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Stellantis takes the next step with Solid-State Battery

Stellantis and Factorial Inc (Factorial) unveiled a next chapter in their partnership to accelerate the development and deployment of next-generation electric vehicles (EVs) powered by Factorial’s solid-state battery technology.

  • 29 October 2024
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GWM ticks hybrid boxes across its entire range

GWM says that it now offers Hybrid Electric Vehicle variants across its entire range of models – making GWM the first automotive manufacturer in South Africa to achieve this milestone.

  • 24 October 2024
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Volkswagen’s e-tractor project kicks off

Volkswagen Group Africa has announced the start of operations of its multifunctional facility to pilot modern farming with e-tractors in Africa. The facility is in Gashora, Rwanda, about 60 km from the capital, Kigali.

  • 23 October 2024
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Crossing Africa in four small electric Citroëns

“THE DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD, TO SHARE, TO DREAM AND TO BELIEVE!” This the slogan of La Croisière Verte (Green adventure cruise), where Citroën will cross Africa in its latest electric AMI city car to show its commitment to sustainability and the capabilities of electric vehicles.

  • 17 October 2024
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Barberton Mines receives its first electric panel vans

Barberton Mines, globally recognised for its environmentally friendly gold extraction process using naturally occurring microorganisms known as Biox® technology, as well as its 8.75 MW solar plant at its Fairview operation, has received its first battery-electric DFSK EC35 panel vans.

  • 10 October 2024

Taking hands for off-grid charging in EC

Zero Carbon Charge (CHARGE), in partnership with the Automotive Industry Development Centre Eastern Cape (AIDC-EC), together with the Eastern Cape Provincial Government, broke ground on the province’s first off-grid, ultra-fast, green electric vehicle charging network.

  • 8 October 2024
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New electric taxi to take transport into the future

South Africa’s first electric minibus taxi model, the eKamva, was launched by a consortium led by GoMetro, alongside an integrated new electric vehicle (EV) business model and charging infrastructure product called flx EV at the Smarter Mobility Africa summit.

  • 3 October 2024
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Halewood factory: from Anglia to EVs

JLR has announced an R11-billion (£500 million) investment to transform its historic Halewood facility to support the parallel production of electric vehicles, alongside existing combustion and hybrid models.

  • 30 September 2024
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BMW, Toyota join forces with fuel-cell vehicles

BMW plans to launch its first-ever series production of fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEV) in 2028, thereby offering customers an additional all-electric powertrain option with zero local emissions in a BMW.

  • 6 September 2024
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Growth of NEV market in Africa important

At the Automechanika CEO Breakfast, the continent and the approach and opportunities of New Energy Vehicles (NEV), specifically Electric Vehicles (EV) come under the spotlight and the spectrum of business opportunities that goes hand in hand with this.

  • 3 September 2024
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ZeroCC ready for the Northern Cape

Zero Carbon Charge signed a formal MOU with the Northern Cape Economic Development Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (NCEDA) to drive the roll-out of off-grid, ultra-fast EV-charging stations for the Northern Cape.

  • 22 August 2024
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