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VWSA weighs African expansion with new Polo-based product – and yes, it may include a half-ton bakkie

By: Irma Venter 20th January 2023 The new CEO of Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) is a familiar face. Martina Biene returns to South Africa following a two-year stint as the head of the Volkswagen passenger brand before her exit in 2020. This time around, her job also focuses on growing the German brand in Africa, including... →

Mercedes-Benz to make second hybrid in SA, but competitiveness concerns mount

By: Irma Venter 20th January 2023 Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) will add a second plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) to the production line-up at its East London plant this year, says CEO Andreas Brand. The 50-year-old Brand took over at the helm of the local arm of the German premium car manufacturer in May last year. →

Dunlop seeks 48 township entrepreneurs to apply for business-in-a-box concept

By: Irma Venter 18th January 2023 Tyre manufacturer Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (SRSA) is on the hunt for 48 township entrepreneurs who could qualify for startup support to run their own local tyre centres. SRSA is manufacturer of the Dunlop brand and has launched the business-in-a-box concept as an extension of its Dunlop... →

Image of Dilute Tyres in the Free State, which is an example of a Dunlop container tyre business

Dilute Tyres in the Free State is an example of a Dunlop container tyre business

South Africa shines in Dakar 2023

By: Irma Venter 16th January 2023 Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah and his French co-driver, Mathieu Baumel, successfully defended the Dakar title they won for Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) in 2022, when they raced their South African built GR DKR Hilux T1+ over the finish line this weekend. They sealed the overall victory with a winning... →

Image of Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah and his French co-driver, Mathieu Baumel, racing in Dakar 2023

Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah and his French co-driver, Mathieu Baumel. They may not be South African, but their car was built here. (Note the GP numberplate above the 'Hilux'.)

Suzuki unveils its first electric concept, local introduction under investigation

By: Irma Venter 13th January 2023 Small-car specialist Suzuki has unveiled its first all-electric concept vehicle. The Japanese car maker says the eVX – emotional versatile cruiser – is a compact sports-utility vehicle (SUV) that combines “Suzuki’s 4x4 DNA with the most advanced features currently available in battery electric... →

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POWER UP The Suzuki eVX concept. Left is Image of Suzuki group president Toshihiro Suzuki and Maruti Suzuki CEO Hisashi Takeuchi
with the eVX

The Suzuki eVX concept. Left is Suzuki group president Toshihiro Suzuki and Maruti Suzuki CEO Hisashi Takeuchi with the eVX concept car

Hino South Africa grows sales by 9.4% despite 41-day plant shutdown

By: Irma Venter 13th January 2023 Hino South Africa posted sales of 3 333 trucks for 2022 – 9.4% higher than the figure for 2021, but still 417 units below the retail sales target of 3 750 units originally set for last year. This growth follows a swift recovery from the 41-day shutdown of its Durban plant, owing to flooding in... →

The Hino 300

Toyota retained number one position in 2022 despite plant closure

By: Irma Venter 11th January 2023 Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) has retained its number one position in the South African new-vehicle market in 2022, posting its forty-third straight year as the market leader. This comes despite the company’s Durban plant closing its doors in April last year owing to severe flooding, and only... →

Volvo launches more electric trucks – also in South Africa

By: Irma Venter 14th December 2022 Volvo Trucks continues to expand its range of electric trucks with the launch of several new extra-heavy units, also available in South Africa. The Swedish manufacturer’s target is that half of its global total truck sales will be electric by 2030 at the latest. →

Bridgestone Southern Africa acquires Otraco Southern Africa

By: Irma Venter 13th December 2022 Bridgestone Southern Africa Holdings (BSAFH) has acquired Otraco Southern Africa. Otraco Southern Africa is active in the off-the-road (OTR) tyre-management solutions market. →

Photo by Creamer Media's Marleny Arnoldi
Bridgestone's Brits facility

Toyota SA calls in some older models for security updates as new-tech theft rises

By: Irma Venter 12th December 2022 Criminals are increasingly using sophisticated technology to target high-end vehicles featuring keyless or smart-entry systems and emergency start capabilities, says Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM). The rise in these crimes has partly been attributed to new modus operandi on the part of... →

Image of the Toyota plant head office in Durban

Tshwane will host NAACAM Show 2023

By: Simone Liedtke 12th December 2022 The City of Tshwane will be the host city for the 2023 iteration of the National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers (NAACAM) Show, which will take place from August 30 to September 1 next year. Held in partnership with the Tshwane Economic Development Agency (TEDA), the... →

NAACAM executive director Renai Moothilal and NAACAM Gauteng regional chairperson Goodrich Kowane.

VWSA weighs African expansion with new Polo-based product – and yes, it may include a half-ton bakkie

By: Irma Venter 12th December 2022 The new CEO of Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) is a familiar face. Martina Biene returns to South Africa following her two-year stint as the head of the Volkswagen passenger brand before her exit in 2020. This time around her job also focuses on growing the German brand in Africa, including... →

Martina Biene

10 000th unit rolls off assembly line at FAW Trucks’ Coega plant

By: Irma Venter 9th December 2022 The 10 000th truck assembled at FAW Trucks South Africa’s plant in Coega – a JH6 28.500FT, 6 x 4 AMT truck tractor – has rolled off the assembly line. This follows the start of assembly in 2014, in an investment valued at R600-million. →

Manufacturer launches new bushes material

By: Halima Frost 9th December 2022 High-performance plastic products manufacturer igus launched its new range of alternative bushes for the automotive sector at this year’s manufacturing, energy and logistics trade show, Hannover Messe 2022, held in Germany, May 30 to June 2. The bushes are made from igus’ new trademarked iglidur... →

A concept image of a car seat in grey with yellow bushes at all points where a bush would be use, made of iglidur H5 high-performance plastic

HIGH 5 The new iglidur H5 high-performance plastic developed by igus is used in bushes for various components components

Efficient storage for components

9th December 2022 Materials handling systems designer Conceptainer says its Thrift recyclable bulk collapsible bins, which weigh only 28 kg when empty, are an efficient system for the storage and transport of automotive components. The company adds that this includes plastic moulded parts and seat components, as... →

A black box with Thrift Box printed on the side

NIFTY THRIFTY The new Thrift box developed by Conceptainer is perfectly suited to the transport and storage of various automotive components

Metair performing well despite supply chain disruptions

By: Schalk Burger 5th December 2022 JSE-listed automotive and energy components manufacturer Metair says its verticals are performing well relative to their challenging operating environments, while also assuring shareholders that key projects remain on track in the automotive components vertical, despite the impact of global... →

Volvo Trucks delivers its first electric unit incorporating fossil-free steel

By: Irma Venter 2nd December 2022 Volvo Trucks has begun using fossil-free steel in its trucks, with the first electric vehicles incorporating fossil-free steel parts now being delivered to customers. “Our journey to net-zero emissions includes both making our vehicles fossil free in operation and, over time, fully replacing the... →

First new Ford Ranger assembled at Silverton plant, where Phase 2 solar project is in the works

By: Irma Venter 2nd December 2022 The first new Ranger – Job 1 – has been assembled at Ford’s Silverton plant in Pretoria. Production of the new-generation bakkie follows a R16-billion investment in the US car maker’s local operations and at its suppliers. →

Invicta achieves strong interim results

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 28th November 2022 Investment holding and management company Invicta Holdings has reported a strong set of results for the six months ended September 30, with headline earnings a share up 43% year-on-year to 268c. CEO Steven Joffe comments that Invicta again produced a robust performance in light of prevailing... →

Auto industry’s supply woes unlikely to end in 2023 – Schäfer

By: Irma Venter 25th November 2022 It seems unlikely that the supply-chain issues in the global automotive industry will be resolved in the next year, says Volkswagen passenger car brands global CEO and former Volkswagen South Africa (VWSA) CEO Thomas Schäfer. He notes that the semiconductor shortage is “still not over”, and that... →

FAW’s 10 000th truck rolls off the assembly line, production set to jump - CEO

By: Irma Venter 24th November 2022 The 10 000th truck assembled at FAW Trucks South Africa’s plant in Coega has rolled off the assembly line – a JH6 28.500FT, 6x4 AMT truck tractor. This follows the start of assembly in 2014, in an investment valued at R600-million. →

Image of FAW's 10 000th truck rolling off the assembly line in its Coega plant

VWSA looks to assemble third model at Kariega plant, local EV production may start by 2035 – new CEO

By: Irma Venter 18th November 2022 Polo and Polo Vivo production will continue in South Africa beyond 2025, confirms newly appointed Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) CEO and chairperson Martina Biene. However, the local arm of the German vehicle manufacturer will know in four to six weeks if it has secured production of a... →

First new Ford Ranger assembled at Pretoria plant; Phase 2 solar in the works

By: Irma Venter 16th November 2022 The first new Ranger – Job 1 – has been assembled at Ford’s Silverton plant in Pretoria. Production of the new-generation bakkie follows a R16-billion investment in the US car maker’s local operations and at its suppliers. →

Image of Job 1 at Ranger plant in Silverton plant

Job 1 at the Silverton plant

Auto industry’s supply woes unlikely to be resolved in 2023 – VW's Schäfer

By: Irma Venter 14th November 2022 It seems unlikely that the supply-chain issues in the global automotive industry will be resolved in the next year, says Volkswagen passenger car brands global CEO and former Volkswagen South Africa (VWSA) boss Thomas Schäfer. He notes that the semi-conductor shortage is “still not over”, and... →

Thomas Schäfer

Volvo Trucks SA plant starts Euro 5 assembly

By: Irma Venter 11th November 2022 Volvo Trucks South Africa (SA) has started assembly of Euro 5 specification trucks at its plant in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Euro 5 truck variants have been available in South Africa since 2012, but are now for the first time assembled locally. →

AIDC-EC enters into global partnerships to make auto sector more competitive

By: Irma Venter 11th November 2022 The Automotive Industry Development Centre Eastern Cape (AIDC-EC) has entered into partnerships with the Automotive Component Manufacturing Association of India (ACMA) and the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA). In terms of the agreements, JICA and ACMA will assist the AIDC-EC in... →

Manufacturing production up 2.9% y/y in Sept

By: Creamer Media Reporter 10th November 2022 Manufacturing production increased by 2.9% year-on-year in September, with the largest positive contributions made by the motor vehicles, parts and accessories and other transport equipment (43.2% and contributing 3.7 percentage points); and food and beverage (8.1% and contributing 1.9 percentage... →

EV switch needs certainty, policy framework – WesBank

By: Irma Venter 10th November 2022 “Capital investment in the local automotive industry, which includes the vehicle and asset finance houses, require certainty in policy frameworks so that [the industry] can make long-term predictions when getting involved in completely new projects such as the move to electric vehicles (EVs),”... →

Ghana Msibi

Bridgestone expands locally produced range with new bus, truck tyres

By: Irma Venter 8th November 2022 Bridgestone Southern Africa says that its Firestone FD833 and FS833 truck and bus radial tyres that were previously imported, are now fully manufactured at its plant in Brits, in the North West. This move is in line with the manufacturer’s strategy of localising some of its products for South... →

The Firestone FS833 tyre

Some Volvo models to feature bidirectional charging – meaning they can power your home

By: Irma Venter 4th November 2022 Certain Volvo models will feature bidirectional charging – meaning they can be used to power a home. The first of these models is the soon to be revealed fully electric EX90. →

VWSA looks to add third model to its plant; EVs should be made in SA by 2035 – new CEO

By: Irma Venter 4th November 2022 Polo and Polo Vivo production will continue in South Africa beyond 2025, confirms newly appointed Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) CEO and chairperson Martina Biene. However, the local arm of the German vehicle manufacturer will know in four to six weeks if it has secured production of a... →

Martina Biene

Software company uses tech to supply solutions

By: Halima Frost 4th November 2022 Software company SYSPRO Africa announced last month that it was completing the implementation a new software system – almost 100% remotely from South Africa – for a manufacturing and warehousing client, in North Africa. “Besides sending consultants to site as the job was completing to iron out... →

Fuso’s new electric eCanter unveiled, first test units to arrive in SA next year

By: Irma Venter 4th November 2022 Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has unveiled its next-generation all-electric light-duty eCanter truck. Since its launch in 2017 as the first series-produced truck of its kind in Japan, the vehicle has also been running in Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. →

SAVRALA votes Isuzu best manufacturer

By: Irma Venter 3rd November 2022 Isuzu has walked away with top honours in the Southern African Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association’s (SAVRALA’s) Manufacturer Of The Year (MOTY) awards. Now in its twenty-seventh year, the MOTY awards pay tribute to vehicle manufacturers for the level of service and support provided to SAVRALA... →

Nonprofit launched to assist schools, universities to build solar cars

By: Irma Venter 31st October 2022 Looking to enter a solar-car race, but lacking the funds, knowledge and experience? Newly launched nonprofit organisation (NPO), the South African Solar Car Development Foundation (SASCDF), says it aims to equip high-school learners and tertiary students with the tools to build a solar car,... →

Image of the TUT team car which won this year's Ilanga Cup Solar Challenge

The TUT team won this year's Ilanga Cup Solar Challenge

South Africa must accelerate to NEV manufacturing to ensure it can sustain industry

By: Schalk Burger 27th October 2022 There is still a lack of clarity about South Africa's investment drive to transform the automotive industry to make new energy vehicles (NEVs) and to prevent the industry from losing 80% of its vehicle and component manufacturing capacity to changing mobility technologies, Naamsa | the Automotive... →

Inaugural South Africa Auto Week highlights sector’s significance on continent

By: Marleny Arnoldi 26th October 2022 African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) secretary-general Wamkele Mene has said the automotive sector is at the heart of Africa’s industrialisation and can play a vital part in the global electric vehicle (EV) value chain once the trade regime is enacted. As of October, 44 of the 54... →

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