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Booming Toyota defies depressed market to achieve record market share
Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) says it has sold 142 612 vehicles in 2023 – more than 10 000 units up on 2022 numbers. This is an 8% increase in a domestic market that in 2023 inched up 0.5% in...
New-vehicle sales inch up 0.5% in 2023, exports at record levels
New-vehicle sales in the domestic market inched up by 0.5% in 2023 compared with 2022, says Naamsa | The Automotive Business Council. This follows a 13.9% jump in 2022 and 22.2% growth in 2021.
Ashok Leyland’s Dost workhorse makes its local debut
India’s Ashok Leyland has entered the Southern African commercial vehicle market with its Dost 1.5 l turbodiesel workhorse. Headquartered in Chennai with nine manufacturing plants, Ashok Leyland is...
Daimler Truck starts first hydrogen-fuel-cell customer trials in Germany
Daimler Truck says it is ready to roll out its first hydrogen-fuel-cell trucks in customer trials, following a series of tests on the track and public roads. The German truck manufacturer says...
Eagle Eye Defence aims to roll out an in-vehicle biometric security system next year
South African startup Eagle Eye Defence has developed an in-vehicle security system that uses fingerprint verification to start the power train. Cofounder Iviwe Mosana describes Eagle Eye Defence...
Increasing number of special deals on offer as consumers continue to struggle
With consumers continuing to struggle in the current tough economic environment, lower-income individuals are making up an increasingly smaller portion of total vehicle finance deals as they...
Eicher enters the local bus market with new 36-seater
Eicher Trucks and Buses has entered the South African bus market, starting with the 36-seater, Euro 3-compliant Skyline Pro 3009 bus. “We are pleased to introduce the Eicher Skyline Pro bus series...
Bell Equipment management returns to the family as it appoints new CEO
Bell Equipment has appointed Ashley Jon Bell (41), grandson of company founder Irvine Bell, as new group CEO, effective January 1. This follows the July resignation of outgoing group CEO, Leon...
Takealot rolls out ten JAC battery-electric delivery trucks
Online retailer Takealot has deployed ten JAC N75 EV battery electric trucks to make deliveries in Gauteng and the Western Cape. The company in November welcomed four N75 four-ton electric trucks...
Barloworld expects slowdown in mining equipment sales as commodity cycle cools
Barloworld expects a 10% to 15% decline in the 2024 Southern African mining equipment industry on the back of slowing commodity demand and weak commodity prices. “Having said that, we are...
Transnet expects 175 vessel calls as cruise liner season opens
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) says it expects 175 vessel calls at South African port cities in the 2023/24 cruise liner season, which opened earlier this month. The vessels are expected...
Volkswagen, Egyptian govt to undertake feasibility study on shared painting facility
Volkswagen and the government of Egypt have signed an agreement to develop a feasibility study on a shared automotive painting facility in the East Port Said Automotive Zone (EPAZ) within the East...
Cape Town to announce preferred bidders for power projects in mid-2024
The preferred bidders for the City of Cape Town’s 200 MW embedded independent power producer programme will be announced in mid-2024, says Energy MMC Beverley van Reenen. The first power from these...
Toyota Gazoo Racing SA to contest Dakar 2024 with three new crews as Al-Attiyah bows out
Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa (TGR SA) will field three crews at the 2024 Dakar Rally, with all three drivers hailing from South Africa. Former TGR SA star and Dakar 2023 overall winner Nasser...
GWM launches its first EV in South Africa – priced below R700 000
Great Wall Motors (GWM), also the owner of the Haval brand, has launched its first electric vehicle (EV) in the domestic market. Ora is the Chinese carmaker’s new-energy-vehicle-specific brand,...
Business vehicles twice as likely to be hijacked as stolen – Tracker
Tracker statistics for the period January to June show that hijackings still dominate national vehicle crime, accounting for 55% of incidents, versus theft at 45%. However, while the...
Report shows uptick in truck collisions
The 2023 Webfleet Road Safety Report shows a jump in collisions involving trucks this year, at 1 313 incidents, compared with 1 252 collisions in 2022. The survey for the report was conducted...
PRASA sets sights on big recovery in passenger trips by 2030
Like many other State-owned entities, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has had its share of scandals. Its board chairperson was fired following an investigation into abuse of PRASA...
PRASA sets sights on big recovery in passenger trips by 2030
Like many other State-owned entities, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has had its share of scandals. Its board chairperson was fired following an investigation into abuse of PRASA...
China’s cheaper EVs challenging Western market dominance – report
A divide in the global transition to electric vehicles (EVs) has emerged as Chinese manufacturers seem to be rushing ahead of their Western counterparts in the production and sale of EVs. This is...
Stellantis to launch Strada half-tonner in sub-Saharan Africa, excluding S Africa
Stellantis has announced that it will launch the Fiat Strada half-ton bakkie in left-hand-drive markets in sub-Saharan Africa, starting this month. This excludes South Africa, where the Strada was...
Contractors urge dialogue on the back of 88 liquidations
Contract changes within the construction industry and conditions that are slashing margins are becoming a growing threat to contractors, “contributing to the downward spiral of the construction...
Mercedes-Benz SA, BEE partner to roll out 127 electric vehicle charging stations
Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) will roll out 127 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the country in a R40-million investment. As demand for EVs continues to grow, “ensuring robust...
Volvo Cars launches new business where your car can give power to the grid and your home
Volvo Cars has launched Volvo Cars Energy Solutions, a new business unit that will offer energy storage and charging-related technology and services. The Swedish car maker says electric cars and...
DP World opens cold-storage facility in Lusaka
Logistics and trade group DP World says its market access consumer business, Deep Catch, has opened a cold-storage facility in the Zambian capital of Lusaka. DP World says the Lusaka Commercial...
Mercedes-Benz SA to invest R100m in second solar phase
Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) says it will invest R100-million in Phase 2 of a solar power project at its East London production plant, in the Eastern Cape. An additional 22 847 photovoltaic...
DHL to test Volkswagen’s electric ID.Buzz Cargo vans in South Africa
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has partnered with DHL Express for the pilot testing of the electric ID.Buzz Cargo van in South Africa. Four ID.Buzz Cargo units will be placed at DHL Express service...
New range of electric two-wheelers goes on sale in SA as EVs become 'highly attractive'
It is not only the electric car that is challenging the status quo of the global automotive industry, but also the electric motorbike. VMoto Soco South Africa (VSSA) is a new company that aims to...
Barloworld expects slowdown in mining equipment sales as commodity cycle cools
Barloworld expects a 10% to 15% decline in the 2024 Southern African mining equipment industry on the back of slowing commodity demand and weak commodity prices. “Having said that, we are...
GWM launches its first EV in South Africa; priced below R700 000
Great Wall Motors, also the owner of the Haval brand, has launched its first electric vehicle (EV) in the domestic market. Ora is the Chinese car maker’s new-energy-vehicle-specific brand, with the...
Richards Bay Port says it ‘may’ halt trucks carrying cargo to the port; RFA outraged
Richards Bay Transnet Port Terminals (RCB TPT) says it “may” suspend the processing of trucks bringing cargo into its terminals by road. Only trucks whose vessels have been already nominated shall...
Daimler Truck Southern Africa goes digital with click-and-collect parts portal
Daimler Truck Southern Africa (DTSA) has launched a new e-commerce platform – the Daimler Truck Parts Portal. The platform works on a click-and-collect basis, which means customers can buy parts...
Increased exposure, cost concerns among insights revealed by AutoTrader’s EV buyers survey
AutoTrader’s 2023 South Africa Electric Vehicle (EV) Buyers Survey shows that 63% of respondents believe they would purchase an EV within the next five years, down from 65% in 2022. Some marginally...
Avis launches iLease as an alternative to vehicle ownership
Avis Fleet has introduced iLease, the company’s first leasing product in South Africa. iLease allows consumers the use of a vehicle for any duration between 12 and 48 months, as an alternative to...
Electric vehicle market stymied by slow public charging roll-out – global study
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the lack of public infrastructure is severely limiting electric vehicle (EV) adoption in urban environments. In particular, as flat and apartment...
TNPA issues Eol for small, medium-scale LNG imports
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has published an expression of interest (EoI) document to determine market appetite for small- to medium-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports through...
Cape Town to announce preferred bidders on power projects next year, says tariff reform required
The preferred bidders for the City of Cape Town’s 200 MW embedded independent power producer (IPP) programme will be announced in mid-2024, says Energy MMC Beverley van Reenen. The first power from...
Toyota Gazoo Racing SA to contest Dakar 2024 with three new crews as Al-Attiyah bows out
Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa (TGR SA) will field three crews at the 2024 Dakar Rally, with all three drivers hailing from South Africa. Former TGR SA star and Dakar 2023 overall winner, Nasser...
Volkswagen signs agreement with Egyptian government
Volkswagen and the government of Egypt have signed an agreement to develop a feasibility study on a shared automotive painting facility in the East Port Said Automotive Zone (EPAZ) within the East...
Business vehicles twice as likely to be hijacked rather than stolen – Tracker
Tracker statistics for the period January to June show that hijackings still dominate national vehicle crime, accounting for 55% of incidents, versus theft at 45%. However, while the...
Mercedes-Benz SA to roll out 127 electric vehicle charging stations
Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) will roll out 127 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the country in a R40-million investment. As demand for EVs continues to grow, “ensuring robust...
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