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Kia Motors Nigeria Restates Commitment to Meeting Local Demands

Kia Motors Nigeria has restated its commitment to meeting the local demands of Nigerians with the capacity to also export its Made-in-Nigeria vehicles to neighbouring countries. Kia restated this in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday, stressing that as an advocate of the country’s auto policy and a major ...

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41 Auto Technicians Graduate from CG-Eko LLP Training Academy

Forty-one auto technicians graduated, Friday, August 4, at the maiden convocation ceremony of CG-Eko LLP Training Academy, a sister company of  Coscharis Motors Plc,  held at the school’s premises in Ikeja, Lagos. The graduands, who have successfully gone through a two-year automobile training at the Academy, are from the first ...

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Eicher Pro Series Trucks Move to Change the Game in South Africa

Indications have emerged that the Eicher Pro Series trucks are set to change the game in the South African transport industry. The Eicher Pro Series,  which promises class-leading fuel efficiency, superior uptime and minimum maintenance, was launched recently at a colourful ceremony on the opening day of TruckX, Africa’s premier ...

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50 Years of NEOPLAN Skyliner: Loyal Since Day One

When the NEOPLAN Skyliner was introduced in 1967, it immediately gained countless fans as the world’s first double-decker coach. Among them, Voyages Leroy. The Belgian tour operator bought the first double-decker in Belgium. Since then, it has bought every subsequent model. Right from the first moment, Francis Delmuelle, the owner ...

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NADDC to Organise Automotive Design Competition

The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC)  said it will soon kick-start a nationwide Automotive Design Competition to engage and promote the incredible creative and innovative talents of the Nigerian youth. Already, a local organising committee to chart the way forward for the competition has been constituted by the ...

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Finally, Toyota Seals Deal with Mazda on Business, Capital Partnership

Toyota and Mazda on Friday finally sealed their deal on a business and capital alliance thus bringing to a fruitful end two years of collaborative and deliberate discussions on a partnership aimed at creating new types of value for future mobility and achieving further sustainable growth between the Japanese auto ...

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Kia Hands over Secondary School, Healthcare Centre to Local Communities in Tanzania, Malawi

Kia Motors Corporation has handed over a community-run school to a local community in Tanzania and a healthcare centre in Malawi. These are the latest facilities to be constructed and opened under Kia’s ‘Green Light Project’ corporate social responsibility programme. Kia’s Green Light Project – a global social mobility program ...

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FleetFirst Makes a Debut in South Africa on TrenTyre’s Platform

  FleetFirst, a tyre management solution offered by Goodyear, has made a debut in the South African market in what has been described as a first for the country. FleetFirst is being introduced into the local market by TrenTyre, a subsidiary of Goodyear, one of the world’s largest tyre companies ...

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Volvo, Geely Agree on Technology Sharing , Float LYNK & Co.

  Volvo Cars and Geely Holding, the Chinese car group, Friday completed the formation of two new entities to share existing and future technology and provide the economies of scale that will allow them to more rapidly develop next generation electrified vehicle technology.  The agreements, signed at a ceremony in ...

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Ford GT Delivers Ultimate Race Car for the Road

      The all-new Ford GT delivers the thrill of the Le Mans-winning race car for drivers on the road, using more than 50 different sensors to monitor vehicle performance and behaviour, external environment, and driver inputs for an optimised driving experience – alongside road car comfort and convenience. ...

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