The manufacturing process to build a Formula One-style race car by a team of next-generation mechanical engineering students from tertiary institution University of Pretoria (UP) is progressing... 

Japan-based trading and investment company Marubeni Corporation has acquired South African automotive retail and services group TiAuto Investments. Founded in 1967, TiAuto is an automotive... 

The growing presence of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in less expensive vehicles is reshaping South Africa’s collision repair industry, warns the South African Motor Body Repairers'... 

naamsa | The Automotive Business Council has hit back at critics describing the Automotive Production and Development Plan (APDP) as a honeypot, while also questioning the argument in favour of... 

MyCiTi’s first electric bus (e-bus) has arrived in Cape Town, where it will now be put to the test on the city’s most demanding public transport routes. The vehicle is a 12-m Volvo BZRLE... 

With a focus on strengthening the efficiency and reach of its parts distribution network across South Africa, BMW Group South Africa’s regional distribution centre (RDC), in Midrand, Gauteng, is a... 

The Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC) has been announced as the anchor tenant at the City of Johannesburg’s new Alexandra Automotive Hub (AAH). The city’s Department of Economic... 

From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report. Sashnee Moodley: 

Technology companies Powerfleet and CTRLFleet used the Transport Evolution Africa Forum and Expo in Midrand to highlight the growing role of digital solutions in improving transport and logistics... 

Technology company Tontrac System Analytics believes that greater integration between logistics systems and the adoption of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) could unlock significant efficiency... 

Japan-based trading and investment company Marubeni Corporation has acquired South Africa’s automotive retail and services group TiAuto Investments. Founded in 1967, TiAuto is an automotive... 

Technology partners of Bidvest Mobility, Zebra Technologies and FarEye, highlighted the growing role of digitalisation, automation and AI in improving transport and logistics efficiency at the... 

For fleet operators, every kilometre matters. From fuel efficiency and vehicle uptime to driver convenience and operating costs, success depends on having the right partner on the road. Fleet and... 

In today’s competitive transport industry, fleet operators face increasing pressure to reduce operating costs, improve efficiency, and minimise vehicle downtime. Achieving these goals requires more... 

South Africa plans to add to its automotive incentive programme minerals used in the manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries to boost local EV production and support related supply chains. The... 

GeT Metal Group and its subsidiary GeT Alloys have announced that they have eliminated virgin fossil fuels from their aluminium melting operations, with a new waste-to-energy initiative... 

BMW is rolling out a pilot project to deploy humanoid robots at its Leipzig plant, in Germany. This follows the completion of the first pilot deployment of humanoid robots at the BMW Spartanburg... 

Despite multiple global and local headwinds, new-vehicle exports from South Africa reached a new record last year. Component exports, however, yet again failed to show growth in 2025. Speaking at... 

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,... 

Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM), together with the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) and Hydrogen South Africa (HySA), have handed over a locally developed mobile hydrogen... 

The South African automotive industry and government have not yet found “that sweet spot” that would shore up the local manufacturing sector as it faces declining local parts content and increasing... 

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... 

Tata Africa aims to launch a fully electric commuter bus in South Africa “within the next few months”, says Tata Africa Holdings CEO Jacques Taylor. The vehicle will be assembled locally, and will... 

Despite multiple global and local headwinds, new-vehicle exports from South Africa reached a new record last year. Component exports, however, yet again failed to show growth in 2025. Speaking at... 

Despite experiencing frequent supply chain disruptions over the last six years, suppliers remain reactive rather than proactive, owing to structural constraints within the value chain, leaving... 

South Africa’s post-collision repair sector is entering a period of structural strain that could have far-reaching implications for insurers, manufacturers and consumers alike, warns the South... 

Cape Town’s Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) has deployed 120 electric buses since January this year, traveling a combined 115 000 km to 120 000 km a week. “At this rate we should get close to... 

JSE-listed automotive components manufacturer Metair has refinanced the R3.3-billion debt package of its remaining South African subsidiaries to extend the term of the debt package to five years.... 

Comprising a broad product offering of oil pumps, timing belt tensioners and idlers, timing chain kits and related components, wheel bearing kits, Micro-V belt tensioners and idlers, the Shimizu... 

While economic pressures and market volatility continue to shape the South African transport industry, truck and truck components supplier UD Trucks Southern Africa has experienced relatively... 

China National Building Materials South Africa (CNBM SA) and Geely Auto South Africa (Geely SA) have signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement for the coordinated development of new-energy... 

The Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI) and the German Chamber of Crafts (HWK) Erfurt have launched a three-year structured technical and vocational education and training (TVET) partnership,... 

Light commercial vehicle original-equipment manufacturer (OEM) Foton affords small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access to electric vehicle (EV) options to mitigate the impact of high fuel... 

Jetour International president Ke Chuandeng has announced that the Chinese brand will start local production of the T-Series next year. While Jetour and Chery are positioned as separate brands in... 

JSE-listed rolled aluminium products manufacturer Hulamin will sell its aluminium extrusions business Hulamin Extrusions to Norsaf ERS for R10-million. The proceeds from the proposed transaction... 

The economics of diesel vehicles have become increasingly unstable, says Everlectric chief commercial officer Paul Plummer. “For years, the debate around electric vehicles (EVs) in South Africa has... 

Chery South Africa (SA) says its newly acquired plant in Rosslyn, Pretoria, will be recommissioned and retrofitted over the next 12 to 18 months, with the first locally produced Chery-branded... 

The South African Motor Body Repairers Association (Sambra) says rising vehicle write-offs may be reaching a potential risk point, with some vehicles now being written off at levels as low as 35%...