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Tesla to Build EV and Battery Storage Factory in Indonesia
It would be Tesla’s third electric vehicle factory outside its home market, and would help to supply growing demand for electric vehicles in the South-East Asian and Pacific region.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- South Asia
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What Elon Musk Gets Right and Wrong About ESG
Musk is right that ESG needs an overhaul—but not, as he said, because it only measures “how compliant your business is with the leftist agenda.”
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- Investing
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- Global
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- e-mobility, ESG, impact investing
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Why S&P Booted Tesla from its ESG index
Tesla is no longer up to par with environmental, social and government standards — at least not those set forth by the S&P 500 ESG Index.
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- Energy, Environment, Finance, Technology
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- Global
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- e-mobility, ESG, governance, impact investing
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Nigerian Entrepreneur Builds Electric Mini-Buses in Clean Energy Push
Nigerian entrepreneur Mustapha Gajibo has been converting petrol mini-buses into electric vehicles at his workshop.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Toyota to Invest $624 Million to Make Electric Vehicle Parts in India
Toyota Group plans to invest 48 billion rupees ($624 million) to make electric vehicle components in India, as the Japanese carmaker works toward carbon neutrality by 2050.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: In Rural Nigerian Communities, Small Electric Vehicles Powered by Microgrids Cost the Same as Fossil Fuels and Expand Access to Electricity
RMI, Factor[e] Ventures and the UK-charity Shell Foundation show scaling electric mobility with a growing minigrid industry is profitable for both minigrid and electric vehicle operators and improves community access to transportation
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- Energy, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Small Electric Vehicles Can Act as Productive Use of Energy Catalysts for Rural Minigrids
Minigrids can power two and three-wheeled electric vehicles at a matching price with fossil-fuel alternatives.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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CATL to Partner With Indonesian State Companies on $6 Billion Electric Vehicle Battery Project
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. and two state-owned companies in Indonesia plan to jointly develop a $6 billion electric-vehicle battery integration project, capitalizing on the bigger shift by the auto industry toward battery-powered vehicles.
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- Energy, Environment
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- South Asia
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- e-mobility, manufacturing, recycling
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