ASSEMBLY PLANTS

LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company) Monday announced the start of production for its new electric van, VN5. The new model is designed, engineered and manufactured at LEVC’s award-winning production plant in Ansty, Coventry – the UK’s only dedicated electric vehicle factory. From the makers of the world’s most iconic taxi, VN5 is the company’s ...

    The locally assembled Ford Ranger has emerged victorious in the 2020 AA-Kinsey Report on parts pricing, achieving the lowest total cost of service, repair and replacement parts in the popular double cab segment. The Ranger also ranked as the lowest parts basket as a percentage of selling price, ...

    The British premium automobile manufacturer MINI is driving forward with the realignment of its model range, with a clear focus on drivetrain technologies, vehicle segments and services of the future.     At the centre of this realignment is the expansion of electromobility, enhanced commitment in the crossover ...

Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) will, Thursday, October 29,  host what promises to be an engaging and informative webinar to coincide with Transport Month this October. The webinar will also be relevant to the impact of COVID-19 on driving behaviour and social conduct. Speaker line-up and areas of ...

  To follow Friday’s debut of the New 500 to the Italian press, the FCA Group is opening the doors of its historic Mirafiori plant in Turin, where, every day, the women and men of FCA create this gem of technology, now ready to revolutionize tomorrow’s world ofmobility with its ...

  Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) has significantly boosted the appeal of the Ranger XL line-up with the launch of an enticing range of new options comprising an attractive Sport Pack, useful side steps and an eight-inch touchscreen display for the infotainment system. “The Ranger XL is our ...

200.000 BMW i3, production at BMW Group plant Leipzig The BMW i3 (combined fuel consumption: 0.0 l/100 km; combined power consumption: 13.1 kWh/100 km; combined CO2 emissions: 0 g/km) is sustainably on course for success – in both senses of the word. Almost seven years after its market launch, the purely electrically powered ...

Isuzu Motors South Africa (IMSA) has made many changes to some of its most popular models this year . Confirming this at a virtual media briefing earlier this week,  Dominic Rimmer, Senior Vice President, Technical Operations said, “despite challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and the national lockdown, the engineering ...

    Volvo Group’s American subsidiary, Mack Trucks, said it plans to commercialize the Mack® LR Electric, its revolutionary refuse model equipped with a fully electric integrated Mack drivetrain. Orders for the Mack LR Electric,it disclosed, will open in Q4 2020, with deliveries beginning in 2021. “Mack’s leadership in the ...

Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) has launched a new Wheel and Tyre Facility at its Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria as part of its ongoing drive to improve production efficiencies and capacity. The Silverton Assembly Plant produces the Ranger pickup and Everest sport utility vehicle (SUV) for domestic sales ...