Auto Report Africa

    Valentine Okolo, author of the thought provoking poetry book: I Will Be Silent, talks on Rape, Genocide, and the Power of Words, in this encounter with Godwin Iheancho. Excerpts:      Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?  I got it from the title of ...

    Ghanaian Minister for Trade and Industry , Alan John Kyerematen, last week, paid a working visit to the Volkswagen Ghana Assembly Facility in Accra, which is in its first phase.     The visit was to inspect progress being made at the Assembly Plant in furtherance of the ...

  The potential social, commercial and environmental benefits of autonomous mobility that have the capability to transform gridlocked and polluted cities are not being realised quickly enough. So says Project ASLAN, a new international not-for-profit collaboration between commercial enterprise, leading technology universities, transport authorities and self-driving hardware and software engineers drawn from around ...

    Chairman of Resort International Limited, parent company of Bi-Courtney Limited, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services and Stabillini Visinoni, Dr Wale Babalakin (SAN),  has said neither he nor his companies enjoyed any preferential treatment from the regime of former president Olusegun Obasanjo and the successive governments. He stated this in an ...

 The new Peugeot 208 Rally 4 roared into action this weekend in Portugal  following its  launch at the beginning of the year. Almost 100 firm orders have been placed for the new car following its launch and Peugeot Sport has been busy making sure that its customers receive their machines ...

    The Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, Saturday in Austria, locked out the front row for the 2020 F1 season opener.     This came as: Valtteri claimed his 12th pole position in Formula One – his first of the 2020 season and third in Austria Lewis qualified P2, just ...

    Reduced hours on the road because of economic challenges at many companies may result in the retaining of vehicles for longer than normal. While always important, this places additional pressure on fleet operators to ensure that vehicles are properly cared for, on and off the road, and can ...

    Volkswagen Motorsport, Thursday,  unveiled its new Global Touring Cars (GTC) racing car through a virtual event which was streamed live on social media.      Volkswagen Motorsport’s new GTC racing car is built using the Golf 8 GTI body.     “For the past four years, we have ...

    The BMW Group is stepping up its e-mobility ramp-up and setting new standards for the transformation of the industry with its production. Today, at its largest European manufacturing location in Dingolfing, the company opened the Competence Centre for E-Drive Production. Having produced electric powertrain components in Dingolfing since ...

    KIA Motors South Africa has expanded its LCV offering with the introduction of the new KIA Picanto Runner, a compact and cost-effective urban delivery vehicle offering all the comfort, convenience and safety features the Picanto is known for, combined with the practicality of a functional load bay. Whatever ...