7 Jun 2019 – Toyota Australia, together with Toyota Material Handling Australia and Toyota Fleet Management is to introduce a fleet of autonomous Autopilot vehicles
7 Jun 2019 – Honda has confirmed that the Side Camera Mirror System of the new Honda e urban electric vehicle
31 May 2019 – Funding has been announced for flood affected small businesses across 14 Local Government Areas in Townsville to assist with business planning or to explore other options to make their business more resilient
and sustainable.
27 May 2019 – There are many economic, social and technological influences at play on millennials, which are quite different from the previous generations.
21 May 2019 – There are new mandatory text requirements for ‘warranties against defects’ when supplying services, or when supplying goods with services in addition to pre-existing mandatory text for the supply of goods. From 9 June 2019, businesses providing warranties against defects to consumers in relation to the supply of services will be required to include the mandatory wording in the warranty.
20 May 2019 – Of the workshops surveyed, 81% believed increasing female customer satisfaction was an important goal. Other high priorities for business growth included investing in equipment, increasing staff efficiency and reducing overheads as well as value-add customer services, fleet servicing and capturing customer feedback.
Labor claimed that Australia has research, manufacturing and assembly capacity for electric buses, trucks, and rail, and also for alternative fuels like hydrogen. The Party stated that as part of the transport industry of the future, our industrial capability and world-class tertiary institutions, would be able to support an electric vehicle commercial industry.
The basis of Labor’s strategy is a $57 million investment into R&D and manufacturing of electric transport. This would be broken into $30 million for EV and mobility development, $25m for research into developing parts locally, and benefits for people involved in EV production.
The strategy also extended to batteries and charging infrastructure, promising $2m for a new Sodium-ion battery plant in Geelong. Australia is already producing two die-cast aluminium parts for the Nissan Leaf, being made in Dandenong South in Victoria.
17th May 2019
13 May 2019 – Lexus Australia has announced the substantially revised RC F range will include a more affordable entry price plus sharp specs for the first RC F Track Edition.
13 May 2019 – Ford will bring a plug-in hybrid model of its all-new Escape SUV to Australia in 2020.
13 May 2019 – Hyundai has revealed the Venue – the latest SUV to join its growing product line-up.
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