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Toyota Change Oil Promo

From today until Saturday is the best time to have an oil change at your Toyota dealership

Motoring updates in the ‘new normal’ TessDrive shares news and updates from vehicle and other motoring-related businesses in the Philippines, as the country picks itself up, dusts all the setbacks in 2020 off, and gets back on track to the future. From March 11 to 13, Toyota owners will automatically receive 40% discount on Toyota […]

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Hyundai Grand Starex

Hyundai’s 3 bestsellers offered sans Safeguard Tax in summer promo

Motoring updates in the ‘new normal’ TessDrive shares news and updates from vehicle and other motoring-related businesses in the Philippines, as the country picks itself up, dusts all the setbacks in 2020 off, and gets back on track to the future. This summer, Hyundai Asia Resources Inc (HARI), the official distributor of Hyundai vehicles in the

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A quick scan of the QR generates information such as the scientific local and family names voucher number place of origin collectors name and sampling date

This ‘library’ preserves priceless wood samples via digitization

Treasures come in many forms and sizes. For the DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI), this “treasure” may be an assortment of wood blocks that for many years have been contributing to archaeology, the wood-using industries, and the country’s anti-illegal logging campaign. The oldest of these blocks is 117 years old. DOST-FPRDI’s Herbarium and

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Havyard Design & Solutions (HDS)

A Norwegian company has come up with a zero-emission design for its sightseeing vessels

Like cargo ships, sightseeing vessels, better known as cruise ships, also have their own sustainability drive share. Because emissions from shipping traffic is a big challenge both in bigger cities and in fjords, Norwegian shipping company Havyard introduced a remarkable design for a zero-emission sightseeing vessel, which may solve the growing challenge in the future.

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Electric scooters thrived during lockdowns; here’s why they’ll be a bigger hit in the ‘new normal’

Among the sectors hardest hit in the Philippines during the height of the strict community quarantines brought about by the global Covid-19 pandemic was the transportation industry. Mass transport systems shut down, and entire fleets of public utility vehicles were prohibited from plying their routes in order to prevent the spread of the deadly virus.

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A vegan food trip in Tagaytay on board the Geely Azkarra hybrid and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV

The vegan foodie adventures continue in this latest installment on the TessDrive trio’s incessant hunt for meatless goodies. This time, they find a mountain lodge in Tagaytay ridge offering 100% meatless, plant-based, cruelty-free chow. From the hustle and bustle of Metro Manila, our trio of vegan foodie adventurers Aries B. Espinosa (tessdrive.com editor in chief), Custer

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Rolls-Royce testing 100% sustainable aviation fuel; all-electric medium-range plane in development

Rolls-Royce is among the most recognizable and respected names in aircraft engine and aviation technology. Worldwide, Rolls-Royce engines power more than 35 types of commercial aircraft, with over 13,000 engines in service. As such, the British aerospace engine maker plays a key role in the industry’s management of its overall emissions in order to contribute to

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Despite low oil prices, this company pushes through with a wind propulsion system to power its cargo vessels

Current restrictions and challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic will not stop the shipping industry in pushing for wind-assisted propulsion solutions to pave the way for decarbonization. Not even the low oil prices, for that matter, as companies continue to search for technology solutions that are market-ready and have the potential to deliver substantial

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