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

CleanTechnica EVs

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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SpaceX brings Starlink service to Martinique & Guadeloupe

Teslarati

HSBB aims to bring fibre-to-the-home technology to certain parts of the island. SpaceX is currently in talks with Zambia’s president about Starlink service. Martinique is an island that is also an overseas territorial collectivity of France in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It recently brought Starlink to schools in the Amazon.

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Electra updates mineral resource estimate at its Iron Creek cobalt-copper project in Idaho

Green Car Congress

The Idaho Cobalt Belt deposits are sediment-hosted copper-cobalt systems that are comparable to some of the largest sedimentary hosted cobalt deposits in the world located in the DRC and Zambia. The 2023 MRE follows the 2014 CIM Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves.

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Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

Green Car Congress

Financing was announced for projects in Costa Rica, Dominica, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Tanzania, and the United States, while projects in drilling and start-of-construction phases made headway in Chile, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Montserrat, The Philippines, Rwanda, and Zambia.

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New Award Recognizes IEEE Society’s Work in DEI

Cars That Think

The society also has expanded its chapters to other parts of the world. The society also has increased membership in Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zambia. Supporting students and young professionals Panels that cater to students and young professionals are part of IEEE IMS conferences.

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Finding Battery Minerals With AI

Cars That Think

And so the natural abundance of copper, think like 50 parts per million, 60 parts per million in the upper continental crust. And an ore deposit containing copper is more like 10,000 parts per million. And once we’ve got to about 10,000 parts per million, we can do the rest with industrial processes at reasonable cost.

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This bike was specifically designed to bring transportation to low-income, rural areas

Baua Electric

More than 3,000 trained mechanics around the world keep Buffalo Bicycles on the road using basic tools and locally available spare parts.” And instead of a complicated drivetrain, a single-speed setup means there are fewer parts to break. Instead of a lightweight and expensive frame, it uses rugged steel.