Toyota, Mazda Team Up On Electric Vehicles

Japanese auto giant Toyota said Thursday it was teaming up with Mazda and parts-maker Denso in a new joint venture to develop electric vehicles. The move came as Toyota, producer of bestselling hybrid vehicle Prius, steps up efforts to develop clean technologies, including electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid systems that use both petrol and electricity as energy sources. Joint research — sharing cost, engineers, and knowledge — is necessary to meet increasingly stringent but varying environmental standards around the world, the three firms said in a joint statement. “With (electric vehicles) yet to find widespread market acceptance, the huge investments and time required to cover all markets and vehicle segments is a pressing issue for individual automakers,” the statement said. Toyota will take a 90-percent stake in the venture, to be launched next month in the central city of Nagoya, near the automaker’s headquarters. Toyota and Mazda agreed in August to a capital tie-up to facilitate joint development of electric vehicles.

FUTMINNA 2017/2018 Post-UTME Screening Results Now Available

This is to inform all UTME candidates who participated in the 2017/2018 pre-admission screening test of Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUTMINNA) that the management has released the results. Kindly follow the procedures below to check your result. Steps To Check Your Screening Result -Visit http://ift.tt/2fI92jX -Enter your JAMB Registration Number and one of your names in the spaces provided. -Click on “Submit” and proceed to view your result. N.B: Those who are yet to upload their o’level result should do so by clicking here before 30th September, 2017. All enquiries should be directed to the following: infoupase@futminna.edu.ng or call 09020148230 and 08028949142.