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Nigeria’s first indigenous auto plant, Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company Ltd (IVM), Nnewi, has re-stated its commitment to the vision of continuous investment in the production of top quality vehicles as needed in the Nigerian market and other African countries. The company also said that rather than soft-pedaling on this vision, ...

During the night shift on Monday, 19 February, the production team of Volkswagen Group Africa celebrated a milestone when the 1,5-millionth vehicle built for export in Kariega rolled off the line. The milestone vehicle, a Polo GTI destined for the United Kingdom, also marked the 21 165thvehicle built for export this ...

Foremost industrialist and Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing Company Limited (IVM}, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, CON, has been honoured by the Nigeia Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) for, among other things, pioneering the manufacture of Compressed Natural Gas {CNG}-powered vehicles in Nigeria. At a colourful ceremony held at Oriental Hotels, Lagos ...

Despite the economic downturn that is affecting manufacturing in Nigeria, Honda Automobile Western Africa Ltd is forging ahead  after 10 years of operation in Nigeria and eight years of SKD assembly, while the motorcycle arm continues in the same manner since 1979 when the factory was inaugurated. Although, its production output ...

• Reassures Geely Customers of Continued Support (By Olaolu Olusina) Changan, the leading Chinese vehicle brand, has found a home in Nigeria, and a comfortable one, for that matter. Fast-rising and leading automobile dealership, Mikano Motors, has given Changan, with its fascinating models, a warm embrace. The country’s automobile market, ...

Polestar has confirmed the successful start of production of Polestar 4, with first deliveries to customers in China expected before the end of 2023. Official launch in all other Polestar markets is planned for early 2024, with customer deliveries in these markets expected within the same year. The first production ...

JLR has confirmed that its state-of-the-art plant in Nitra, Slovakia, will produce electric vehicles as part of the company’s Reimagine Strategy that will see nine new electric vehicles launched by 2030. Announcing the news on the Slovakian plant’s fifth anniversary, Executive Director of Industrial Operations, Barbara Bergmeier hailed the incredible ...

The  53-year-old Turkish citizen, who is the suspect in the shooting attack at a Mercedes-Benz factory that left two people dead,  was staying silent and his motive remains unclear, German investigators said on Friday. There are “are no definite findings so far” as to what may have prompted the killings, ...

German police arrested a man who shot and killed two employees at a Mercedes-Benz factory site during production on Thursday, according to police. Both of the men killed at the site in Sindelfingen were aged 44, the policeman said. The Stuttgart public prosecutor’s office said it thought a single perpetrator was ...

Starting the month of March on a strong note, the Kariega plant of Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) built the 100 000th unit of the current Polo for the local market. The special milestone vehicle rolled off the production line on 1 March during the night shift. The Kariega plant has ...