TEST-DRIVES

Toyota South Africa, Friday, announced the cancellation of all bookings and appointments for media test-drive and new model launch and drop-off as the country’s 21-day lockdown to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus kicks off. An official statement from the company’s Communications  Team to the media on Friday said: “Around ...

    Land Rover’s television commercial for the new Defender demonstrates its capability on tough terrain. The commercial features an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at what to expect from the new Defender in No Time To Die, a James Bond film scheduled to be released in April. The rehearsal footage included ...

At an exclusive event at the TEC Equipment dealership in Fontana, California, Volvo Trucks offered a first look at its North American Class 8 battery-electric project trucks. In Europe, Volvo Trucks recently started sales of electric trucks for urban transports and demonstrated electric concept trucks for construction operations and regional ...

    Cooperative mobility is set to be propelled by the mass adoption of Long-Term Evolution (LTE Uu) vehicle connections and investment in roadside infrastructure connectivity. Shipments of vehicles that can communicate with LTE networks and road traffic agents will reach 62 million by the end of 2020 and over 97 million ...

It’s no secret that MINI offers drivers an unrivalled exhilarating go-kart feel, transforming even the most mundane journey into something much more fun. The BMW Group has identified digital mobility services as one of the fields to advance as part of its NUMBER ONE> NEXT strategy. With its increased commitment ...

  Nissan’s world-leading expertise in electric vehicles and top-class motorsport experience have seamlessly come together in the Nissan LEAF NISMO RC – an exhilarating showcase of the power, innovation and excitement of Nissan electric vehicle technology. The all-wheel-drive LEAF NISMO RC  touched down in Europe for the first time at ...

  Mercedes-Benz is really stepping up its game just as it is living up to its number one position in the luxury segment. On Friday, the Stuttgart-based luxury carmaker opened its new G-Class Experience Centre on the former Nittner aerodrome, around 15 kilometres south of Graz, Austria, less than a ...

From left:  Sabine Dall’Omo, CEO of Siemens for South and Eastern Africa; Soraya Hakuziyaremye, Rwanda Minister of Trade and Industry; Edouard Ngirente, Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda;  Thomas Schaefer, Head of Volkswagen Sub Saharan Africa and Managing Director of Volkswagen South Africa; and Michaella Rugwizangoga, CEO of Volkswagen Mobility ...

Autotalks, a world leader in V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication solutions, has successfully showcased its chipset’s conformance to the Chinese C-V2X standard and the Chinese OSCCA security standard in the first-ever large-scale interoperability demonstration of multi-brand C-V2X communication. This demo brought together over 20 automotive companies which formed about 50 demonstration teams ...