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EV Floodgates Open In Ethiopia After Gov’t Exempts All EVs From VAT, Surtax, & Excise Tax

CleanTechnica EVs

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Finance exempted all electric vehicles from VAT, surtax, and excise tax! This move was made to encourage the local assembly and component manufacturing sectors […] They went further to exempt completely knocked-down kits from customs duty tax.

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Geely exports more than 100,000 vehicles in 2012; 164% year-on-year growth

Green Car Congress

According to figures released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), in the first eleven months of 2012 Chinese self-developed brands exported 470,000 passenger vehicles in total—with automotive manufacturers on average showing a 30% sales increase over 2011 figures.

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Volkswagen & Siemens launch joint electric mobility pilot project in Rwanda

Green Car Congress

In the past year, our operations in Kigali have provided us with valuable lessons and business intelligence which we plan to utilise in our growth strategy into other African markets like Ghana and Ethiopia. Ghana and Ethiopia are planned as the next locations. —Thomas Schäfer.

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Who’s Leading the Shift Away from Internal Combustion Engine Automobiles?

Clean Fleet Report

percent of global lithium-ion battery manufacturing capacity, Germany 11.3 Ethiopia originally set a goal to have 150,000 electric cars on the roads by 2030. These materials have to be processed and refined, then made into battery cells, assembled into modules and then sold to automakers. China holds 62.5

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Boeing Again Under Scrutiny After Latest 737 Max Problem

Baua Electric

It is not clear whether Boeing is to blame for what happened, but the episode raises new questions for the manufacturer. Spirit AeroSystems also worked on the fuselage for the 737 Max 9, including manufacturing and installing the door plug that failed on the Alaska Airlines flight. “We agree with and fully support the F.A.A.’s

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F.A.A. Investigating Whether Boeing 737 Max 9 Conformed to Approved Design

Baua Electric

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday that it had opened an investigation into whether Boeing failed to ensure that its 737 Max 9 plane was safe and manufactured to match the design approved by the agency. leaving a hole in the side of the passenger cabin. Before the announcement on Thursday, the F.A.A. regulations,” Ms.

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Boeing Max 9 Jets Remain Grounded as Airlines Await Inspection Instructions

Baua Electric

oversight, Boeing’s manufacturing process and installation or maintenance work done on the plane. It is not clear whether Boeing is to blame for what happened to the Alaska Airlines plane, but the episode raises new questions for the manufacturer and puts additional pressure on it.

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