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Flying cars crash during warm-up for Chinese air show

The BBC News reports that a pair of flying cars collided during a rehearsal for an air show in China. Evidently two XPeng AeroHT vehicles collided in mid-air. And one caught fire while landing, the company told Reuters. While XPeng said people at the scene were safe, CNN reported that one person sustained injuries in the crash. The rehearsals were for the Changchun Air Show, which begins later this week in north-east China. Appliances extinguished the fire in the vehicle on the ground. Evidently it had...

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Toyota reaches milestone as hybrids dominate sales

Toyota New Zealand recently sold new hybrid vehicle number 100,000 locally.  The company has been selling hybrids for over two decades, the first Prius launching here in 2003. It is now introducing the sixth generation of its hybrid tech. And almost no one buys a non-electrified Toyota in New Zealand any longer. Hybrids from the firm now account for 95 per cent of its passenger vehicle sales. Despite being due...

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