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Toyota Set To Invest Heavily On Electric Vehicles And Artificial Intelligence

Toyota Set To Invest Heavily On Electric Vehicles And Artificial Intelligence

Toyota, often considered a reluctant follower in the electric vehicle race, is making a dramatic U-turn with a hefty investment push into EV development and artificial intelligence. This is a significant shift in strategy for the Japanese giant, which has long advocated for hydrogen fuel cell technology to be the future of sustainable transportation. Spearheading this transformation is Toyota’s CEO, Koji Sato. Under his leadership, the comp...
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Chevrolet Malibu heads for the junkyard as GM shifts focus to electric vehicles

Chevrolet Malibu heads for the junkyard as GM shifts focus to electric vehicles

Updated : , ,   DETROIT (AP) — The Chevrolet Malibu, the last midsize car made by a Detroit automaker, is heading for the junkyard. General Motors confirmed Thursday that it will stop making the car introduced in 1964 as the company focuses more on electric vehicles. The midsize sedan was once the top-selling segment in the U.S., a stalwart of family garages nationwide. But its sales started to decline in the early 2000s as the SUV became m...
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DAFE Energy Flags Off Africa’s First Zinc-Air Modular Factory in Kaduna, Nigeria

DAFE Energy Solutions Limted has initiated the construction of its Zinc-Air Modular battery factory in Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria. The facility will serve as a hub for producing renewable energy solutions tailored for Nigeria, including an impressive output of over 20,000 Zinc-Air fuel cell monthly, along with 1,000 Sodium-Ion cellsbatteries. Additionally, the factory will house an assembly plant for electric tricycles, clean-cooking stoves, and o...
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CBN’s Cybersecurity Levy Heartless, Unacceptable, Say Northern Groups   

CBN’s Cybersecurity Levy Heartless, Unacceptable, Say Northern Groups  

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has strongly rejected the proposed imposition of 0.5% cybersecurity levy on every electronic transaction in the Nigerian banking system by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), describing it as extortion. In a statement by CNG’s National Coordinator, Comrade Jamilu Charanchi, the group said the levy, which is expected to be effective within the next two weeks, exemplified the Federal Government’s lack of co...
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Mercedes-Benz Backs Away from Electric Vehicles amid Weak Sales

Mercedes-Benz Backs Away from Electric Vehicles amid Weak Sales

German luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz is backing away from its commitment to fully transition to Electric Vehicles (EVs) by 2030 amid weak sales, shifting back to gas-powered cars that remain in demand among car buyers. According to Bloomberg UK, Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius told shareholders on Wednesday that the automaker’s “transformation” to EVs “might take longer than expected.” Källenius had sought to make Mercedes-Benz fu...
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No, combustion engines won’t be supplanted by electric vehicles—and they’re critical for sustainable transport

No, combustion engines won’t be supplanted by electric vehicles—and they’re critical for sustainable transport

Today, support for a sustainable future of transport is unanimous, and it is rightfully acknowledged that electric vehicles (EVs) will play a critical role in pursuing this transition. However, we also need to remember that there is no one-solution approach to sustainable mobility. Every part of the world, while heading in the same direction, needs the ability to use the solutions that are the best fit for their markets. For several years, policy...
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DAFE Energy Hosts Dr Ishaq Salako – Minister of State for Environment.

  In the early hours of Tuesday 7 May 2024, the management and team of DAFE-Magnifique had the honour of welcoming Dr Ishaq Salako, the Hon. Minister of State for Environment to our Mini Production facility in Jabi, Abuja. The visit was an opportunity to showcase our latest advancements in electric mobility and Smart Energy Solutions for SMEs, all powered by solar energy and our cutting-edge Zinc-Air batteries. During the visit, the Minister...
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CNG tasks presidency, NASS on fuel scarcity, seeks reversal electricity tariff hike

CNG tasks presidency, NASS on fuel scarcity, seeks reversal electricity tariff hike

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has called for immediate intervention of the presidency and National Assembly on the lingering fuel scarcity and the recent increase in electricity tariff in the country. The group, which expressed serious concerns on the untold hardship Nigerians are going through as a result of the dual problems, said posterity would judge the government if it fails to swiftly address the economic issues. “We are outrage...
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CNG laments lingering fuel scarcity crisis, rooftop electricity tariff

CNG laments lingering fuel scarcity crisis, rooftop electricity tariff

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has tasked the presidency and the National Assembly to work together to swiftly address the lingering fuel scarcity crisis and the recent rooftop electricity tariff in Nigeria as posterity would judge them in the end. The National Coordinator, CNG, Com. Jamilu Aliyu Charanchi, in a press statement expressed concerned about the persistent and debilitating fuel scarcity that has plagued Nigeria recently, causi...
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SON adopts 80 CNG-related standards to ensure safety

SON adopts 80 CNG-related standards to ensure safety

By Felix Khanoba The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it has adopted 80 Compressed Natural Gas-related standards to ensure safety in CNG operations in the country. Director-General of SON, Ifeanyi Okeke, made this known during a meeting with Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, recently. The meeting came on the heels of a recent accident in Abeokuta involving a CNG truck. The SON boss commiserated with the governor and people of the s...
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