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Murdoch and Rice Tesla team’s new members
Linda Johnson Rice and James Murdoch have joined Tesla’s board of directors as independent members. Murdoch, a son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, is 21st Century Fox (21CF)…
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Mercury energises Kiwis on the road
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Autonomous golf cart takes executive to work
A driverless golf cart took Infosys chief executive officer Vishal Sikka to work on Friday in what may be a first. The cart was built by the company’s…
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EV tops 378kmh in new test
An all-electric Lucid Air prototype vehicle got up to 378kmh during a new testing round. Previous tests were held at the Transportation Research Facility’s Ohio oval race track…
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BMW Group records best-ever June sales
Sales totalled 232,620 – a 2.1% increase year-on-year. It was also a record first half-year with sales of the BMW Group’s three premium brands, BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce,…
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PowerNet sees future in EVs
Electric vehicles could be seen more often in Southland. Invercargill company PowerNet has identified emerging technology as one of four main focuses in its 2017 annual report, The…
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Solar-powered family car being tested
Described as “the world’s first solar-powered family car”, the Stella Vie is undergoing road testing in the Netherlands. Vie stands for “life” and for the Roman number for…
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First Tesla Model 3 gifted to Elon Musk
The first Tesla Model 3 in production has been gifted as a 46th birthday present to Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk. Tesla board member Ira Ehrenpreis was…
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BMW battery powers electric boats
BMW now powers electric mobility on the water. The i3’s high-capacity lithium-ion battery is being used by marine drive system manufacturer Torqeedo in a boat electric propulsion system.…
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Driverless delivery trial
A driverless vehicle delivered groceries direct to the customer’s door in a fortnight’s trial by online retailer Ocado in Britain. It carried eight containers with up to 128kg…