TYRES / AUTO PARTS

Preparations are in top gear for the West Africa Automotive Show (WAAS), a new international trade exhibition, aimed at  bringing the region’s automotive parts industry together under one roof in Lagos. For three days in November,  about 100 exhibitors from Nigeria and other countries would be gathering to network, forge ...

  C2A Security, a global leader in automotive cybersecurity, Thursday in Frankfurt, Germany,  announced a comprehensive automotive security solution, developed in collaboration with NXP, utilizing NXP Semiconductors’ secure CAN (Controller Area Network) transceivers. Designed to provide comprehensive protection to help automotive OEMs get the upper hand on some of the ...

Bridgestone is using increasing amounts of technology to help fleet owners get the maximum use from their vehicles while reducing costs. Trucking and logistics businesses are facing severe challenges. Input costs like diesel and labour are steadily creeping up, and poor economic conditions mean that volumes are down. ‘ “The ...

  International automotive technology supplier, ERM Advanced Telematics , whose products are installed in more than five million vehicles worldwide, has been making progress since the expansion of its activities from telematics solutions for locating and tracking vehicles, drivers and passengers, to a complimentary field of IoT (Internet of Things). ...

Economic pressure is making South African motorists push their tyres much further than the safe threshold of their lifespan, leading to an increase in vehicle accidents. Dries Venter, Technical Manager at Bridgestone South Africa, explains how a multi-agency approach can help personal and business drivers make better decisions to save ...

Israeli startup, TriEye, whose Short-Wave-Infra-Red (SWIR) sensing technology enables vision in adverse weather and night-time conditions, has expanded its Series A round to $19 million with an investment from the German sports car manufacturer Porsche. The additional funding, according to a statement, will be used for ongoing product development and ...

  In what has been described as a milestone and a world’s first, Autotalks, a global leader in V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication solutions and China’s Datang, a leader in developing C-V2X communications standards and the provider of system solution of C-V2X, have successfully tested chipset-level interoperability of their respective solutions for C-V2X ...

    …as Top Performing Global Supplier   MANN+HUMMEL has been recognised as a top-performing global supplier at the 21st annual Ford World Excellence Awards which held in Dearborn, Michigan, last month. The award came just as the German supplier was honoured with a similar award by General Motors in ...

  Autotalks and NoTraffic have showcased their integrated mobility solution at the 7th EcoMotion Main Event, a show exhibiting Israel’s smart transportation sector, at the EXPO Exhibition Grounds in Tel Aviv on June 11. Autotalks, a world leader in V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication solutions, is supplying its chipset to NoTraffic‘s autonomous ...

MANN+HUMMEL, a leading global expert for filtration solutions, has been honoured  as a Supplier of the Year by General Motors. The honour was given during GM’s 27th annual ‘Supplier of the Year’ awards ceremony in Detroit last month. It is the 24th time MANN+HUMMEL has received the award. Speaking at the ...