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Telstra's chief financial officer Robyn Denholm has resigned from the company and will be taking up the position of Tesla board chairman from 13 November.

A trial of renewable classrooms has been expanded to Queensland, with Brisbane high school students now being taught in Australia’s first solar- and battery-powered portable classroom.

New Zealand vehicle leasing company Driveline says there’s been an increase in businesses wanting to adopt electric vehicles in their fleets, as the use of such vehicles by private individuals continues to grow across the country.

A total of 1.8 million faulty Takata airbags still have to be replaced in vehicles used in Australia, the consumer watchdog says, with the recall likely to run until 2020.

Documents belonging to more than 100 manufacturing companies were exposed on a publicly accessible server belonging to Level One Robotics, "an engineering service provider specialised in automation process and assembly for OEMs, Tier 1 automotive suppliers as well as our end users", the security firm UpGuard says.

Australian Crowne Plaza hotels boast being "the first hotel network to install Tesla Destination Chargers at all of their properties across Australasia, connecting 12 properties with cutting-edge technology for a growing customer segment."

Tesla will build a virtual power plant in South Australia by installing solar arrays and its Powerwall batteries in 50,000 homes.

New Zealand company Vector Energy Solutions has announced that it will offer additional energy storage options for residential, industrial and commercial customers, beginning with battery storage products from LG Chem.

The chief of Australian battery and energy storage company Redflow, Simon Hackett, has welcomed the announcement that the South Australian Government has awarded a contract to deploy a 129 megawatt hour (MWh) battery farm to help solve the state’s power problems.

South Australia will get the world’s largest lithium ion battery to store renewable energy, with the state government awarding contracts to US sustainable energy group Tesla and French energy company Neoen to deliver the project.

Betting agencies often end up being much better at predicting the outcomes of national elections and Sportsbet has taken this to a different plane, offering odds that Netflix will be the next company Apple chooses to buy.

Tesla installer Natural Solar is claiming a Sydney family has saved 92% on electricity bills in the past 12 months with the installation of a Tesla Powerall battery system, paying only $178.71 for electricity for the year.

Telstra has appointed international technology executive, Tesla board member and former Juniper Networks executive Robyn Denholm as its chief operations officer.

Worldwide production of self-driving cars is forecast to reach 14.5 million in the next 10 years, up significantly from only a few thousands in 2020, according to the latest report from Juniper Research, which also forecasts that more than 22 million of the vehicles will be in use by consumers in 2025.

Simon Hackett, executive chairman and chief executive of off-line power storage company Redflow, technology investor, and an avid Tesla car enthusiast, has invested in the Sydney-based Tesla transport company Evoke.

Juniper Networks has celebrated 20 years in the network industry. It has come a long way since its original intention to was to build the fastest router.

Australian battery technology company, Nano-Nouvelle, has established agreements with specialist US manufacturers to test how its innovative 3D nanotechnology can improve the performance of their batteries.

Although Apple does supply CarPlay to automakers, the crunch will surely come when Apple launches its own actual car, as these domains suggest will one day happen.

Pioneering electric car and energy storage devices maker Tesla Motors delivered 50,580 of its Model S sedans and Model X sport utility vehicles in the 12months of 2015, despite the challenges of manufacturing multiple vehicle models and a managing big rise in production.

Tesla's Model S owners in Europe, Australia and Hong Kong ‘can now enjoy a seamless streaming music experience in their vehicle with Spotify.’