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Volkswagen & Siemens launch joint electric mobility pilot project in Rwanda

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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.

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Volkswagen plans integrated mobility concept in Rwanda; vehicle production in Kenya

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Volkswagen is taking a further step to develop market potentials in Africa. The concept provides for app-based mobility solutions such as car-sharing and ride-hailing to be offered in Rwanda. Volkswagen is consistently developing market potentials in Africa. Rwanda does not have an established vehicle industry.

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Volkswagen founds mobility services company in Rwanda; to begin local assembly of Polo and Passat

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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.

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This Rwandan Engineer is Learning How to Manage Humanitarian Projects

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The IEEE member from Kigali, Rwanda, participated in installing portable sinks in nearby rural markets to curb the spread of COVID-19 and provided clean water and sanitation services to people displaced by the Mount Nyiragongo volcano eruption in 2021. This provides easy access to records and improves coordination of care.”

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How Zipline Designed Its Droid Delivery System

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We know the folks at Zipline pretty well, though, and they’ve certainly made creative engineering work for them, as we saw when we visited one of their “nests” in rural Rwanda. Early Droid concept sketches by designer Gregoire Vandenbussche featured legs that would fold up after delivery. We want to be a universal delivery service.

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

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The field of automated precision agriculture is based on one concept—autonomous driving technologies that guide vehicles through GPS navigation. And not all countries have reliable satellite coverage—in agricultural markets like Kazakhstan, coverage can be unstable. Cognitive Pilot.

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

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The field of automated precision agriculture is based on one concept—autonomous driving technologies that guide vehicles through GPS navigation. And not all countries have reliable satellite coverage—in agricultural markets like Kazakhstan, coverage can be unstable. Cognitive Pilot.

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