Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 30, 2019
The pilot project, which will form part of Volkswagen’s operations in Rwanda, was officially announced today by Thomas Schäfer, CEO of Volkswagen Group South Africa and responsible for the Sub-Sahara Africa Region, in the presence of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda, Right Honourable Dr. Edouard Ngirente.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 19, 2018
The Volkswagen brand has founded “Volkswagen Mobility Solutions Rwanda”, a company based in Rwanda. Going forward, the brand will be focusing in particular on new app-based mobility services such as car sharing and ride hailing in Rwanda. Overall, Volkswagen and its partner companies will create up to 1,000 jobs in Rwanda.
Cars That Think
APRIL 17, 2024
We’ve been covering the drone delivery company Zipline in Spectrum for several years, and I do encourage listeners to check out our great onsite reporting from Rwanda in 2019 when we visited one of Zipline’s dispatch centers for delivering vital medical supplies into rural areas. Just go to spectrum.ieee.org/newsletters to subscribe.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 25, 2021
The field of automated precision agriculture is based on one concept—autonomous driving technologies that guide vehicles through GPS navigation. We are not tied to any particular brand; our retrofit kit will work with any combine harvester model available in the farmer's fleet. I will never forget the photographs of emaciated children.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 25, 2021
The field of automated precision agriculture is based on one concept—autonomous driving technologies that guide vehicles through GPS navigation. We are not tied to any particular brand; our retrofit kit will work with any combine harvester model available in the farmer's fleet. I will never forget the photographs of emaciated children.
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