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On-board engine development achieves 50% thermal efficiency Nissan Friday announced a breakthrough in engine efficiency, reaching 50 percent thermal efficiency with its in-development, next generation e-POWER system. Nissan’s e-POWER system utilizes an on-board gasoline engine to provide electrical energy to the e-powertrain battery pack. Nissan’s latest approach to engine development ...

Commonwealth countries in Africa have been pooling knowledge gained from managing election processes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Documented in a new paper commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat are the emerging good practices and lessons on how electoral activities can be delivered safely during the pandemic. . The paper, entitled COVID-19 ...

Today, Thursday, February 25, 2021, Urgewald and a group of more than 25 civil society organizations, including Reclaim Finance, Rainforest Action Network, and 350.org, published groundbreaking research on the financiers and investors behind the global coal industry.  The Global Coal Exit List (GCEL) shows that, by January 2021, 4,478 institutional ...

Climate leaders on the frontlines of historic and ongoing pipeline fights demanding a climate test on all new fossil fuel projects in the United States have called on President Joe Biden to put the people first instead of oil pipelines. The call is coming as Enbridge accelerates construction in Minnesota ...

Poorer countries will most likely “bear the brunt of hundreds of thousands of needless deaths” from inequalities in access to Covid-19 vaccines. This dire warning was given by the Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland in a video address to the High-Level Segment at the 46th session of the UN Human Rights ...

Baby boomers and Gen X are piling into Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory and fintech organisations. The observation from Nigel Green, the chief executive and founder of deVere Group comes from a global poll of clients aged over 55 ...

The Volkswagen Tiguan, which was launched in the South African market for the first time in 2008, will be getting a new look in 2021. Now in its third generation, the Tiguan has sold over six million units globally since launch and over 41 000 units in South Africa. The ...

Sales and revenues in the aftermarket for automotive applications have been threatened by almost ubiquitous OEM embedded systems, free smartphone applications that replace automotive hardware (e.g., Waze), and inadequate retail strategies. After a drop of 28% in 2020, fostered by the COVIID-19 pandemic, aftermarket hardware shipments will grow by only ...

Hyundai Motor Company Wednesday launched the IONIQ 5 midsize CUV during a virtual world premiere event. As the first model in Hyundai’s new IONIQ brand dedicated to battery electric vehicles (BEV), IONIQ 5 sets the benchmark to redefine the electric mobility lifestyle with sustainable and innovative features. IONIQ 5 is ...

Mitsubishi Motors has extended its reach into Africa by adding a new fully fledged Mitsubishi dealership in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Mitsubishi Motors South Africa (MMSA) had a popular service centre in its neighbouring country to the north, run by the well-known Dada family. “BB Motors, run by the ...