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Toyota happy with hybrids
Toyota and Suzuki will collaborate on “electrified vehicles”, proving Toyota is happy with hybrids and unlikely to venture yet into battery electric vehicles (BEVs). As part of the…
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NZTA Connected Journeys team disconnected?
The automotive industry is unhappy the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) Connected Journeys team has been absorbed into another agency group and its director gone. An NZTA spokesman says…
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Hydrogen on The Helen Clark Foundation’s list
Producing “green” hydrogen and other renewable energy forms which can be exported are among the first things to be considered by The Helen Clark Foundation. Clark, the former…
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Hiringa Energy undertaking hydrogen refuelling trial
The first of three New Zealand hydrogen refuelling stations for trucking operations and warehousing should be ready within 18 months. That’s according to Hiringa Energy chief executive Andrew…
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Fisker electric SUV due 2021
An all-electric SUV will be introduced in the second half of 2021 by Californian-based Fisker Inc. The SUV priced below US$40,000 with an 80kWh plus battery providing about…
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Europcar NZ adds more EVs
online pharmacy purchase tenormin online generic Europcar New Zealand has expanded its permanent fleet of Volkswagen e-Golfs from 10 to 15. That follows the success of its Electric…
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Video: Toyota FCEV moon-bound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=1kd2nFHAAtU Toyota aims to put a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) on the moon by about 2029. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Toyota Motor Corporation have…
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Shell aims to be global power leader
Shell expects to be the world’s biggest power company by the early 2030s, catering for everything electric from transport to home energy systems. It’s already invested in German…
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Riding a Wave
EVtalk tested a Wave electric scooter, launched on March 12 in Auckland, to see if there’s any difference to the Lime ones. First impressions are that it’s slightly…
FUTURE TECH
Creating your digital twin – AI-Day 2019
Creating a 3D digital replica of yourself will be demonstrated by a global expert on computational photography and computer vision at the AI Day 2019 conference in Auckland…