Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Steel is responsible for around 7% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions every year and is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Government and corporate net-zero commitments are pushing the steel industry to cancel out its emissions by 2050. The steel industry cannot afford to wait for the 2040s to start its transition.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2022

The VRP won’t have any waste streams and will set a new precedent for circular economy practices in metals processing. Currently, approximately 75% of global vanadium supply is sourced from China, South Africa, and Russia. The Vanadium Recovery Project (VRP) is targeting a 1.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

GM’s fuel-economy plan through the 2016 model year focuses on a reduction in vehicle mass and aggressive investment in advanced materials, such as high-strength steel, carbon fiber and aluminum, enabled in part by our industry-first aluminum welding technology. MWh per vehicle, less than half the industry average of 2.37

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2011

Recognize the potential of CCS for industrial emission sources and review demonstration opportunities. The World Resources Institute released a report titled CCS Demonstrations in Developing Countries: Priorities for a Financing Mechanism for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Rutgers will focus on replacing environmentally harmful fossil fuels with renewable, economically sustainable fuels in collaboration with universities in the US, Brazil, China and South Africa. The grant is valued at up to $3.2 million over five years. “ Nanotechnology for clean energy generation and storage.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 10, 2023

The motor vehicle and the associated vehicle components production industry is the largest manufacturing sector in the South African economy. A substantial 21.7% manufacturing and […]

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

The Group of Twenty (G20) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was established in 1999 to bring together systemically important industrialized and developing economies to discuss key issues in the global economy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

The next generation of urban transportation is about connecting transportation modes, services, and technologies, bringing diverse innovations together in ways that favor accessibility (meeting needs) over mobility (moving for the sake of moving), and that work significantly better for people, economies, and the planet. Zielinski, S.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The low annual rate of global reduction of carbon emissions per unit of GDP needed to limit global warming to 2 °C—based on the probability assessments of the UN IPCC—is insufficient to achieve that goal, according to the latest Low Carbon Economy Index published by business consultancy PwC. —PwC.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Ricardo’s Rising-15 automotive markets include: Argentina; Egypt; Indonesia; Iran; Malaysia; Mexico; Morocco; Nigeria; Peru; the Philippines; South Africa; Thailand; Turkey; Ukraine; and Vietnam. Nissan introducing new Datsun in Indonesia.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2011

Countries meeting in Durban, South Africa, managed to deliver an agreement after an extension to negotiations. Governments, including 35 industrialized countries, also agreed to a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol—due to expire next year— from 1 January 2013. as possible, but not later than 2015.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2021

An advanced trial of the prototype truck is being run at Anglo-American’s Mogalakwena platinum group metals mine in South Africa. Aurizon has also commenced research & development for battery-powered trains with a number of industry parties and Australian universities.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The fluid technologies developed for the Mercedes-Benz AG program was a collaborative global effort, specifically with teams in Germany, South Africa and China. TIFS also continues to be awarded contracts for advanced technology products required to reduce emissions and improve fuel economy in hybrid electric vehicles (HEV).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Volkswagen is taking a further step to develop market potentials in Africa. Volkswagen South Africa is forging ahead with this initiative in Rwanda together with Volkswagen’s Kenyan partner DT Dobie based on current experience from the establishment of production in Kenya. Rwanda does not have an established vehicle industry.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

billion value of nonfuel mineral commodities produced by US mines in 2022 included other industrial minerals and natural aggregates, as well as ferrous and nonferrous metals. The estimated value of US production of all industrial minerals in 2022 was $63.5 billion, which is about 65% of the total value of US mine production value.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Climate change presents major long-term risks to the global economy and to the assets in which we invest. Comprehensive policies directed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from sources other than energy, for example waste, industrial emissions, fugitives, land-use change, deforestation and agriculture.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2014

South Africa-based Anglo American Platinum , the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), has invested in the first close of the Series A financing round of Hydrogenious Technologies, a company developing liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) hydrogen storage technology. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Significant growth in the global middle class, expansion of emerging economies and an additional 2 billion people in the world will contribute to a 35% increase in energy demand by 2040, according to ExxonMobil’s latest Outlook for Energy report. The OECD represents the developed economies. Click to enlarge. Outlook for Energy.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 22, 2021

South Africa’s Rubicon Group enables transformative sustainable and industrial technologies across the energy and manufacturing sectors in Africa and other emerging markets.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

The accord calls for action to hold mean warming of the Earth’s surface to no more than 2 ºC above pre-industrial levels, but does not define reductions in greenhouse gases that might be employed to achieve that goal.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2016

For emissions applications targeting precious metal savings, SDCmaterials’ first generation catalyst ingredients are typically demonstrating 40% to 60% metal reduction compared to existing industry catalysts, while maintaining catalytic performance. Further advancements in automotive fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Success will provide the economic proof points necessary for the mainstream market-driven clean energy economy required for our planetary future. The coalition includes: Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited, India. —Breakthrough energy coalition. Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO, Amazon, US.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 30, 2021

In 2019, we wrote an article raising the alarm that South Africa’s inertia in incentivising the adoption of electric vehicles could make it miss out on the incredible opportunities presented by the electric vehicle revolution.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

By: PTI | Updated on: 17 Sep 2024, 08:55 AM India has been the leading source for vehicle imports in South Africa since 2013, driven by small vehicle demand. Tata and Mahindra have established a … India has been the leading source for vehicle imports in South Africa since 2013, driven by small vehicle demand.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2015

Predicting and diagnosing the trajectory of oil prices has become something of a cottage industry in the past year. Globally, the picture isn’t any better—Citigroup says Europe is at 90 percent, while South Korea, South Africa, and Japan may all be nearing 80 percent. by Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

billion, was up 36% on the previous year and came the closest ever to overhauling the total for developed economies, at $138.9 billion) and South Africa ($5.5 Global investment in renewable power and fuels (excluding large hydro-electric projects) was $270.2 Investment in developing countries, at $131.3 billion), India ($7.4

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

“By investing in e-mobility and the charging infrastructure needed for electric vehicles, we are not only reducing our carbon footprint but also stimulating the local economy and creating new opportunities for growth,” said Gabriel Kgabo, General Manager in the Office of the Eskom Group Executive for Distribution.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% ºF) increase. Earlier post.)

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2025

Telos Group offers tours of South Africa, the U.S. South, and Ireland and Northern Ireland, with an eye to helping travelers engage in difficult social histories. Many felt gouged by the run up in prices when travel came roaring back post-pandemic and the industry suffered from disruptions, understaffing and supply-chain issues.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Many of these cities, relatively unknown outside of China, have populations well above one million people and will help lead the next wave of growth in the Chinese economy. Ford expects 70% of its growth in the next ten years to come from its Asia Pacific and Africa region.

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EV Connect

MARCH 8, 2021

South Africa, the European Union and the U.S. According to industry statistics, the European Union had 224,538 fully functional public charging stations, as of the end of 2020. The number of public EV charging stations worldwide passed one million in 2020, making it a landmark year. of total vehicle sales.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to spread worldwide, the pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on the global economy and commodity markets, including cobalt. China is the world’s leading consumer of cobalt, with more than 80% of its consumption being used by the rechargeable battery industry.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

If they have local demand for batteries cell manufacturers will move to the region to be close to their customers, particularly in the automotive industry. Africa has a wealth of critical battery raw materials and is in a position to use these to attract more value-add in downstream processing and manufacturing. Adesina.

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