Safety Managers in Nigeria have been charged  to observe minimum safety standards by transport operators to protect the lives of the passengers and safety of the vehicles. The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi , gave the charge , Wednesday, while declaring open a ...

STUTTGART – In furtherance of its strategic future initiative adVANce Mercedes-Benz Vans invests in Starship Technologies, the world’s leading start-up company for the development of ground-based, autonomous delivery robots. As lead investor, Mercedes-Benz Vans participates in the 16.5 million euro financing round (convertible note). The two companies already introduced the so-called mothership concept back in September 2016. ...

Hyundai Motor America, an official NFL sponsor and the reigning 2016 USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter winner, said it is returning for the second year to the Super Bowl LI with an even more ambitious and creative programme that will mark several Super Bowl breakthroughs. The company said it ...

The umbrella body of auto makers in the country – the Nigeria Automotive Manufacturers Association (NAMA) – has described Federal Government’s ban on the importation of vehicles through the land borders as cheering news for the economy, insisting that the country loses a lot of revenue through such routes. NAMA ...

Nigeria, Jan. 16, 2017 – With most smartphone owners saying they use navigation apps while driving, Ford Motor Company is introducing new SYNC® AppLink™ capability that will project navigation apps directly from a smartphone to the vehicle touch screen. Sygic Car Navigation is first to take advantage of the new ...

Safety issues bordering on fire incidents have forced Ford South Africa to issue a safety recall for  a total of 4, 556 Kuga models equipped with the 1.6-litre engine. The carmaker said the recall would enable it address an engine overheating condition that could cause a fire on the models built ...

Toyota’s Mirai fuel cell vehicle (FCV) Davos, Switzerland―17th January 2017: Thirteen leading energy, transport and industry companies have today launched a global initiative to voice a united vision and long-term ambition for hydrogen to foster the energy transition. In the first global initiative of its kind, the ‘Hydrogen Council’ is ...

  It’s really a smart move and it’s coming from the pioneer of urban mobility, smart, a division of Mercedes-Benz Cars . Smarting from its presentation at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, smart’s latest service, ‘smart ready to share’, which makes private car sharing as simple, ...

Hyundai Automotive South Africa has expanded its popular i20 range with the addition of a new 1,4-litre engine derivative, fitted with an automatic gearbox and an attractive package of standard features. The new i20 1.4 Motion Automatic, with a recommended retail price of R249 900, takes its slot in the ...

Car dealers in Abuja have called on the Federal Government to reduce customs duties of imported cars and to formulate policies to encourage Nigerians to patronise locally assembled  vehicles. The dealers told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday that high customs duties and the high exchange rate of ...