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VW Africa expands solar array at Kariega plant to more than 12 000 panels

By: Irma Venter 20th November 2024 Volkswagen Group Africa (VWA) has added an additional 3 MW solar power to its local grid, bringing the total output of renewable energy to 5.9 MW. This is enough energy to power at least 2 000 two-bedroom houses with geysers and electrical appliances. →

Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa announces Dakar 2025 line-up

By: Irma Venter 18th November 2024 Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa (TGRSA) has announced that it will field four crews, each driving the latest iteration of the GR Hilux IMT Evo, in the 2025 Dakar Rally. The vehicle won top honours in the 2024 South African Rally-Raid Championship in the hands of Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings. →

Automotive Industry Transformation Fund distributes R596m to 67 companies

By: Irma Venter 15th November 2024 The Automotive Industry Transformation Fund (AITF) has since its inception in 2020 invested R596-million in 67 companies across the automotive value chain, says CEO Jabu Selumane. “Our goal is to support 90 companies by 2029, and we are well on our way to achieving that.” →

South Africans mostly keen on EVs, but infrastructure concerns persist – Ford study

By: Irma Venter 15th November 2024 More than 40% of South Africans are considering purchasing an electrified vehicle (EV) in the next five years. This is according to a survey by Ford Motor Company, with most respondents preferring hybrid technology. →

Kia unveils its long-awaited one-ton bakkie

By: Irma Venter 15th November 2024 Korean vehicle manufacturer Kia has lifted the veil on its long-awaited one-ton bakkie, the Tasman. The vehicle, the first of its kind for Kia, had its global premiere at Jeddah International Motor Show, in Saudi Arabia, in October. →

Volkswagen rolls out electric tractors, with battery swapping, in Rwanda

By: Irma Venter 14th November 2024 Volkswagen Group Africa (VWA) has announced the start of operations of a modern farming pilot project in Gashora, Rwanda, that will see the rollout of specially developed VW-badged electric tractors (e-tractors) for use by farmers in the area. The GenFarm Project aims to facilitate... →

The Volkswagen electric tractor

FAW to upgrade Coega truck plant in R200m investment

By: Irma Venter 13th November 2024 FAW Trucks Southern Africa will invest R200-million in upgrading its Coega assembly plant, in the Eastern Cape. “We are planning to level up our productivity,” says FAW SA assembly plant GM Peng Lei. →

Chery notches up record month as Chinese vehicle sales continue to gain traction

By: Irma Venter 11th November 2024 Chery South Africa (Chery SA) achieved a new monthly sales record in October, with 1 831 vehicles finding new owners. This is a 33.7% jump compared with October last year, reports the Chinese importer. →

Image of the Chery line-up in South Africa

Suzuki breaches 6 000 new-vehicle sales mark for the first time

By: Irma Venter 11th November 2024 Suzuki Auto South Africa (Suzuki SA) set a new sales record in October, when it breached the 6 000-unit-a-month mark for the first time. The local arm of the Japanese budget brand recorded sales of 6 006 new Suzuki vehicles, which places it third in total new-vehicle sales by manufacturer, with... →

The new Suzuki Swift

Nissan is at work to make and sell more vehicles in South Africa – Klenkiewicz

By: Irma Venter 8th November 2024 Nissan South Africa (SA) will see production drop to under 20 000 units this year, down from almost 25 000 units last year, but it is not the end of local assembly at the Rosslyn plant, says MD Maciej Klenkiewicz. The drop in production follows the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which railroaded... →

Ford seeing progress in southern corridor development, albeit slow – Hill

By: Irma Venter 8th November 2024 The automotive industry is “definitely seeing progress” in its discussions with Transnet on developing the southern rail corridor between Gauteng and Gqeberha and Coega, in the Eastern Cape, says Ford Motor Company Africa president Neale Hill. Discussions on this project started in 2019 already. →

Locally built EVs launch new mobile storefront for African telcos

By: Creamer Media Reporter 4th November 2024 Stellenbosch-based electric vehicle (EV) company MellowVans has partnered with Itemate Solutions to launch a new mobile store solution for African telecommunications companies, developed specifically for the African landscape in terms of its ruggedness and low-maintenance requirements. Following... →

Passenger-car sales show signs of recovery; exports continue to plummet

By: Irma Venter 4th November 2024 New-vehicle sales in October picked up some long-awaited momentum and increased by 5.5%, to 47 942 units, compared with the same month last year, driven by a recovery in passenger-car sales. naamsa | The Automotive Business Council CEO Mikel Mabasa says the new-passenger-car market reached 34 228... →

Chrisnelsa, AIDC launch pioneer EV/HEV training centre in Rosslyn

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 4th November 2024 Automotive quality control specialist Chrisnelsa, in collaboration with government entity the Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC) and UK-based EV training institute Duplex Business Services, last week launched an electric vehicle and hybrid electric vehicle (EV/HEV) training centre in... →

An image showing Chrisnelsa's EV/HEC training centre

Photo by Creamer Media's Tasneem Bulbulia
EV/HEV training centre

Wekaba launches R25m automotive manufacturing plant

By: Sabrina Jardim 4th November 2024 Medium- to high-volume computerized numerical control (CNC) machined automation components manufacturer Wekaba officially launched its R25-million automotive manufacturing plant in Alberton, Gauteng, on October 30. Wekaba has described the plant as a “groundbreaking” facility that will extend its... →

From left: Wekaba Engineering business development manager Neil Sewnarain; NAACAM national executive committee member Goodrich Kowane; Wekaba Engineering MD Gunter Haacke; Wekaba Engineering Shareholder (SAIG) Sandile Buthelezi; Wekaba Engineering Shareholder (SAIG) Robert Spoon; SAIG CFO Christiaan Schoeman

Transport industry, unions sign two-year wage agreement

By: Irma Venter 1st November 2024 The National Bargaining Council for the Road Freight and Logistics Industry (NBCRFLI) has concluded a two-year wage agreement, and ensured the extension of the agreement by the Minister of Employment and Labour to non-parties. The agreement will see industry workers receive an across-the-board... →

EV charging system enhances energy efficiency, optimises use

By: Simone Liedtke 1st November 2024 Multinational technology company ABB’s Terra DC Fast Charger is positioned as a solution that advances both energy efficiency and sustainability in the electric vehicle (EV) charging industry, ABB product marketing specialist for smart power Veron Maharaj says, adding that the charger leverages... →

E-MOBILITY The Terra DC Fast Charger is specifically designed to be highly efficient compared to conventional charging systems

VLM first of its kind in S Africa

By: Halima Frost 1st November 2024 Warehouse storage solutions provider Logistics Systems Engineering (LSE) has successfully designed and installed what it says is South Africa’s first ninth-generation Tornado vertical lifting module (VLM), from pan-European storage products and solutions provider Gonvarri. LSE installed the... →

A ninth-generation Tornado vertical lifting module with computer access panel

QUICK & EASY The new ninth-generation Tornado vertical lifting module supplied to ACDC Dynamics is faster, quieter and easier to operate

New storage, logistics facility exceeding expectations

By: Halima Frost 1st November 2024 The new premises of independent logistics service provider Seabourne Logistics, which was meant to be a 11 000-pallet capacity contemporary office and warehouse complex, is now a comprehensive logistics facility accommodating 13 500 pallets, significantly surpassing all expectations since its... →

BEHEMOTH The new Seabourne Logistics comprehensive logistics facility in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, has surpassed expectations in capacity and flow

Consumers to be subsidised to buy electric vehicles – Ramaphosa

By: Irma Venter 1st November 2024 South African consumers should receive some form of subsidy to buy electric vehicles (EVs), in the nearer future, as has been the case in most major markets in the world. The subsidies are aimed at assisting car buyers to transition to these cleaner, but still more expensive, vehicles. →

Bring forward policy review, drop luxury tax on new-energy vehicles – Toyota CEO

By: Irma Venter 1st November 2024 The midterm review on the second iteration of government’s Automotive Production and Development Programme (APDP) is scheduled for 2026, but the local automotive industry wants to bring this forward, says Toyota South Africa Motors CEO Andrew Kirby. The APDP 2 provides duty and investment support... →

First electric minibus taxis to be piloted in Cape Town next year

By: Irma Venter 1st November 2024 By this time next year, it will be possible to tell whether electric minibus taxis are viable people movers within the South African transport landscape. By then, newcomer to the domestic automotive landscape flx EV aims to have 40 battery electric taxis up and running in and around Cape Town,... →

South Africans mostly keen on EVs, but infrastructure concerns linger – Ford study

By: Irma Venter 31st October 2024 More than 40% of South Africans are considering purchasing an electrified vehicle (EV) in the next five years. This is according to a survey by Ford Motor Company, with most respondents preferring hybrid technology. →

Kia unveils its long awaited one-ton bakkie; SA debut set for next year

By: Irma Venter 30th October 2024 Korean vehicle manufacturer Kia has lifted the veil on its long-awaited one-ton bakkie, the Tasman. The vehicle, the first of its kind for Kia, had its global premiere at Jeddah International Motor Show, in Saudi Arabia, in October. →

The Kia Tasman

Automotive Industry Transformation Fund distributes R596m to 67 companies

By: Irma Venter 29th October 2024 The Automotive Industry Transformation Fund (AITF) has since its inception in 2020 invested R596-million in 67 companies across the automotive value-chain, says CEO Jabu Selumane. “Our goal is to support 90 companies by 2029, and we are well on our way to achieving that.” →

Jabu Selumane

Ford seeing progress in southern corridor development, albeit slow

By: Irma Venter 28th October 2024 The automotive industry is “definitely seeing progress” in its discussions with Transnet on developing the southern rail corridor between Gauteng and Gqeberha and Coega, in the Eastern Cape, says Ford Motor Company Africa president Neale Hill. Discussions on this project started in 2019 already. →

Neale Hill

Deputy Minister confident that more battery sector investments are in store

By: Marleny Arnoldi 25th October 2024 Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Andrew Whitfield says he is confident that South Africa can become a components and equipment manufacturing hub for the clean technology value chain, including battery technologies for energy storage, electric mobility and materials handling.... →

Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Andrew Whitfield

Automotive experts agree new tech is essential to stay competitive

By: Marleny Arnoldi 25th October 2024 South Africa’s manufacturing sector has an opportunity to cater for global electrification by producing more solar panels, developing battery components and venturing into more components for the electric vehicle (EV) value chain, said Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies executive director Saul... →

New Kredo Mobility digital solution aims to mitigate auto sector challenges

By: Natasha Odendaal 25th October 2024 Industry veteran and Kredo Mobility founder and CEO Kriben Reddy has launched a new digital solutions service aimed at tackling some of the challenges the automotive sector has battled for many years, including fraud, high costs and deteriorating consumer creditworthiness. Kredo Mobility is a... →

Image of Kredo Mobility founder and CEO Kriben Reddy

Kredo Mobility founder and CEO Kriben Reddy discusses the launch of a digital solution that aims to mitigate some long-standing challenges in the automotive market and delivers a “win-win” for dealerships and consumers alike.

Chinese vehicle sales accelerating rapidly in South Africa

By: Irma Venter 25th October 2024 If you think you are seeing more Chinese vehicles on the road, you are correct. Chinese vehicle brands accounted for 9% of all passenger and light commercial vehicles (light vehicles) sold in South Africa this year, until the end of July, up from 2% in 2019, says research group Lightstone Auto. →

Off-grid EV charger programme launched in the Eastern Cape

By: Irma Venter 25th October 2024 Zero Carbon Charge (Charge), in partnership with the Automotive Industry Development Centre Eastern Cape (AIDC-EC), and together with the Eastern Cape provincial government, has broken ground on what it describes as an off-grid, ultra-fast, green electric vehicle (EV) charging network. Once... →

Metair to acquire AutoZone chain

By: Irma Venter 25th October 2024 Metair is set to acquire the entire issued share capital of AutoZone Holdings. The JSE-listed Metair is a manufacturer, distributor and retailer of automotive components and energy storage solutions. →

Nissan is at work to make and sell more vehicles in SA – Klenkiewicz

By: Irma Venter 23rd October 2024 Nissan South Africa (SA) will see production drop to under 20 000 units this year, down from almost 25 000 units last year, but it is not the end of local assembly at the Rosslyn plant, says MD Maciej Klenkiewicz. The drop in production follows the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which railroaded... →

Maciej Klenkiewicz

‘Deep collaboration’ through regional value chains could unlock rapid African industrialisation

By: Terence Creamer 22nd October 2024 There is potential to catalyse rapid industrialisation in Africa by pursuing policies that actively leverage both existing demand and continental moves towards trade integration to increase the production of manufactured goods, a well-known industrial policy and automotive specialist has argued.... →

Toyota Wessels Institute for Manufacturing Studies’ Professor Justin Barnes

Bring forward policy review, drop luxury tax on new-energy vehicles – Toyota CEO

By: Irma Venter 22nd October 2024 The midterm review on the second iteration of government’s Automotive Production and Development Programme (APDP) is scheduled for 2026, but the local automotive industry wants to bring this forward, says Toyota South Africa Motors CEO Andrew Kirby. APDP 2 provides duty and investment support to... →

Andrew Kirby

Hybrid overtakes petrol in slowing EU new car market in Sept, ACEA says

By: Reuters 22nd October 2024 New hybrid cars sold in the European Union in September accounted for 32.8% of total new car sales, overtaking the monthly market share of petrol-powered vehicles for the first time, data from Europe's auto industry body showed. Total car sales in the block dropped by 6.1% year-on-year, the... →

Auto industry, Transnet to form war room to drive efficiency, improve security

By: Irma Venter 21st October 2024 Naamsa | The Automotive Business Council and Transnet have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop and convene a naamsa–Transnet ‘auto war room’. This war room will drive the collection, consolidation and sharing of data to support the implementation of strategic initiatives, while... →

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