Hills will relocate its South Australian Innovation Centres, product teams and shared support service functions from Port Road in Hindmarsh to the new Tonsley Park precinct by the end of the year. [ + ]

Continuing a worrying trend, the transport industry has once again topped the nation's work-related fatality numbers. According to Safe Work Australia (SWA), 140 Australians have been killed at work this year (as at 21 October), 37 of those from the transport and storage group. [ + ]

The Australian Fleet Managers Association (AfMA) has announced that registration for the 2015 Australasian Fleet Conference & Exhibition is now open.

The RET review needs a greater focus on encouraging technological breakthroughs, said former Liberal senator Professor Robert Hill. [ + ]

Schneider Electric has been named 'visionary' in a report that analysed commercial geographic information system (GIS) solutions supporting electric, water and gas utility networks from Gartner. [ + ]

The Australian Energy Storage Council has announced a range of key international partnerships. [ + ]

The Thai-manufactured Ford Ranger XL 3.2 (d) has beaten the Mazda BT50 XTR and VW Amarok Highline TDI 420 to take out the 4x4 dual cab car of the year, as judged by the Australian Automobile Association on behalf of Australia's motoring clubs.

According to the NRMA, one in three drivers convicted of a first offence for drug driving are getting off scot-free. [ + ]

The Australian Technologies Competition has announced that five of its previous winners have been named in the Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) 2014 Later Stage Awards Global Top 30. [ + ]

The University of Sydney and China's Tsinghua University have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to undertake joint research programs in energy networks. [ + ]

If the events of this year have taught us one thing - it's that supporting the suppliers who support you could be the most important safety net for protecting the business. [ + ]

Even as the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics has enshrined LEDs as the single most significant and disruptive energy-efficient lighting solution of today, scientists around the world continue unabated to search for bulbs that are even better. [ + ]

An announcement at the Paris Motor Show early in October by TomTom and Volkswagen Group Research highlights their combined commitment to the future of highly automated driving (HAD) systems.

Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura have been awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of efficient blue LED that has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources. [ + ]

At a time when escalating fuel costs are putting increased strain on business, the availability of a new fuel-efficiency solution is likely to be well received by Australian fleet managers. [ + ]