Tag: car industry
EMC launces Surface Long Haul EV Challenge
The Electric Mine Consortium (EMC) has introduced the Surface Long Haul EV Challenge, calling out to companies in the tech, renewable and manufacturing industries...
Volkswagen Group doubles battery-electric vehicles deliveries in 2021
The European market leader for battery-electric vehicles, Volkswagen Group, doubled its battery-electric vehicles deliveries in 2021.
A total of 453 000 battery-electric vehicles were delivered...
Bill Shorten unveils $59m plan to create advanced manufacturing jobs
Labor has committed to spend $59 million on saving manufacturing jobs in regions affected by motor vehicle production closures.
Yesterday in Geelong opposition Leader...
Ford filed patents for an astonishing 6,000 inventions in 2015
The Ford Motor Company revealed last week that it filed for a record number of patents in 2015 - 5,872 to be exact –...
Hyundai launches Genesis – a new global luxury brand
South Korea’s largest car manufacturer Hyundai has launched a new premium car brand called Genesis.
The new luxury brand is named after the company’s mid-sized...
Cutting Automotive Scheme will instigate “an avalanche of job losses” in SA, State Senator...
South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon has warned that tens of thousands of jobs will be lost if the Federal Government proceeds with plans to...
Tomcar Australia sells first Australian car with Bitcoin
An Australian businessman has purchased a $31,000 Tomcar Ute with Bitcoin for his father. This is the first Bitcoin transaction in the Australian car...
Toyota Australia wins right to change employees entitlements
Although not expected to do so, car maker Toyota Australia has been granted the right to ask its workers to accept any changes to...
HSV to stay on in Oz after Holden ceases production in 2017
We all know that the Holden brand will stop domestic production in 2017, but the Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) performance company will keep plugging...
Suzuki to introduce affordable and fuel-efficient hybrid technology in its cars
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan’s fourth largest car maker, announced on Wednesday it will introduce affordable, gas–electric hybrid technology in its vehicles in order to...