Companies Grid Powered South Africa 
Green Car Congress
MARCH 16, 2022
Jaguar Land Rover has partnered with Pramac , a global leader in the energy sector, to develop a portable zero-emission energy storage unit powered by second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries. The partnership is the first in Jaguar Land Rover’s plans to create new circular economy business models for its vehicle batteries.
Green Car Congress
MAY 9, 2012
Ballard Power Systems and Anglo American Platinum Limited, the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals, are working in partnership on a number of early-stage stationary and motive power applications of fuel cells in the South African market. COP17 was a high-level summit on climate change.
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
The transition to electric mobility is a major opportunity for national power utility companies on the African continent. It’s a major opportunity to increase their revenues as EVs charge up on locally generated electricity. Countries will also benefit from reduced fossil fuel imports, saving them much needed foreign currency.
Teslarati
OCTOBER 1, 2022
South African retail firm TFG has bought 307 Tesla Powerwall battery storage units to support operations while state-owned power utility Eskom continues load shedding practices. . Load shedding is the practice of switching off parts of the electric grid when there is insufficient capacity. Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 8, 2022
GWP processing routes using both grid-mix electricity and renewable electricity were evaluated in-line with LCA best-practice and Global Battery Alliance requirements for the battery passport. The main contributors to the estimated carbon footprint of HPEMM produced in China are the embodied emissions from the electricity grid mix.
Electric Vehicles India
JANUARY 31, 2023
Bounce Infinity, an electric scooter and removable battery company, has raised $20 million from existing investors, including Sequoia. Co-founder and CEO of the company, Vivekananda Hallekere, confirmed that the Bangalore-based company has completed its first tranche. Hallekere said it was not in talks to sell the company.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
In its first weeks of operation, the business secured 10 new telecom customer orders across several regions, including Africa, Asia, India and the US powering a total of more than 3,500 cell towers. When the generator is off and the battery is fully charged, it feeds the stored power back to the cell tower.
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