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Kenya Signs Deals To Import Fossil Fuels On Credit For 6 Months To Relieve Pressure On Demand For Foreign Currency

CleanTechnica EVs

Kenya recently signed some deals with firms from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to supply diesel, petrol, and jet fuel on credit for the next 6 months to ease mounting pressure on the demand for foreign currency as well as to try to stem the Kenya shillings slide vs. the US dollar […]

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Ballard to supply two fuel cell modules to Solaris for bus deployments in Europe

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Ballard Power Systems will supply Solaris Bus and Coach with two zero emission fuel cell power modules to be used in buses planned for deployment in Hamburg, Germany. Delivery of Ballard’s next-generation FCvelocity-HD7 power modules to Solaris is planned for later this year.

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BMW Group to use sustainably produced aluminum wheels from 2024

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For the BMW Group, this is another step towards its goal of creating the most sustainable supply chain in the automotive industry. Up until now, wheels have accounted for about 5% of supply chain CO 2 emissions. Green power is one of the biggest levers for reducing CO 2 emissions in our supply chain.

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BMW Group sourcing aluminum produced using solar energy from EGA

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Sourcing 43,000 tonnes of solar aluminum valued in the three-digit million euros will supply nearly half the annual requirements of the light metal foundry at Plant Landshut. The trend towards e-mobility means that a much larger percentage of a vehicle’s lifecycle CO 2 emissions now comes from upstream added value in the supplier network.

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Aptera to showcase solar EV tech in the UAE as it preps its first production-intent builds [Video]

Baua Electric

This month’s progress update recaps a recent visit to France, details an upcoming trip to the United Arab Emirates, and talks about the status of Aptera’s first production-intent solar EV builds. Yes, it is now April, which means we get another video update from Aptera. Watch the video in full below.

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DP World and Einride to deploy the largest autonomous electric truck fleet in the Middle East

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Electric and autonomous freight specialist Einride is expanding on previous plans to deploy more commercial vehicle technology and infrastructure in the Middle East. Part of those expansion plans have also included sending Einride’s suite of technologies to the Middle East.

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Singapore Company Trialing Natural Gas Econic Waste Collection Vehicle

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The vehicle is a Mercedes-Benz Econic NGT 2628 x 2/4 NLA, with three axles and a gross vehicle weight of 26 tonnes, a trailing axle and a six-speed automatic transmission, with EEV certification. In Singapore the methane is supplied by GPlus, the natural gas sales division of Sembcorp. liters and develops 205 kW (279 hp). .

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