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Caracas (Venezuela), Aug 28 (EFE).- Former Venezuela's Oil and Energy Minister Rafael Ramírez criticised President Nicolás Maduro and PDVSA management model after Harvest filled and later dropped a millionaire lawsuit against him whic was finally withdrawn for lack of evidence on Wednesday.SOUNDBITES OF FORMER VENEZUELA'S OIL AND ENERGY MINISTER RAFAEL RAMÍREZ DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH EFE:"PDVSA's problem is not technical but political. Maduro is the one who makes decisions. The president of the Republic puts the members of the board of directors and it's like that since it (PDVSA) was formed. With Maduro, there is no way, no way. He will order one intervention after another...nine committees were celebrated so far and all of them have failed. The situation is really bad. These people do not only lack the ability to manage the oil industry but any interest of it. Why? Because they are undermining PDVSA and privatizing it breaking the law and the constitution. They are handing a state industry over to the economical group that supports them in power, which is detrimental to the interests of the state. This government won't solve PDVSA's problems with this government, neither will privatization."
Toyota's spectacular GR Super Sport concept was unveiled at the 2017 Tokyo Auto Salon last weekend. The GR Super Sport appears to draw inspiration from Toyota's LMP1, while using the same main components as the TS050 Hybrid. It's powered by a twin-turbo 2.4-liter V-6 hybrid system developed from the Toyota TS050 Hybrid’s powertrain and produces 986 horsepower. Is this the future of Toyota racing?
Japanese automaker Toyota presented a prototype autonomous concept vehicle, named e-Palette, at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday. e-Palette is a futuristic-looking box atop a next-generation battery electric platform, powered by Toyota's future autonomous vehicle tech. It will be available in three sizes, ranging from 13 feet to some 23 feet long. Apart from serving as a shared transport vehicle, the e-Palette can also spur e-commerce by bringing stores, offices and retail business directly to your doorstep.
This is what the future of travel by car might look like. Toyota unveiled their Concept I self-driving car featuring an artificial intelligence assistant and other technology that made jaws drop at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last Friday. The car features an artificially intelligent assistant called 'Yui' and a biometrics detector of users' faces in order to read human emotions and offer a better emotional experience while using the vehicle. Imagine being able to read a book or spend time answering emails on your entire morning commute to work or simply entering a vacation destination into your navigation and sleep the entire way there. Toyota's Concept I is one small step in that direction.
We may not have been big fans of the Prius before, but we are now. There’s lots to admire in the engineering and technology, if not the look of the car. And it’s hard not to be swayed by the numbers – it’s not cheap to buy, but it will be cheap to run. It’s comfortable, refined and easy to live with – and more than just a cabbies’ favourite now.
The new Kia Niro ushers in yet another acronym to the car market – the hybrid utility vehicle or HUV. Although the Japanese Toyota Prius is never mentioned by the Korean brand, it’s clear this is the car in Kia’s crosshairs – and it’s tackling it by packaging its new hybrid-only model in a more attractive and appealing crossover body. Steve Fowler gets on the Chicago Motor Show merry-go-round to take a look...
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