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Sri Lanka Aims To Reach 500,000 Electric Tuk-Tuks

CleanTechnica EVs

There’s something lovable and adorable about tuk-tuks. But my goodness, they sure can be dirty vehicles — in terms of the pollution they emit. The great thing they have going for them is that they’re small and should be easy to electrify. Naturally, most of us don’t see tuk-tuks in our everyday life. However, there […]

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Algae.Tec to form JV in China for algae for renewable transportation fuels and carbon capture facility; raising A$5M

Green Car Congress

The facility will be purely focused on algae for the production of transport fuels. Last month Algae.Tec signed a biofuels MOU with the European airline Lufthansa, and announced a biofuels production and carbon capture deal with the Sri Lanka subsidiary of industrial giant Holcim, the world’s largest cement and building materials company.

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Moderate revenue growth expected for CV makers next fiscal: CRISIL | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

The demand for M&HCVs is closely linked to activity in key end-user sectors such as infrastructure, transportation, and replacement demand. Conversely, export volumes are likely to remain sluggish due to inflationary pressures and economic slowdowns in key markets such as Sri Lanka, Africa, and Latin America.

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Exide and Leclanché launch Li-ion battery JV in India

Green Car Congress

The JV will focus on e-transport, on stationary energy storage systems and speciality storage markets. In e-transport, the target segment is fleet vehicles including e-buses, e-wheelers and e-rickshaws. Exide also has manufacturing facilities in Sri Lanka and does business globally through its subsidiaries and international affiliates.

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Ford 2017 trends report: disruption the status quo, “never more difficult” to find objective information

Green Car Congress

As an introduction, Ford notes that at the cusp of what is shaping up to be one of the most—if not the most—dynamic time in the transportation business, consumers are at a crossroads. Sri Lanka, São Paulo and the US were devastated by floods this year. This trend has not subsided.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

If more road space were given over to them, and roads were designed with two-wheeled transport in mind, that might change. Green.view New on Economist.com An altered political landscape in South Africa (EIU ViewsWire) Apr 28th 2009 Sri Lankas war is close to an end Apr 27th 2009 Does a new virus from Mexico threaten a global pandemic?

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse Has Major Implications for Automotive Sector

The Truth About Cars

It simultaneously makes for a good excuse whenever the transport of goods is delayed or companies begin pitching higher rates for oceanic freight — something we saw take place in the wake of the pandemic. As of now, nobody seems to know the full details of the incident but the ramifications should be relatively easy to predict.

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