01 march 2021
18 january 2021 On January 1, 2021, the diversified mining giant Rio Tinto officially changed its CEO. Jakob Stausholm took up this high position. The unplanned rotation was caused by the destruction of an ancient aboriginal sacred cave in the Juukan Gorge. Most of the assets of large industrial companies are located close to indigenous communities. Thus, the active industrial development of natural resources in different parts of our planet cannot but have an impact on the indigenous minorities living in these areas. At present, giant companies in the global industry are increasingly focused on the trust between the local communities and business, on the ‘green economy’, sustainable regional development, and in particular, on strengthening the local communities’ role in the business development.
Toyota Australia has announced a new partnership with BHP (a global resource company that has no relations to BHPetrol) for a pilot trial of a converted electric vehicle. The said EV is a Land Cruiser […]
Local Toyota LandCruiser EV trial
Local Toyota LandCruiser EV trial
January 08, 2021
BHP to trial zero-emissions LandCruiser 70 Series produced by Toyota s local R&D unit
Toyota Australia’s product planning and development division has converted a Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series into an electric vehicle and will trial the zero-emissions workhorse ute with mining giant BHP.
The market-leading Japanese brand still has no plans to introduce an EV to showrooms for Australians to purchase for at least the next few years, relying instead on its conventional hybrids which are booming.
Up until now, the car-maker has also stood by as other local independent companies such as Adelaide-based Voltra have in recent years taken the Toyota LandCruiser and replaced the stonking 4.5-litre turbo-diesel V8 with a full-electric powertrain, running comparable trials with BHP.