Tag: vehicles
Transformation, a priority to VWSA
TRANSFORMATION extends to the companyâs supply chain, with two new black-owned suppliers joining the VWSA supplier base after completing a mentoring programme offered by the company.
KPL Die Casting and Thekwini Wire,...
Hydrogen tech ‘revolution’ – hope or hype?
THE compendium of vehicles powered by hydrogen now stretches from excavators to micro-taxis, trucks, boats, vans, single-deck and now double-decker buses â and even small planes.
It works by reacting hydrogen with...
OPINION: So Californians think it would be so nice if all vehicles were electric?
IT has always puzzled me why people who campaign most loudly for change are not quite so keen when the change manifests itself on their doorsteps. The phenomenon has a name....
2019 a record year for VWSA
THE Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) plant in Uitenhage ended 2019 on a high note, achieving an all-time record for production in a single year.
The plant manufactured a total of 161Â 954...
This garage is turning $27,000 cars into $1m collectibles
The Geneva Motor Show this year was characterized by what might as well have been alien life forms.
There wasnât much room to navigate between the $2 million electric cars in carbon...
SA electric vehicle sales âto grow significantly by 2025â
South Africa could have an electric vehicle (EV) car parc of 145000 with annual sales of new EVs of 43000 units within the next six years.
This forecast by Jaguar Land Rover...
Seven New Vehicles attest to on-going success of Cargo Carriers
Uzuko Carriers hauls fuel for Caltex branded dealerships across the Eastern Cape. Supply chain experts Cargo Carriers just enhanced this joint venture with Caltex Eastern Cape Marketers via the acquisition of...
SA motor industry holding up well in turbulent economic environment
The South African motor industry is holding up surprisingly well in a tough economicenvironment that is being exacerbated by political turmoil. This is the opinion of renowned economics commentator Dr Azar Jammine, Director and Chief Economist at Econometrix. He made this...
No more petrol cars or diesel vehicles will be made and sold after 2025
Professor Tony Seba thinks that all vehicles will be electric by 2025 and that people will stop driving altogether.
The Stanford University economist predicts that motorists will make the switch...
Are uGoing My Way?ââââââ South African designed carpool app accelerates urban mobility solution
In an attempt to ease the chronic traffic situation in the Cape Town CBD and stem the adverse effects that increased journey times are having on business operations (and the human...