bp, Daimler Truck AG to accelerate deployment of hydrogen infrastructure, supporting decarbonization of UK freight transport
bp and Daimler Truck AG today announced plans to work together to help accelerate the introduction of a hydrogen network, supporting the roll-out of a key technology for the decarbonization of UK freight transport. They intend to pilot both the development of hydrogen infrastructure and the introduction of hydrogen-powered fuel-cell trucks in the UK. Under […]
Egypt begins road-testing Chinese DongFeng E70 Electric Vehicles
Egypt has begun road-testing nine of the 13 Chinese-made DongFeng E70 electric vehicles that state-owned El Nasr Automotive had imported in June from China, ahead of the launch of an assembled-in-Egypt E70 in 2H2022, the Public Enterprises Ministry said in a statement yesterday. The tests, which will be handled in cooperation with Uber over the next three to four months, […]
Mercedes Benz local partner NATCO plans EGP 1 bn bond sale to enter EV market
A EGP 1 bn bond issuance could help Mercedes’ local partner enter the EV market: The National Automotive Company (NATCO) plans to offer bonds worth EGP 1 bn to expand its distribution network and enter the electric-vehicle (EV) sector, the company said in an emailed statement. The production and distribution partner of Mercedes-Benz passenger cars in Egypt […]
Infinity to lead infrastructure development as Egypt gears up to put EVs on the road
Renewables leader Infinity is set to work with the government on setting up 6k electric vehicle charging points, across 3k charging stations nationwide over the next three years, Infinity said in a press release. The first phase of the project, which is the largest infrastructure push for EVs to date, aims to deploy some 2k […]
BMW, Daimler, bp join forces to further accelerate the growth of electrification
BMW Group and Daimler Mobility join forces with bp as a partner for Digital Charging Solutions GmbH, to further accelerate the growth of electrification. Daimler Mobility AG and BMW Group significantly strengthen the customer offering of Digital Charging Solutions GmbH (DCS) by adding bp as the third shareholder with a stake of 33.3%. DCS is […]
VW Group and bp join forces to expand ultra-fast EV charging across Europe
bp and Volkswagen Group agree to strategic collaboration on EV charging in Europe Plan to develop ultra-fast EV charging network at bp retail sites bp’s charging networks to be integrated into VW Group vehicles Volkswagen and bp announced they intend to work together on extending and speeding up the deployment of ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging […]
Infinity-E to install 300 EV charging docks across Egypt by 2023
Infinity Solar subsidiary Infinity-E will install 300 electric car charging docks across Egypt by 2023 as part of an ongoing plan to invest EGP 300 mn in EV infrastructure, CEO Shams El Din Abdel Ghaffar said, according to Masrawy. Infinity now has a total of 150 charging points in operation at 40 charging locations on […]
Egypt’s Electric vehicle production plan to be announced this week
EV production plans seeing the light? A project to locally assemble electric vehicles between the Military Production Ministry and an unnamed international company will officially be announced this Wednesday, Youm7 reports. The article does not name the company, but our guess is that this is a revival of the National Organization for Military Production’s (NOMP) […]
El Nasr Automotive inks EV assembly contracts with China’s Dongfeng
Egypt took a step toward its electric vehicle future after state-owned El Nasr Automotive signed two contracts with China’s Dongfeng yesterday to locally assemble electric vehicles as well as to rehabilitate a mothballed El Nasr factory through one of the Chinese group’s subsidiaries, according to a Public Enterprises Ministry. The two companies plan to install […]
El Nasr Auto to sign final contracts for EV production with Dongfeng this month
El Nasr Automotive will sign the final contracts this month for its partnership with China’s Dongfeng to assemble electric vehicles locally, El Nasr CEO Hany El Kholy tells the local press. The partnership will eventually see the assembly of 25k electric vehicles per year, and is expected to cost some EGP 2.5 billion. State coffers […]
