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The take-up of electric vehicles in Australia is proceeding apace, with hybrids gaining the edge as the market share of vehicles running internal combustion engines continues to fall, the Australian Automobile Association says.

Australia’s competition watchdog the ACCC has issued a warning that it is aware that scammers have been calling people, falsely claiming to help them get a refund from various businesses.

GUEST OPINION: Some foundational challenges need to be addressed in order for Australian motorists to participate fully in a more data-driven future.

Online rapid vehicle buy-and-sell platform CARS24 is expanding down under, building Australia’s largest Mega Refurbishment Lab, with a five-million-dollar investment to revolutionise the used car buying experience.

The second stage of the world's largest AV showroom at RIO Sound & Vision is opening to the public on April 3, 2023 with a giant, 3000sqm venue with multiple cinemas, incredible movie memorabilia, multi-million dollar movie cars, the world's best brands and so much more, with THX-trained Paul Riachi joining iTWireTV to tell us all about it!

The second stage of the world's largest AV showroom at RIO Sound & Vision is opening to the public on April 3, 2023 with a giant, 3000sqm venue with multiple cinemas, incredible movie memorabilia, multi-million dollar movie cars, the world's best brands and so much more, with THX-trained Paul Riachi joining iTWireTV to tell us all about it!

With top makes on sale including Porsche, Alfa Romeo, Mitsubishi, Audi and Toyota, Aussies can buy online and take advantage of free metro delivery in 7 days or less.

Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover will use the Nvidia Drive platform for all its new vehicles from 2025.

From a new, COVID-test device that gives instant results just with your breath, to a colour-changing electric BMW to autonomous, electric farm robots that can hoe, weed, seed and more, through to ever-smarter smart home tech, including wireless energy at a distance to robots with ever more realistic facial expressions, and whether it is the latest GPUs, CPUs, start-ups, smartphones, TVs, flying cars, accessibility-friendly tech, fintech, wellness, wearables and much, much more - CES 2022 was definitely smaller, but it still succeeded in launching tons of terrific tech.

Eco-friendly, universal, scalable wireless docking stations for all popular e-scooters with management functions and extra safety capabilities has arrived and is coming to a city near you.

Car subscription service Carbar has partnered with mobility services and connected vehicle solutions provider Intelematics, an RACV company, to develop a new app aimed at improving customer experience and allowing monitoring of a vehicle’s ‘health’.

Industry body Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) has joined a working group of broadcasters, carmakers and tech experts collaborating on the innovation of radio in Android Automotive.

The surge in bitcoin use has seen the demand from customers wishing to be paid in alternative, digital currencies, says CarBuyers. Seizing this opportunity, Australia’s “first online car buying and selling marketplace” now offers payment in bitcoin in exchange for customers’ second-hand cars.

Attempts to find tension between the electric vehicle policies of the federal ALP and its Victorian counterpart is misplaced. One might even call it a beat-up.

Over 65,000 vehicles with deadly Takata airbags still remain on Australian roads with just four weeks until the compulsory recall deadline.

Over 90,000 cars with deadly Takata airbags are still on Australian roads according to the latest quarterly update by the the competition regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

Augmented Reality is allowing Australian car buyers to "try on" a new Volkswagen T-Roc or T-Cross in great detail, inside and out, and visualise it in their driveway, garage or elsewhere, at different sizes, as COVIDsafe buying of big ticket items online takes off in a big way! iTWire talks to CCMO Jason Bradshaw on video to find out more.

Cubic Transportation Systems business division GRIDSMART is partnering with the University of Melbourne to tackle what it says are new transport challenges arising from COVID-19.

Syrah Resources (ASX:SYR) has been knocked around in 2019 as its shares plummeted from approximately $2.00 in January to recently trade as low as 35 cents.

SPONSORED NEWS: Syrah Resources (ASX:SYR) has been knocked around in 2019 as its shares plummeted from approximately $2.00 in January to recently trade as low as 35 cents.