Toyota is bringing three Mirai fuel cell electric cars (FCEVs) to Canada as the Mirai awareness campaign kicked off last weekend at the 2017 Montréal International Auto Show. The move by the Japanese car maker is in continuation of its hydrogen-powered future awareness campaign, which would be followed by other major ...

Daniël Kotze is a diesel mechanic who lives with his family in the West Coast hamlet of Vanrynsdorp, a stone’s throw from Vredendal, some 270 kilometres up the N7 from Cape Town, South Africa. Described as “a walking KB encyclopedia” because of his knowledge of Isuzu KB bakkie from generation ...

Toyota has signed an agreement with four organisations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a collaborative research programme to create an hydrogen-based society in the Emirates.  The agreement follows the recent inauguration of the “Hydrogen Council” in Davos by 13 global automotive and oil companies in a bid to explore the ...

The 2017 Hyundai Sonata and 2017 Santa Fe Sport have made the BestRide.com’s list of BestRides in 2016, according to a statement issued in Fountain Valley, California headquarters of Hyundai Motor America. The statement said in two of the most competitive segments in the entire industry, the Sonata was a ...

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 ...