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Major GM South Africa announcement
Major GM South Africa announcement
[Ilse van den Berg] General Motors has announced that it is transforming its business globally. For SA, this means the phasing out of the manufacturing and sales of Chevrolet vehicles... [video] read
Spruced up Mazda ups the pace
Spruced up Mazda ups the pace

Henrie Geyser

The top-selling Mazda CX-5 range has been richly spruced up with sportier looks, upgraded safety features, a much smoother ride, richly refurbished living quarters... Read

Africa increases high-value production, global trends identify industrial growth
Africa increases high-value production, global trends identify industrial growth

Euromonitor International has released research on how industrial changes are shaping the B2B marketplace around the world... Read

General Motors to stop sales in India by year end
General Motors to stop sales in India by year end

NEW DELHI, India: US auto giant General Motors will stop selling cars in India by year end, putting the brakes on efforts to penetrate one of the world's fastest growing markets... Read

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A blast from the past with Datsun
A blast from the past with Datsun

Ilse van den Berg

In addition to giving the Datsun GO a go on our media trip at Nampo last week, we also stopped over at an unassuming brick building in Bothaville. Parked outside were teasers of the magic and nostalgia we would find inside... read
Manufacturing & Parts
A global EV taxi revolution
A global EV taxi revolution
The first step in a global electric taxi revolution was in 2013 when a taxi company in Japan went all in and converted its entire fleet of conventional taxis to zero-emission Nissan LEAFs... read
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How an open approach to patents could help build a sustainable future

Frank Tietze

To sustain a population of 9.7 billion people by 2050, the world is going to need innovations that make careful use of the available resources, human and environmental... read
Volvo, Google partner for next generation connected cars
Volvo, Google partner for next generation connected cars
Volvo Cars and Google have partnered to develop the next generation in-car infotainment and connectivity solution... read
Motorsport
Spinning not a sport for men only
Spinning not a sport for men only
GroundUp's Ihsaan Haffajee has produced a video showcasing how women are bucking the stereotype that car spinning is a sport only for men... [video] read
Retail & Rental
24 hours of Nissan and Datsun in the Free State
24 hours of Nissan and Datsun in the Free State

Ilse van den Berg

Nampo is not a word unfamiliar to me. As a student at NWU, my friends and I used to frequent this (then not-so-big) agri festival almost every year, funnily enough.... read
Carfind.co.za introduces 360° interior views
Carfind.co.za introduces 360° interior views
Carfind.co.za, an online car buying and selling platform, has introduced a 360° interior view feature... read
International
Judge curbs Uber engineer in trade secrets case
Judge curbs Uber engineer in trade secrets case
A judge has ordered an Uber engineer at the center of a self-driving car trade secrets suit sidelined and files taken from Alphabet-owned Waymo returned... read
Ford to cut 10% of global workforce: report
Ford to cut 10% of global workforce: report
NEW YORK, US: US auto giant Ford is poised to cut thousands of jobs worldwide, with reductions expected to total about 10% of its global workforce... read
Automakers settle Takata airbag case for $553m
Automakers settle Takata airbag case for $553m
NEW YORK, US: Four automakers including Toyota and BMW agreed on Thursday to pay $553 million to settle a US lawsuit over the defective Takata airbags... read
EU launches 'Dieselgate' case against Italy
EU launches 'Dieselgate' case against Italy
BRUSSELS, Belgium: The EU launched infringement proceedings against Italy for failing to adequately investigate emissions cheating allegations against automaker Fiat... read
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Business
Execs considering blockchain in business plans
Execs considering blockchain in business plans
Eight out of 10 C-suite executives interviewed say they are investigating blockchain as a means of doing business, an IBM study shows... read
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