Global Briefing: BYD and Ampersand team up for African electric motorbike push

James Murray
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Chinese electric vehicle giant announces a major new partnership in Africa, the EU courts controversy with aviation emissions plans, and work starts on Australia's largest wind farm

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD has this week inked a memorandum of understanding with leading African EV technology developer Ampersand, which will see the two companies work together to decarbonise...

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