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BasiGo’s Impressive Progress With Electric Buses In Kenya Illustrates The Incredible Opportunity To Tackle Africa’s Transport Challenges

July 26, 2024 admin 0 Comments africa, basigo, clean transport, electric buses, Electric vehicles, Kenya

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 22:07:50 +0000

We cover quite a lot of developments in the EV space across Africa. One of my favorite things about this is following up on the progress of some of the companies that are active in the nascent electric mobility industry across the continent’s various regions. One segment that is set … [continued]

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The Dayun Yuehu S5 Mini SUV Becomes The Lowest Priced EV In South Africa

July 26, 2024 admin 0 Comments africa, clean transport, Electric vehicles, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 15:35:38 +0000

Autotrader did a survey in South Africa a while ago to find out how much South Africans were willing to pay to buy an EV. The survey results show that 64% of respondents stated that they would purchase an electric vehicle within the next 5 years. 72% of consumers are … [continued]

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Zimbabwe Wants To Increase Rooftop Solar Adoption & Start Floating Solar PV Projects In Bid To Address Critical Electricity Generation Shortfall

July 24, 2024 admin 0 Comments africa, clean power, Solar energy, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 05:00:57 +0000

Zimbabwe has been facing an electricity generation shortfall for over a decade now. The electricity generation crisis is a result of depressed generation at the country’s main power stations. The country has some aging coal power stations at the Hwange Power plant (920 MW from Units 1 to 6) that … [continued]

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One of the Largest Suppliers of Coal to South Africa’s Coal Power Plants to Power Its Coal Mining with Wind & Solar

July 23, 2024 admin 0 Comments africa, clean power, Coal, eskom, Fossil Fuels, Solar energy, South Africa, south africa solar, wind energy

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 12:18:36 +0000

Seriti Green’s broader programme will produce 3,500 MW of power from wind and solar. South Africa’s grid is powered mostly by coal power plants. Although, renewables are starting to make a significant contribution. One of the largest suppliers of coal to Eskom’s coal fleet now has a programme to power … [continued]

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BYD Launches In Senegal, Starting With The ATTO 3

July 22, 2024 admin 0 Comments africa, Air pollution, byd, byd atto 3, clean transport, dakar, electric cars, Electric vehicles, senegal

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 15:34:10 +0000

BYD is one of the major EV firms that is now making its battery electric vehicles available in more places around the world. These days, it seems like we hear that BYD has introduced some of its models to a new country every week or something. Notably, BYD is one … [continued]

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Developing Countries Around World: Drop Import Duties On Electric Cars

July 19, 2024 admin 0 Comments africa, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Malawi

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 15:25:04 +0000

I’m not an expert in economic development for developing countries, and I don’t have a degree in import/export taxes in such places. However, one thing is fairly well known across the world: if you are not a big oil-producing nation, you are sending a lot of your money to other … [continued]

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Audi South Africa Expands Charging Network With Addition Of 150kW DC Fast Chargers In Key National Locations

July 13, 2024 admin 0 Comments africa, Audi, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 15:55:42 +0000

South Africa’s EV market is still quite small, but it is now starting to show signs of progress. Looking at the most recent full-year data, the market shares for plug-in hybrid, BEV, and plug-less hybrids were 0.06%, 0.17%, and 1.2% respectively. These electrified vehicles had a combined market share of … [continued]

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Electric Car Companies Push Back Against Restrictive Trade Policies

July 10, 2024 admin africa, byd, china tariffs, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, eu tariffs, Europe, inflation reduction act of 2022., lg chem, Morocco, policy & politics, tariffs, Turkey, us tariffs

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2024 23:23:22 +0000

The world of electric car manufacturing is expanding, as Chinese companies build new factories in more countries.

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Tata Tiago & Citroen C3 EVs Are Now Available In Malawi!

July 9, 2024 admin africa, citroen, citroën e-c3, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, India, Malawi, tata motors, tata tiago

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 13:39:52 +0000

Sky Energy, a clean energy engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firm based in Blantyre, Malawi, has expanded its operations to include the importation and retailing of electric vehicles. The first batch of EVs are already available for consumers to buy in Malawi. The first two models are the Tata Tiago … [continued]

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Interesting Insights From Uganda’s 2024/2025 National Budget

June 23, 2024 admin africa, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, hydroelectric, kiira motors corporation, Uganda

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:40:12 +0000

Uganda’s Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija, recently delivered the country’s 2024/2025 national budget. There were some very interesting insights in there that give us a good look into Uganda’s electricity generation landscape as well as the current state and plans to grow the electric mobility ecosystem. … [continued]

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