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Porsche launches carbon offsetting program for US drivers

Green Car Congress

The program is available to US customers after PCNA earlier this year enrolled its own Porsche Experience Center cars and its Porsche Passport subscription fleet. Impact has been available to customers in Germany, the UK, and Poland since late 2018. Users can choose from four different internationally certified projects to support.

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Porsche launches carbon offset program in US

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The available programs are focused on forest protection in the US, hydropower in Vietnam, solar energy in Mexico, and species diversity in Zimbabwe. Porsche Impact has been available as a pilot program to customers in Germany, the UK, and Poland since late 2018. How much does it cost?

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New All-Electric Shuttle Service Now Available At Harare’s International Airport

CleanTechnica EVs

As African countries join the electric vehicle revolution, fleet operators and mass transit services represent some of the low-hanging fruit. These are key segments that are ripe for electrification. A lot of operators in these industries have fixed routes that make it easy to select EVs to fit their specific needs. The fixed nature of […].

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Electric Pickups & Vans Are Now Available In Some African Markets — Time For Fleet Operators To Electrify

CleanTechnica EVs

Fleet operators constitute the bulk of brand new motor vehicle purchases in a lot of markets on the continent. They also represent an essential customer segment — repeat customers! Fleet operators normally replace their fleets at regular intervals.

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Elon Musk meets with the President of Namibia to talk Starlink

Teslarati

” Credit: Dr. Nangolo Mbumba | X Credit: Dr. Nangolo Mbumba | X Credit: Dr. Nangolo Mbumba | X Currently, Starlink is available in a handful of countries in Africa, including Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and, as of Tuesday, Burundi.

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Business Leaders Call for Linking Water, Energy and Climate in Global Talks

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In the examples cited in the report, biomass for biofuels has the largest and widest ranging footprint: from 24,000 m 3 per 1,000 GJ in the Netherlands to 143,000 m 3 per 1,000 GJ in Zimbabwe. Climate change will affect the use and availability of both. Climate change will affect availability and use of both water and energy.

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The Grand Tour's "One for the Road," Retiring a Trio

The Truth About Cars

In the final episode of The Grand Tour , our hosts return to Africa as they’ve done several times before, this time to Zimbabwe. The prompt is simple - drive from the beautiful eastern coast of Zimbabwe across the country to the more industrial and desert-adjacent western border with Botswana. It’s been a long journey.

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