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SolarTaxi Adds The XPeng G3 To Its Growing Range Of EV Models For Sale & Leasing In Ghana!

CleanTechnica EVs

One of the best ways to accelerate adoption of electric vehicles is just to make them available. In many markets, there are only a few models available for consumers to buy. In South Africa, for example, the BMW i3 was for a very long time the only full electric vehicle available on the market. Right […].

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TUM, partners to present electric aCar prototype at IAA; transport for sub-Saharan Africa

Green Car Congress

The 20 kWh battery capacity gives the vehicle an electric range of 80 kilometers (50 miles). However, to make sure the aCar also meets all the demands placed on it on location, they shipped the vehicle to Ghana, where they tested the technology and concept under local conditions in July 2017. Otto SPANNER GmbH; Schnupp GmbH & Co.

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Zipline reaches 500,000 automated drone delivery milestone

Teslarati

The autonomous drones, which operate as small planes instead of helicopters like other competitors, are launched from delivery locations and have an operating range of 50 miles. It is truly remarkable for those who haven’t gotten the chance to see Zipline’s system in action.

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GeeRemit App Moves Money and Saves It Too

Cars That Think

EUREKA MOMENT After a 2007 visit to the Elmina Slave Castle , a former slave-trading depot in Ghana, Johnson had what she calls a “eureka moment.” Each state requires a money-transmitter license, and fees for the license can range from a few thousand to a few hundred thousand dollars.

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EPA report to Congress finds a strong scientific and technical foundation for mitigating black carbon emissions

Green Car Congress

The report also draws from recent BC assessments, including work under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO); the Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP); and the Arctic Council. Earlier post.). Based on a limited number of. W m -2 , with a best estimate of +0.6

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IISD Releases Five-Part Series of Reports on Removing Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Green Car Congress

This paper evaluates the state of information on fossil-fuel subsidies in a cross-section of countries that represent a range of governance systems, fossil-fuel markets and stages of economic growth. Gaining Traction: The importance of transparency in accelerating the reform of fossil-fuel subsidies (Laan, 2010).

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