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Hyundai Motor Group has disclosed that future Hyundai, Kia vehicles are to come with smartphone – based EV performance control technology, an industry first innovation, which allows drivers to adjust seven major performance features through their smartphones. The development of  the ‘smartphone–electric vehicle pairing based performance adjustment technology,’ allows users ...

  Mike Whitfield is the Managing Director, Nissan Group of Africa. In this article, he stresses the need for OEM investment to realise the full potential of Africa’s auto industry, citing the case of Nissan as example. Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has identified an increase in local vehicle manufacturing as key ...

Former Chief Performance Officer for Nissan Motor Corporation and Chairman of Nissan China, José Muñoz,  is the new global Chief Operating Officer for Hyundai Motor Company . Munoz, who is also to oversee the operations of Hyundai Motor in America, will oversee global operations strategies and their implementation. His focus ...

There was great excitement in the South African auto industry , Tuesday, as the BMW Group South Africa opened a new R260m campus at Midrand, Gauteng. The Midrand Campus now consists of BMW Group South Africa’s head office, BMW Financial Services, a new Dealer Training Centre, office space for an ...

 It was celebration time in Dearborn Thursday as Ford marked Mustang’s 55th anniversary on the National Mustang Day, with enthusiasts everywhere celebrating the world’s best-selling sports coupe for the fourth consecutive year.  From Australia to Peru, Mustang reigns as the best-selling sports coupe in the world for 2018, selling 113,066 cars, ...

    Weststar Associates Limited, authorised general distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Nigeria, in collaboration with Auto Alternative Nigeria Limited, the authorised representative of Marcopolo in Nigeria, Wednesday, launched the new generation Marcopolo Paradiso 1350 bus into the local market at an impressive ceremony in Lagos. The introduction of the bus ...

Karhoo, the marketplace dedicated to urban mobility that connects fleets and customers worldwide, has won the prestigious European Startup Gold Prize for mobility at an awards ceremony in Brussels. The young company emerged as the breakthrough innovation with the most potential to shape the mobility landscape in Europe and around the world. ...

  There is no doubting the fact that Jaguar XE SV Project 8 is the world’s fastest four-door sedan . But the news is that the luxury road machine has added a new lap record to its growing list of global achievements. The stock, standard Jaguar Project 8 lapped the ...

    Things are really looking up for Nissan South Africa as the parent company on Wednesday announced a R3 billion investment in its facility in Rosslyn, Pretoria. This , according to the Japanese automaker, is to prepare the plant for production of the next generation Nissan Navara pickup which ...

 Passive and active thermal management are key technologies among electric vehicles that use high-capacity batteries, a recent report by Frost & Sullivan has indicated. Battery capacity has increased by more than 50kWh across all plug-in hybrid/battery electric vehicles (PHEVs/BEVs), and 150+kW batteries now come with fast-charging capabilities. These advances in battery technologies ...