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New vehicle sales continued its fall in April
The South African new vehicle sales market continued its 2016 decline this April. According to the latest aggregated figures... read


VWSA supports economic transformation with Black-Owned Suppliers' Day

Volkswagen Group South Africa hosted its first ever Black-Owned Suppliers' Day on 5 May in its Uitenhage plant in the Eastern Cape... Read

JHB to get all-electric Uber rides

The transport sector accounts for 13% of CO2 emissions in South Africa, making it the second largest emitter of CO2 in the country. Uber has thus partnered with BMW and Nissan to bring riders UberGREEN... Read

Shifting focus from the product to the consumer

Traditionally, the automotive industry's primary focus has been on providing bigger, better and faster cars. According to the Automotive Future Now Report, in a world shaped by the Internet... Read

Automotive
FCA South Africa appoints new CEO and MD
Fiat Group Automobiles South Africa, importer of Fiat, Fiat Professional, Abarth and Alfa Romeo brand vehicles locally and Chrysler South Africa, importer of Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge brand has announced... read
Maintenance & Safety
Honda to recall 20 million more Takata airbags
Honda Motor will recall an additional 20 million Takata-made airbags globally, a newspaper said on Sunday, in a widening scandal that has led to the biggest auto recall in US history... read
Manufacturing & Parts
Ford invests in cloud firm Pivotal in self-driving car push
Ford said it was investing $182m into San Francisco cloud computing firm Pivotal as it deepens its work on connected and self-driving cars... read
Tesla accelerates to hit target of making 500,000 cars
Tesla said it is speeding the timeline for building half a million cars as it steps up production to meet growing demand for its electric vehicles. Hot demand for a new, more affordable Model 3... read
GMSA, NMMU renew skills development deal

Lee-Anne Butler

General Motors South Africa has renewed a partnership deal with Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University's mechatronics department, aimed at ensuring continued skills development for motor manufacturing... read
How Dyson can offer a challenge to Tesla and the electric car giants

Paul Nieuwenhuis

British vacuum cleaner manufacturer Dyson may be steering into a brand new market. News that the company owned by inventor and entrepreneur, James Dyson, has received UK government research funds... read
Motoring Reviews
MX-5 retains fun-and-smile spirit

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

The new fourth-generation Mazda MX-5 retains the same winning smile-on-your-dial recipe which made it one of the top selling two-seater rag tops of all time and it has already raked in a number of prestigious awards... read
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