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Analysis: South Africa’s Struggling State Logistics Company Is Strangling the Economy
The crisis around rail and ports compounds the problems created by rolling blackouts caused by inefficiencies at ailing electricity utility Eskom.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UNCTAD Calls for Bold Global Action to Decarbonize Shipping and Ensure a Just Transition
The Review of Maritime Transport 2023 urges swift action and system-wide collaboration to decarbonize maritime transport amid growing carbon emissions and regulatory uncertainty.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Global
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Fretadão Raises R$50 Million and Invests in Its Own Fleet
Fretadão is focusing on expanding their fleet, but operations will continue to be carried out by transport partners.
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- Investing, Technology, Transportation
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- Latin America
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- startups
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Zyp Raises $1.2 Million in Seed Funding, Launches Made-In-Pakistan Electric Bikes with Battery Swapping
The company said that in light of climate change and rising fuel prices in the country, the urgency to electrify transportation “has never been greater".
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- Transportation
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- Asia Pacific
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Mecho Autotech Lands $2.4 Million Pre-Series A Investment
Mobility startup, Mecho Autotech has raised $2.4 million pre-Series A and is expanding into wholesale automotive spare parts distribution in Nigeria.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- data, distribution, startups, supply chains
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China’s Abandoned, Obsolete Electric Cars Are Piling Up in Cities
A subsidy-fueled boom helped build China into an electric-car giant but left weed-infested lots across the nation brimming with unwanted battery-powered vehicles.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Asia Pacific
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EV Battery Imports Face Scrutiny Under US Law on Chinese Forced Labor
Though the automotive detentions are small compared with the more than $1 billion of solar panel imports that have stalled at the border, they have put the industry on alert.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Global
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Indonesia Says Tesla Plans to Invest in Battery Material Facility
Indonesia said last week that it would give automakers two more years to qualify for EV incentives, trying to attract more investment as it races with Thailand and India to build an EV industry.
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- Transportation
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- South Asia