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Ineos Automotive debuts concept hydrogen Grenadier, EV also in the works
Ineos Automotive’s hydrogen-fuelled Grenadier Demonstrator has made its debut in the UK. The hydrogen Grenadier Demonstrator 4 x 4 is identical to the production Grenadier, apart from a bonnet...
Global electric vehicle sales to soar to 22m in 2025 as adoption gathers momentum
Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is set to soar in the coming years, with more than 100-million passenger EVs expected on the roads by 2026, and more than 700-million by 2040. This is a significant...
Cape Town to roll out a number of technologies to combat crime
The City of Cape Town will this year introduce a number of new technologies to combat crime. Some of these technologies may be familiar, such as drones and body cameras, with other perhaps less...
Daimler’s Atlantis Foundries signs embedded solar power purchase agreement
Atlantis Foundries (AF) has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with integrated energy solutions company Energy Partners (EP). According to the agreement, EP will engineer, finance,...
Survey reveals alarming trends in SME road freight sector
Sixty-eight per cent of small and medium-sized road-freight companies have inadequate vehicle maintenance programmes. This neglect of proper maintenance increases the risk of mechanical failures,...
Cape Town to roll out a number of technologies to combat crime
The City of Cape Town will this year introduce a number of new technologies to combat crime. Some of these technologies may be familiar, such as drones and body cameras, with other perhaps less...
Continental Tyre SA appoints new plant manager
Continental Tyre South Africa (CTSA) has appointed Olaf Kreis as the new plant manager for its Gqeberha operations. The Eastern Cape-based plant is the German company’s only tyre manufacturing...
Isuzu adds made-in-SA AT35 to its D-Max line-up
Isuzu Motors South Africa (Isuzu SA) has added the Arctic AT35 to its locally assembled D-Max bakkie line-up, produced at its Gqeberha plant, in the Eastern Cape. Designed in collaboration with...
Only approved inverters to be accepted from October, warns City of Cape Town
The City of Cape Town has announced that all solar photovoltaic (PV) and/or battery systems connected to the wiring of a building must be registered with the city before installation. Also, from...
inDrive launches name-your-price freight service in South Africa
California-based mobility and urban services platform inDrive has launched a name-your-price freight service in South Africa, targeting small businesses and individuals. InDrive is already active...
Cape Town acquires specialised water, sanitation trucks in R53m deal
The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate has welcomed 23 jet machine trucks, vacuum tanker trucks and jet vacuum combination trucks to its fleet, at a cost of more than R53-million....
Service stations must look beyond fuel to thrive
Around 83% of people stopping at a service station for fuel also shop at the forecourt retail offering, says Trade Intelligence business development and advisory lead Andrea Ellens. Only 4% of...
BMW to launch electric CE 02 bike in SA next year
BMW Group South Africa will introduce the electric CE 02 motorbike to the South African market in the second quarter of next year. The CE 02 is neither e-scooter nor e-motorcycle. The German car...
Hino SA appoints new VP, expects a healthy 2023 truck market
Anton Falck has been appointed as the new VP of Hino South Africa (SA). Falck takes his first step into the world of trucking as he replaces Ernie Trautmann, who has retired.
Car-sharing represents ‘significant, exciting opportunities’ – Legacy Group
Considering South Africa’s many transportation challenges, the emergence of car-sharing represents significant and exciting opportunities for boosting socioeconomic development and inclusive growth...
SA tyre makers commit to net zero by 2050
All four of South Africa’s local tyre manufacturers have committed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Bridgestone South Africa, Continental Tyre South Africa, Goodyear South Africa and Sumitomo...
Volkswagen, Rwandan govt to establish ‘modern farm with electric tractors’
Volkswagen has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Rwanda to establish “a modern farm with electric tractors”. The MoU was signed Agriculture and Animal Resources...
Toyota SA targets 2024, made-in-Durban hybrid Hilux introduction
Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) has confirmed that it is targeting the introduction of a mild-hybrid Hilux bakkie into the South African market next year. TSAM says the hybrid version of South...
Construction of new recycling facility in Cape Town on track for completion next year
Cape Town’s new material recovery facility (MRF) at the Coastal Park landfill site should start operations in November next year. The R186-million MRF is designed to receive co-mingled clean and...
Ever-expanding Maltento eyes opportunities in aquaculture, cosmetics
The Maltento insect farm started as a small, test-scale operation in a home bathroom in Craighall Park, Johannesburg. Almost seven years later, founder and CEO Dean Smorenburg has seen the...
Stellantis South Africa moves into new, merged head office
Stellantis South Africa (SA) has taken the next step in merging its various brands in the domestic market by moving into a combined new head office in Midrand, Gauteng. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles...
Pilot project to coat informal houses with fire-retardant substance
A pilot project, in partnership with Mandoval Vermiculite, will coat at least 300 informal structures in Overcome Heights, Cape Town, with a fire-retardant substance over the next six months. This...
Ford’s Silverton plant achieves record daily production volume
Ford South Africa’s Silverton assembly plant, in Pretoria, has achieved its highest daily production number yet, at 704 vehicles. Based on three-shift 24-hour production, the plant is capable of...
Ineos Grenadier debuts Quartermaster double-cab bakkie
British car maker Ineos Grenadier has lifted the veil on the second model to arrive within its stable – the Grenadier Quartermaster double-cab bakkie. Developed and built alongside the Grenadier...
Mercedes-Benz, Super Group unveil blueprint for new luxury dealerships
Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) has unveiled the second of its local dealerships to have adopted the German car maker’s new ‘luxury’ retail brand appearance, launched globally in 2018, and in...
BMW to invest R4.2bn to produce new X3, including plug-in hybrid, in South Africa
BMW will invest R4.2-billion over the next five years in its Rosslyn plant in South Africa to build the new-generation X3 sports-activity vehicle, including a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle...
Clean tech MoU inked, Fuso-Hino merger in the offing
Daimler Truck, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), Hino Motors and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) have concluded a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on accelerating the development...
Volvo Car SA expects big jump in electric vehicle sales this year
It is impossible to know what the real demand is for Volvo Car South Africa’s (SA’s) fully electric vehicles (EVs), as persistent supply challenges have skewed the sales numbers, says Volvo Car SA...
Chery signs off on 100-unit deal with Hertz
Chinese vehicle importer Chery has wrapped up its first large fleet transaction, handing over 100 Chery Tiggo 4 Pro models to Hertz Rent A Car. The transaction follows shortly after Chery created a...
Daimler’s Atlantis Foundries signs embedded solar power purchase agreement
Atlantis Foundries (AF) has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with integrated energy solutions company Energy Partners (EP). According to the agreement, EP will engineer, finance,...
Cape Town issues nearly 4 000 film permits, including 100 films, 499 TV series
American Monsters, Blood and Water’s fourth season, Come Dine with Me Cape Town and Fear Factor India were among some of the local and international productions filmed in Cape Town over the last 12...
Highway truck attacks aimed at creating ‘mayhem and disruption’ – RFA
Armed gangs this weekend created havoc on the N3 and N4 highways by settings several trucks alight. The first attack occurred on Saturday night on the N3 highway at Van Reenen’s Pass, when armed...
Ford’s Silverton plant achieves record daily production volume
Ford South Africa’s Silverton assembly plant, in Pretoria, has achieved its highest daily production number yet, at 704 vehicles. Based on three-shift 24-hour production, the plant is capable of...
Cape Town secures €100-million in infrastructure funding from French bank
The City of Cape Town has secured €100-million in developmental finance, with Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis signing the loan agreement with the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) on June...
Green-energy-powered ship docks in Cape Town, vessel number two in the works
The zero-emission, green-energy-powered Energy Observer (EO) earlier this month docked in Cape Town for a visit of just more than a week. The vessel, which acts as an on-the-water laboratory able...
SA’s logistics chain in ‘desperate’ need of PPPs – SAAFF
Port and rail parastatal Transnet and government cannot “go it alone” to repair South Africa’s strained logistics network, says South African Association of Freight Forwarders (SAAFF) CEO Dr...
Toyota SA expects new-energy vehicles to comprise 10% of its local sales by 2025
Toyota Motors South Africa (TSAM) aims for 10% of its sales, or 22 000 units, to be new-energy vehicles (NEVs) in 2025. This means the local arm of the Japanese manufacturer aims for total market...
Fedex deploys 10 EV delivery vehicles in SA, more to come
FedEx Express has deployed its first ten electric delivery vehicles in South Africa. FedEx aims to transform its entire global pickup and delivery fleet to zero-emission electric vehicles by 2040,...
Steady flow of new, popular cars keeps new-vehicle sales positive
A continuous flow of new and updated models, particularly in high-volume selling segments, along with the improved availability of popular models, all appear to be sustaining the growth of...
New-vehicle sales expand by 14% in June, exports down 12.6%
Domestic new-vehicle sales in June increased by 14%, to 46 810 units, compared with the same month last year. The new-passenger-car market reached 29 795 units last month – a gain of 0.8% over June...
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