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The 7300 Series models incorporate a rugged, sealed metal housing design and touch-sensitive piezoelectric metal keys for vandal and weather resistance.
Instead of offering a cold, technical and vandal-proof interior, the design creates a 'lounge' atmosphere, clearly differentiating it from Auckland buses' poor image.
At Munich's Technical University (TUM), which the Roding's designers attended, there is even more buzz about the Tesla, a battery-powered car from California.
In the late 1700s James Watt designed an efficient and commercially viable steam engine that was soon applied to a variety of industrial uses as it became cheaper to use.