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VivoPower to collaborate with Toyota Australia to electrify Land Cruiser 70 Series

Green Car Congress

VivoPower International has entered into a binding Letter of Intent with Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited to create a program for the electrification of Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles using conversion kits designed and manufactured by VivoPower’s wholly-owned electric vehicle subsidiary, Tembo e-LV B.V.

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KIT team develops minimally invasive technology to mine lithium in geothermal plants

Green Car Congress

Scientists at KIT have developed and patented a process for minimally invasive technology to mine lithium in geothermal plants. Using the minimally invasive method developed by KIT, thousands of tons of lithium could be extracted from the German and French Upper Rhine trench every year. Jens Grimmer.

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Australian student wins award for design that could turn petrol cars into hybrids

The Driven EV News

A kit designed to quickly and cheaply turn petrol cars into hybrid vehicles has won a prestigious design award and could one day help cut Australia's transport emissions. The post Australian student wins award for design that could turn petrol cars into hybrids appeared first on The Driven.

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2023 Alfa Romeo Tonale PHEV pricing and specifications: Stylish plug-in hybrid comes at a price in Australia

EV Central

The plug-in hybrid version of its new Tonale small SUV has gone on sale in Australia, priced from a chunky $77,500 before on-roads for the Alfa Romeo Tonale PHEV. The PHEV version includes a Dark Miron body kit with matte inserts, 19-inch diamond cut alloys, full LED Matrix headlights and Brembo red brake callipers.

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Rheinmetall partners with DST, CSIRO, QUT and RMIT to develop new automated military vehicle capability

Green Car Congress

Rheinmetall Defense Australia Managing Director Gary Stewart said the program would lead the Australian development of next-generation automated combat vehicle technologies for integration into the family of Rheinmetall vehicle platforms. The aim is to develop advanced sovereign robotics and automated vehicle technologies.

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SpaceX produces 1M Starlink terminals ~19 months after preorders opened

Teslarati

This is incredibly impressive as SpaceX only opened pre-orders for Starlink kits in February 2021, just around 19 months ago. These included advanced deposits on the Starlink kits themselves. Back then, it was also only available in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and Mexico. .

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Starlink to power efforts to bring high-speed web access to Australia’s rural students

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Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system is poised to foster some positive change among students in rural Australia. This would be one of the first times that Starlink would be deployed to a community in Australia. NBN) satellites. This was explained by NetVault Senior Systems Consultant Radek Tkaczyk in a statement. .

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