Green Car Congress
MARCH 15, 2023
Elcora Advanced Materials has signed , through its Ermazon SARL wholly owned subsidiary, a binding agreement with exclusive long-term mining production rights and option to purchase a 16 km² manganese mining concession in Morocco. Manganese-based compounds can be used in lithium-ion batteries to improve their efficiency and stability.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
The lithium-ion batteries of Nissan LEAF can store 24 kWh of electricity. The donated Nissan LEAFs can be used as vehicles to transport the elderly and expecting mothers who find it difficult to purchase food and daily commodities at the roadside stations’ stores. Nissan LEAF to go on sale in South Africa.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 21, 2011
Hydro-Québec (Canada) and Technifin (South Africa) have entered into an intellectual property collaboration agreement relating to the licensing of their respective intellectual property (IP) in lithium titanate spinel oxide (LTO) technologies, notably for lithium-ion battery applications. It operates at 1.5
Green Car Congress
APRIL 1, 2019
A study by a team of researchers from Germany and South Africa forsees the gradual replacement of lead-acid SLI (starter, lighting and ignition) batteries with Li-ion batteries over the next couple of years.
Blink Charging
APRIL 6, 2023
In fact, China accounted for half of the worldwide growth of EV sales in 2021, and IEA writes that more EVs were purchased there in 2021 than in the entire rest of the world throughout 2020. In Africa , South Africa is leading the way on the continent as far as EV adoption, although it remains low.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2022
The total cost of purchasing and driving one—the cost of ownership—has fallen nearly to parity with a typical gasoline-fueled car. 70 percent of lithium-ion batteries are produced in China, which derived 64 percent of its electricity from coal in 2020. EVs have finally come of age.
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