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Volkswagen establishes new Sub-Saharan Africa region

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Sub-Saharan Africa refers to the area of the African continent south of the Sahara. The Volkswagen brand currently has three operations in the region: the company has been building cars in South Africa since 1951. Vehicle assembly began in Nigeria in 2015, with assembly in Kenya getting underway in December 2016.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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This project, to which Volkswagen contributes along with companies such as UPS, repairs and preserves a ~24,000-acre native redwood forest, increasing carbon sequestration and storage, while also helping to restore the natural wildlife habitat. Volkswagen compared the e-Golf with the conventional reference models Golf Mk VII 1.2

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Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

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billion) were all in the top 10 of investing countries while more than $1 billion was invested in Indonesia, Chile, Mexico, Kenya and Turkey. Equity raising by renewable energy companies on public markets jumped 54% in 2014 to $15.1 Additional to China, Brazil ($7.6 billion), India ($7.4 billion) and South Africa ($5.5

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