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BasiGo to Unlock the Potential of Africa’s Electric Vehicle Industry, Set to Roll Out 1000 Buses

BasiGo to Unlock the Potential of Africa’s Electric Vehicle Industry, Set to Roll Out 1000 Buses

BasiGo, at the forefront of the electric mobility revolution in Africa, is poised to transform public transport across East Africa by rolling out 1,000 electric buses over the next three years. With a population of 4.4 million people, Tumi, an e-bus company, estimated that 46% relied on public transport to get around in 2022. But as these cities grow so does the air pollution that comes with it.    “Our goal is to electrify the public...
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With violent rhetoric, Trump fights electric vehicles to defeat Biden in Michigan

With violent rhetoric, Trump fights electric vehicles to defeat Biden in Michigan

An issue at the core of Joe Biden’s presidency that former President Donald Trump is zeroing in on with increasingly violent rhetoric could have outsize influence in critical battleground territory: the effort to accelerate the U.S. transition from gas-powered automobiles to electric vehicles. For Biden, the combination of subsidies to boost electric vehicle manufacturing, new federal standards aimed at further cutting emissions, investments in...
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Made-in-Nigeria “EMVC Adoja” Electric Vehicle Comes With Gas-powered Range-extender

Made-in-Nigeria “EMVC Adoja” Electric Vehicle Comes With Gas-powered Range-extender

Made-in-Nigeria EMVC Adoja Electric Vehicle (EV) comes with an optional gas-powered range-extender. Adoja features A.C, Reverse Camera as well as a battery-pack that allows 250-km (155 miles) electric drive per charge. The optional gas-powered range-extender worth $600 gives a total 375-kilometers (233 miles) drive. Other optional features available includes solar panels ($600), tracker ($250) and leather seats ($500). According to the company’...
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Xiaomi’s SU7 Electric Vehicle Faces Challenges of Prolonged Delivery Times, Production Hell and Loss-Making Sales

Xiaomi’s SU7 Electric Vehicle Faces Challenges of Prolonged Delivery Times, Production Hell and Loss-Making Sales

Xiaomi’s SU7 smart electric car has garnered significant attention from consumers, with a strong initial week of orders. However, challenges have emerged, including extended delivery times, production capacities, and the sustainability of loss-making sales. If previous consumer frenzies over particular products are indicative, the spotlight on the SU7 could swiftly turn unfavorably for Xiaomi. Regardless, Lei Jun, founder of Xiaomi, faces a cha...
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Hybrid cars are back in as electric vehicle sales slow

Hybrid cars are back in as electric vehicle sales slow

Hybrids are becoming all the rage in the U.S. as the electric vehicle market suffers from slowed sales growth and automakers refocus their operations. Will Tesla finally unveil a self-driving vehicle? U.S. hybrid sales shot up 45% last quarter while plug-in hybrid deliveries grew 34%, according to Motorintelligence.com. Meanwhile, electric vehicle sales growth slowed to 2.7% across the first three months of 2024. Overall, sales of new vehicles gr...
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Ford delays some electric vehicles, renews focus on hybrids

Ford delays some electric vehicles, renews focus on hybrids

Ford just announced some delays for electric vehicles, including the long-awaited three-row SUV. The car was supposed to come out next year but has now been delayed until 2027, with the company suggesting it will use the extra time to “take advantage of emerging battery technology.” Ford says it’ll be making moves to “mitigate the impact the launch delay will have on” the Canadian workforce. The next-generation electric pickup, codename...
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Kenya greenlights local manufacturing and assembly of electric vehicles despite minimal infrastructure

Kenya greenlights local manufacturing and assembly of electric vehicles despite minimal infrastructure

Kenya has launched a national e-mobility draft policy to promote the local manufacturing and assembly of electric vehicles (EVs). The initiative arrives when Kenya lacks the factories or expertise to build EVs entirely within the country. If approved, the policy will enforce zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) sales targets and investment criteria for car manufacturers and assemblers to qualify for government incentives. The policy will also establish cl...
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Electric vehicles have lowered San Francisco’s carbon footprint

Electric vehicles have lowered San Francisco’s carbon footprint

Environment A network of sensors stretching from San Francisco to Sonoma county’s vineyards shows that electric vehicles have helped lower carbon emissions by almost 2 per cent per year within the Bay Area By Jeremy Hsu Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon WhatsApp Linkedin Reddit Email A free electric car charging station being used in San Francisco in 2020 Liz Hafalia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP/Alamy The growing popularity of electric vehicle...
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Xiaomi SU7 Electric Vehicle Receives Over 100000 Orders

Xiaomi SU7 Electric Vehicle Receives Over 100000 Orders

Xiaomi boasts that it has received north of 100,000 registrations from eager buyers, with nonrefundable deposits placed for 40,000 of those. This kind of initial reception suggests an EV blockbuster brewing. Founder Lei Jun attended the first round of SU7 deliveries at the firm’s production plant in Beijing. Jun claimed that “the real transformation of smart cars has officially begun, and China will surely see the birth of a company as great...
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Great apes threatened by mining for electric vehicle batteries

Great apes threatened by mining for electric vehicle batteries

The noise pollution, habitat loss and disease spillover that can come with mining could threaten chimpanzee populations in some countries in Africa Ari Wid/Shutterstock More than a third of the great apes living in Africa are under threat from the booming demand for minerals that are critical to the creation of green energy technologies, such as electric vehicles. Africa is home to around one sixth of the world’s remaining forests, with the hab...
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