservoir and its hydraulic continuity. miles) offshore Congo.

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