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Scientists see EV battery solution in crustacean shells
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Researchers at the University of Maryland in the United States are looking to significantly displace the use of lithium-ion and its environmental impacts in the automobile industry with introducing chitinous zinc for production efficient batteries….
Kenya Airways launches first flight with Eni’s aviation biofuel
Kenya Airways has taken the first African stride in the use of aviation biofuel successfully when the airline fired the Boeing 787-800 (B787-8) Dreamliner from Nairobi in Kenya to Schipol in Amsterdam. With the feat, biojet from the Gela refinery…
Oando brings EV mass transit online in Lagos
Sopuruchi Onwuka Indigenous energy company, Oando, Tuesday commissioned the first commercial mass transit system that would runs on electric vehicles, coming just one year after signing a collaboration pact with Lagos State government to innovate emission free transportation system that…
Oando, LAMATA deliver electric mass transit buses
Oando Clean Energy Limited (OCEL) has declared delivery of the electric buses to pioneer low emission and sustainable energy transportation in Lagos State. General Manager in charge of Business Support Group at Oando, Alero Balogun, stated in a media release…
Chinese BYD hogs global EV market, dwarfs Tesla
Chinese automaker BYD outsold Tesla by a wide margin last year with the help of its inexpensive electric cars. BYD has now become the biggest EV maker in the world, according to the South China Morning Post, but only when…
Sony, Honda unveil Afeela EV
Sony Honda Mobility Inc. has declared that its electric vehicle will launch under the brand Afeela, the latest debut in a field already crowded by earlier entrants such as Tesla Inc. While unveiling the venture’s first prototype during Sony’s CES…
Hyundai becomes world’s 3rd largest carmaker
Hyundai is now the third largest automaker in the world by volume, behind only Volkswagen and Toyota, which are often at odds for first and second place among the biggest car companies in the world. In a little over half…
Automakers end Toyota Avalon, VW Passat, other models
Sopuruchi Onwuka The revolution in the energy industry and the prevailing global response to climate change have not just redefined the direction of investments in the automobile industry, they are also changing the fate of popular auto brands and models….
Europe solidifies decision to ban new combustion cars by 2035
The threat to sustainable oil demand is increasing in Europe where the regional economic bloc has decided in concrete terms to end use of petrol for vehicular transportation in the next 13 years in line with already running emission reduction…
Toyota ends operations in Russia
Declares $2.5B investment in US battery production Amid Russia’s ongoing war with Ukraine, Toyota announced it will permanently end vehicle manufacturing operations at its plant in Saint Petersburg. This represents all Toyota vehicle manufacturing in Russia, though the company will…
