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#CARconferenceSA: Digital change grips the motor industry
#CARconferenceSA: Digital change grips the motor industry
The global automotive industry and many related facets of the business are changing rapidly as the digital revolution... read


AMEO and NUMSA conclude wage agreement
AMEO and NUMSA conclude wage agreement

The automotive manufacturing sector and the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (NUMSA) have successfully concluded their negotiations... Read

Thomas Schaefer, chairman and MD of Volkswagen South Africa and H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, president of Kenya addressing media at the State House in Nairobi after the signing of an agreement to start the production of the Volkswagen Polo Vivo in Thika near Nairobi, Kenya.
Volkswagen plans vehicle production in Kenya

Volkswagen is planning to start production of the Polo Vivo in Kenya at the end of 2016. An agreement to that effect was signed in Nairobi... Read

Bear Grylls demos Land Rover's new seat fold tech
Bear Grylls demos Land Rover's new seat fold tech

Land Rover has reached new heights in its new vehicle technology testing. World-renowned British adventurer and Land Rover owner Bear Grylls took to the skies... Read

Maintenance & Safety
Tesla's Autopilot to use updated radar technology
Tesla's Autopilot to use updated radar technology
Electric carmaker Tesla announced Sunday it was upgrading its Autopilot software to use more advanced radar technology... read
Volvo's autonomous driving experiment kicks off in Sweden
Volvo's autonomous driving experiment kicks off in Sweden
Volvo Cars has officially kicked off Drive Me, an advanced public autonomous driving (AD) experiment. On the morning of 9 September 2016... read
Manufacturing & Parts
Treasury presses with plan for recycled tyre tax
Treasury presses with plan for recycled tyre tax

Linda Ensor

The Treasury will forge ahead with plans to convert the tyre levy into a tax, despite objections by the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of SA (Redisa). To do this, it will seek legal advice on the constitutionality of the plan... read
Mercedes-Benz reveals drone-equipped delivery van concept
Mercedes-Benz reveals drone-equipped delivery van concept
Mercedes-Benz Vans has unveiled its strategic future initiative adVANce for the transport industry, which the company says caters to customers' evolving requirements... read
#CARconferenceSA: Encouraging outlook for local motor industry
#CARconferenceSA: Encouraging outlook for local motor industry
Mike Whitfield, the president of Naamsa and managing director of the Nissan Group of Africa, painted an encouraging picture of the future... read
Motoring Reviews
Ranger targets the leisure market
Ranger targets the leisure market

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

Ford has strengthened its marketing onslaught with the addition of nine new 2.2 automatic derivatives to make it the most comprehensive line-up... read
Retail & Rental
Ford buys into bike-sharing provider and shuttle service for enhanced mobility
Ford buys into bike-sharing provider and shuttle service for enhanced mobility
Ford is teaming up with major global cities on current and future transportation needs to solve congestion issues and help people move about more easily... read
Michael Johannes, vice president for mobility and logistics at Messe Frankfurt in Germany.
Automechanika Joburg 2017 shares stage with three new shows
Next year's Automechanika trade fair for the automotive aftermarket, which takes place at the Johannesburg Expo Centre from 27-30 September, will be co-located... read
Scania's journey to sustainability
Scania's journey to sustainability

Mark Smyth

It's always a big deal when a truck maker introduces a new model. read
Forecasted decline in new truck sales continues
Forecasted decline in new truck sales continues
The South African commercial vehicle market is continuing to track various industry predictions with the forecasted decline... read
International
Volkswagen in talks to build electric cars in China
Volkswagen in talks to build electric cars in China
German auto giant Volkswagen and China's Anhui Jianghuai Automobile are in talks to build electric cars together, the firms announced Wednesday... read
Struggling Russian car giant Avtovaz announces $1.3bn cash drive
Struggling Russian car giant Avtovaz announces $1.3bn cash drive
Russia's biggest carmaker Avtovaz on Monday announced that it is looking to raise some $1.3 billion as it struggles to battle back from slumping sales... read
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Business
Structural reform needed to grow the economy
Structural reform needed to grow the economy

Nicci Botha

Whatever happens when the next ratings review comes up in December shouldn't derail the structural reform required to grow the economy... read
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