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Zambia Has A New President Who Could Help Accelerate The World’s Transition To Sustainable Energy

CleanTechnica EVs

Having followed the development in Zambia since I attended elementary school in the country from 1981 to 1982, there is finally some good news that resonates with me in the context of the global EV revolution and the world’s transition to sustainable energy generation and consumption.

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Electric cars need cobalt and copper, and Zambia’s president-elect wants to supply it

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Hichilema’s plan is to ramp up mining in particular to jump-start Zambia’s economy – and provide the rapidly growing electric vehicle battery industry with crucial cobalt and copper.

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We Need More Vehicles Like The Ford F150 Lightning: An African Perspective

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Nations in these parts of the world currently face sharply contrasting situations in the electricity sector. In Southern Africa, people in South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe experience regular and in some instances prolonged outages as the power companies in the respective countries fail to […].

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Affordable Electric Cars Like BYD Seagull & Wuling Bingo Could Be Big Hit In Africa, Used Car Imports Imply

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Zimbabwe’s national statistics agency, Zimstat, recently released its Transport Statistics Report for the 2nd Quarter of 2023. The report says as of June 30, 2023, light motor vehicles (up to 2,300 kg) accounted for 76.5% of the 1,583,700 registered vehicles in the country.

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Zambia’s President Met With BYD & CATL On A Recent State Visit To China

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Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema recently returned from a state visit to China. During that visit, he met with BYD and CATL, which are some of the leading players globally in the electric vehicle and stationary storage ecosystem. In a post on X, President Hichilema said, “We have the natural resources, they have the technology.

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Finding Battery Minerals With AI

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In 2022, more than 10 million electric cars were sold around the world, up 55 percent over sales in 2021. For this trend to continue, though, mining companies need to find a lot more of the metals used to build electric cars and their batteries. And our Mingomba project in Zambia is by far the furthest along.

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Top 14 Electric Vehicle Motor Manufacturers in India: Driving Sustainable Mobility

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The company has also invested in the research and development of advanced motor technologies to enhance the performance and range of their electric vehicles. It has implemented the ZIPTRON technology in its electric cars to improve the efficiency and performance of the vehicles. #3.

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