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            <description><![CDATA[As South Africa’s automotive sector enters a defining phase, innovation, localisation, electrification and Africa’s growth opportunity are all shaping the road ahead. With infrastructure, affordability, regulation and operating conditions differing widely across the continent, automotive component manufacturer MAHLE says it believes the transition to cleaner mobility will have to be led by technological diversity, with electric, hybrid, hydrogen, sustainable fuel and efficient internal combustion technologies working alongside each other according to market need.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s new-vehicle market continued its positive run as sales increased by 12.8% in May compared with the same month last year. The 51 071 new vehicles that found new owners last month ensured that the market delivered the best May numbers since 2013, says naamsa | The Automotive Business Council.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Volkswagen Group Africa (VWGA) has reached a major milestone with the production of the one-millionth current generation Polo at its Kariega plant, in the Eastern Cape. Lucky number one-million is a smoky grey, right-hand-drive Polo GTI destined for the local market.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Volvo has begun on-road testing of heavy trucks powered by hydrogen combustion engines, with commercial launch planned before 2030. The Swedish truck maker believes its hydrogen-powered trucks will have higher energy efficiency, lower fuel consumption and increased engine power compared with conventional hydrogen combustion engine technology.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Italian super-car manufacturer Ferrari has shocked purists and petrolheads by unveiling its first ever battery electric vehicle – the Luce. Pronounced loo-chay, it translates into ‘light’ or ‘electricity’ in Italian.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Kanu Commercial Body Construction has opened its new manufacturing facility in the Aloes Industrial Complex in Gqeberha, adjacent to Isuzu Motors South Africa’s (IMSAf’s) Vehicle Conversion and Distribution Centre. Kanu Commercial Body Construction, which employs 150 people, has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of IMSAf since 2015.]]></description>
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