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Hydrogen does not emit climate-damaging carbon like diesel or petrol. (File image) Photo: Marika Khabazi A deal to put 20 hydrogen-powered trucks on the road with $6 million of taxpayer funding has been upended - just days from the first two vehicles being delivered. The US company Hyzon was modifying diesel trucks in Australia for the New Zealand-owned truck leasing company TR Group, but has suddenly pulled out to focus on America. The first two trucks were due in New Zealand in early August. TR Group's group general manager Brendan King said the company got no advance warning, but no money had been lost. "Don't get me wrong, it's frustrating. We'd prefer this wasn't happening." This was not a blow to hydrogen power, and the company was "actually still very committed", he said. The Hyz...

If you're a Gen X-er, there's a chance that the prospect of retirement is starting to become a very real one for you. But are you ready? Gen X is now aged roughly 44 to 59 - a stage of life where Massey University associate professor Claire Matthews said plans for retirement started to crystallise in people's minds. "It starts to become a bit more real... 50 is really where it starts to hit. "When you're younger, you kind of know that you're going to retire, you know you're going to hit 65 and all this stuff is going to happen but it seems so far in the future. At 45 and particularly at 50, people start thinking really seriously about it." Are you on track? The first question for a lot of people is whether they are on the right path to be able to ever sign off from work. Research from the ...