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Datsun to launch in South Africa by end of 2014; also India, Indonesia and Russia

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brand designing vehicles for high-growth markets, will return to South Africa. The first model to be introduced in South Africa will be a new passenger vehicle that will be launched by the end of 2014. Datsun, a Nissan Motor Co. The brand is also to be introduced in India, Indonesia and Russia in 2014.

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Anglo American unveils prototype 2MW hydrogen-battery hybrid mine haul truck

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Anglo American plc unveiled a prototype of the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mine haul truck designed to operate in everyday mining conditions at its Mogalakwena PGMs (platinum group metals) mine in South Africa. nuGen is part of FutureSmart Mining, Anglo American’s innovation-led approach to sustainable mining.

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BMW investing €400M in new vehicle assembly at Munich plant as part of shift to electromobility; engine production being concentrated at Steyr and Hams Hall

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The future assembly and its production processes will be designed for a new cluster architecture geared towards electric drive trains. It will ramp up for the first time at our future plant in Debrecen, Hungary, before being rolled out across our global production network in stages. —Milan Nedeljkovi?.

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Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) Systems, The National Aerospace Centre, and Airbus to research use of fuel cells for commercial airliners

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Airbus and South Africa’s National Aerospace Centre will jointly fund research by Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) into the application of fuel cells on airliners. Fuel cells, because they do not have any moving parts, are less maintenance-intensive than conventional APUs.

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Mercedes-Benz running automated test drive in Shanghai; infrastructure peculiarities

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million kilometers in Europe, the US, China, Australia and South Africa, and more than 1.2 An important part of the activities of R&D China is to capture and process the local traffic conditions and practices for the development of automated driving functions. China is the largest automobile market in the world.

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Rheinmetall presents solutions in South Africa for producing, storing and transporting green hydrogen

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At this year’s Africa Aerospace & Defence (AAD) expo at AFB Waterkloof in Centurion, Rheinmetall AG is presenting turnkey, mobile modular solutions for producing, storing and transporting CO 2 -free hydrogen. The African Aerospace and Defence Exposition takes place every two years at AFB Waterkloof in Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa.

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bp and Uber partner to drive delivery growth globally

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The new partnership covers retail sites in Australia, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa and the west coast of US. As part of the agreement, Uber Eats and bp will work to introduce delivery options onto bp’s own app, BPme—initially planned to be available in the UK, US and Australia by the end of 2023—powered by Uber Direct.

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