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Genesis cars now bought online in Australia

Automotive industry digital retailing solutions provider Motoinsight is expanding into the Australia market as part of its international growth under a partnership with Genesis Motors. The Genesis brand launches in Australia with a customer experience enabled by Motoinsight’s MotoCommerce digital retailing platform.

RVE adds Triton package

Vehicle enhancement specialists RVE are adding to the Mitsubishi Triton with the new FRX specification. RVE is adding its signature race-inspired Monza style leather seating giving a higher level of comfort and ruggedness.

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VACC announces best Victorian auto businesses

The finest automotive businesses in Victoria were revealed on June 22. The 2019 Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce (VACC) saw 36 businesses and business people announced as winners in the VACC industry awards, the highest prize dedicated to the Victorian automotive industry.

Apple buys start-up Drive.ai days before its extinction

Apple has confirmed it has purchased struggling start-up Drive.ai, an autonomous shuttle ride-hailing service once worth US$200 million. Founded in 2015 by machine learning researchers from Stanford University, Drive.ai has been running in Texas as a self-driving service.

Arnie promotes EVs in gas-guzzler take-off

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=200&v=rXodSqMpuUQ&fbclid=IwAR3bkAJa726jPW2fHqlwVjUFoRBC1FZEsdaZJ_eDYcsezkh5I-lJ0qLJKRM Arnold Schwarzenegger goes undercover as a used car salesman flogging gas-guzzling cars to ‘unsuspecting’ EV customers in a hilarious YouTube clip rapidly going viral.

Alice River Bridge to reopen ahead of schedule

Reconstruction works at the Alice River Bridge on Hervey Range Road will finish two months ahead of schedule. The project has been jointly-funded by the Commonwealth and Queensland governments under the disaster recovery funding arrangements (DRFA).

BMW updates Vision

The BMW Vision M Next revealed at the #NEXTGen infotainment platform at BMW Welt in Munich showcases an electrified and semi-autonomous future.

School holiday road safety campaign launches

The school holiday road safety campaign, Operation Cold Snap, officially launched on June 26. Minister for police and correction services Mark Ryan and assistant commissioner Mike Keating met at Suncorp Stadium for the launch.

Solar car prototype revealed

Dutch start-up Lightyear has unveiled a first prototype of the Lightyear One, an EV with five square metres of solar cells which it expects to deliver to customers starting in 2021.