The Australian Federal Government has awarded $7.3 million to 13 automotive suppliers to help them “develop new markets beyond the automotive sector”. With Ford having announced it will close its manufacturing operations in ...
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The Federal Government has announced a further $200 million funding boost for the Australian automotive industry and mandated a 100 per cent Australian-made target for the purchase of Commonwealth fleet passenger cars. Industry minister ...
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Images of an STI-badged Subaru BRZ have appeared on the website of the Japanese brand’s official tuning division, raising hopes of an enhanced version of the rear-wheel-drive sports car. The images feature on STI’s ...
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The Holden Commodore has outsold traditional rival Ford Falcon by almost five to one, with the VF generation tallying 2827 units in July and boosting year-on-year performance by 17.8 per cent. Conversely, with a new record low of 594 ...
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The boss of BMW says the company is investigating new powertrain solutions for its next-generation zero-emission vehicles, including fuel cell-powered electric motors. BMW Group CEO Norbert Reithofer says integrating fuel-cell technology ...
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It’s reported that the Japanese steelmakers are seeking to raise the hot rolled coil (HRC) prices as the depreciated Japanese Yen has led the prices of imported raw materials surge substantially. Recently, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo ...
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The dust has settled. Following two years of very strong growth in lift truck sales, shipments leveled off in 2012. With growth at just a fraction of a percent, worldwide sales didn't match the 27% growth in 2011 or the 32% growth in 2010. ...
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The GT Radial Adventuro AT3 features advanced technology including optimized contour and construction, which helps absorb impact shock and vibration from the road, and is the result of the company's finite element analysis simulation ...
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The Toyota 86 Convertible has been shelved before ever being officially confirmed, according to the latest reports. Industry journal Automotive News reports that a drop-top version of the 147kW/205Nm 2.0-litre four-cylinder Boxer-powered ...
Toyota Motor Corporation appears set to become the first car maker to build 10 million vehicles in a single year, as it simultaneously holds a six-month sales lead over both General Motors and Volkswagen. Helped by demand for hybrids in ...
Japanese automakers including Toyota, Nissan, Honda, and Mitsubishi have joined hands to build charging infrastructures for electric-powered vehicles including Plug-in Hybrids (PHVs), plug-in hybrid electrics (PHEV) and electric vehicles ...
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A talk promising to reveal security shortcomings of modern cars’ electronic network systems will be presented at the DefCon 21 hacking conference in Las Vegas next month. To be presented by Twitter security engineer Charlie Miller ...
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The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) says sales of new vehicles will plummet at least 10 per cent if the federal government continues with its planned fringe benefits tax (FBT) changes. FCAI CEO Tony Weber said its analysis ...
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Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Honda Motor Co. Ltd. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. jointly announced their agreement to work together to promote the installation of chargers for electric-powered vehicles (PHVs, PHEVs and EVs a.k.a. ...
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The first images of the new Toyota Harrier have been released, potentially hinting at the styling of the next-generation Lexus RX. Due to debut at November’s Tokyo motor show and go on sale exclusively in Japan by the end of 2013, ...
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