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Toyota's Altona plant to be converted to hydrogen centre 

TOYOTA'S decommissioned car manufacturing plant in Altona, Melbourne, will be turned into a hydrogen demonstration centre that will make the gas from renewable sources and refuel the small fleet of its Mirais passenger vehicles currently available in Australia, with $3.1 million funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency announced today. 

 A Toyota Mirai

A Toyota Mirai

The factory was wound down in 2017 and staff cut from 4,000 to 1,300 after Toyota announced it would stop making cars in Australia by the end of that year.     "The project will aim to demonstrate...

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