Pentana Solutions’ investment in research and development has resulted in the release of its eraPower app, Service Concierge. The app integrates with its eraPower DMS. Service Concierge is designed to improve customer engagement by providing speed, accuracy and consistency across dealer service departments.
Commercial property owners are excited about the increasing number of car dealerships taking up tenancies.
Holden is growing its Australian design and engineering workforce to more than 500 for advanced vehicle development. And it will put more than A$120 million annually into research and design.
The Tesla Model 3 has been unveiled simultaneously at Fortitude Valley in Brisbane, Martin Place in Sydney and Chadstone in Melbourne.
North Queensland’s Port of Mackay is welcoming its first ever roll-on roll-off (RORO) service. Transport and main roads minister Mark Bailey says the port is due for four massive mining trucks, bound for the Bowen Basin mining sector later this month.
A senate EV select committee checked out some electric vehicles at a second hearing in Canberra on August 17. Committee chairman and independent senator for South Australia Tim Storer tried a BMW i3, with a Chevy Volt also available.
Senator Cory Bernardi has told the upper house of Parliament that new vehicle import tariffs continue adding financial impost to the cost of some ordinary new cars.
Aston Martin is reproducing one of its most famous cars as part of a collaboration with the company that makes James Bond films. A series of 25 Goldfinger DB5 continuation editions will be created for customers by Aston Martin Works and Eon Productions.
Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull is reportedly considering pulling Australia out of the Paris Climate Accord. The Australian and the ABC are reporting the target may be abandoned to appease rebellious MPs not content with the National Energy Guarantee (NEG).
Mazda Australia has issued a recall on the popular CX-5 and the new CX-8 in diesel form. The recall is for an ignition problem as reported on the Product Safety Australia website by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).