Environmental Sustainability

Toyota is bringing three Mirai Hydrogen Fuell Cell Vehicles to Australia this year along with a portable hydrogen refueller - image courtesy of Toyota Australia

Toyota hydrogen fuel cell demonstrator vehicles introduced to Australia

The autonomous vehicle tests will reportedly involve a modified version of the electric Nissan LEAF - image courtesy of Nissan UK.

Renault-Nissan Alliance delivers €4.3bn in savings in 2015

Nissan celebrating its Silence is Golden campaign at Cannes with the Nissan LEAFs at the back and e-NV200s vans at the front - image courtesy of Nissan.

Nissan showcases the sound of silence at Cannes

CROP-29th annual Pilkington Vehicle Design Awards

‘Self-sustainable’ car takes top spot at Vehicle Design Awards

The real deal - authentic UGG boots - image courtesy of Decker Brands

UGG and US law enforcement uncover $700k worth of fakes on Long Island

GE workers in Belfort, France, are assembling the record-breaking 9HA gas turbine for Bouchain which set the GE World Record - image courtesy of GE Power.

GE awarded world record for most efficient combined-cycle power plant

Staff at the Cooperation Manufacturing Plant Aguascalientes, the Mexican car manufacturing plant of Renault-Nissan and Daimler which is to receive new technology from ABB - image courtesy of CMPA

ABB to improve energy efficiency of Renault-Nissan Mexican plant by up to 20%

A SolarCity photovoltaic solar panel array. Image courtesy of SolarCity.

Tesla plans to buy SolarCity for $2.8bn

President Barack Obama has launched a number of manufacturing hubs in the US.

Obama announces ninth manufacturing hub will be in LA

The Nissan SOFC test bench. The SOFC fuel cell utilises the reaction of multiple fuels, including ethanol and natural gas, with oxygen to produce electricity with high efficiency - image courtesy of Nissan.

Nissan developing world’s first bio-ethanol powered vehicle system

CSIRO, RMIT and Queensland University of Technology are currently working on developing a “salt bath” that stabilise lithium metal foils and increase battery life and performance for electric cars - image courtesy of CSIRO.

A salt bath could boost next gen batteries for electric cars