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FUSO’s first assembly plant in West Africa has opened in Lagos, Nigeria. Located at the facility of CFAO along the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway in the Amuwo Odofin Industrial Area of Lagos,  the plant is owned by the CFAO Group, through its subsidiary, CFAO Equipment, the sole distributor of the FUSO brand ...

Coscharis Motors , a foremost automobile dealer in Nigeria and sole representative of globally respected iconic auto brands like Ford, BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Morris Garages (MG), etc, in Nigeria, has partnered with Jumia, the largest online shop in Africa to present the most exciting Black Friday shopping experience so ...

Groupe Renault and Al-Futtaim Monday signed definitive agreements for the exclusive assembly and distribution of Renault vehicles in Pakistan. “Groupe Renault is delighted to extend its international footprint by entering Pakistan, a fast-growing market with a 10% annual growth rate. By partnering with Al-Futtaim, a very professional and renowned automotive ...

Toyota said it will be rolling out an electric vehicle under the Toyota brand in the Chinese market in 2020 even as it stressed that the scope of a fuel-cell vehicle feasibility study will be expanded to cover commercial vehicles such as buses. For years, Toyota has developed China-made hybrid ...

Nissan is set to become the first Japanese automotive brand to compete in the all-electric FIA Formula E racing championship starting in 2018. The move to participate in the growing Formula E series gives Nissan a highly visible global platform from which to spread the message of Nissan Intelligent Mobility ...

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) have executed the second and final phase of an Alternative Financing Agreement. A statement signed by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, on Sunday in Abuja said the agreement was signed in London, over the ...

  The Toyota Mobility Foundation, in partnership with Nesta’s Challenge Prize Centre, has launched a $4 million global challenge to change the lives of people with lower-limb paralysis, culminating in the unveiling of the winners in Tokyo in 2020. The Mobility Unlimited Challenge is seeking teams around the world to create game-changing technology that will help radically improve ...

Jaguar Land Rover has taken a big leap closer to bringing an intelligent vehicle to reality as it is taking part in the recent real-world UK’s first road tests for autonomous and connected vehicles .  The exercise taking place in Coventry  is the first on-road tests for self-driving Jaguar Land ...

  Toyota has entered into an agreement with Special Olympics International to become a Global Partner. The partnership signing ceremony was held at the Tokyo office of Toyota and was attended by Special Olympics Chairman Timothy Shriver, Toyota President Akio Toyoda, Special Olympics Nippon President and CEO Yuko Arimori and ...

In what has been described as an ambitious move, Hyundai has   restated its commitment  to its plan to introduce  eight new or re-engineered crossover utility vehicles (CUVs) to the United States by the year 2020 . The ambitious plan was revealed at a media briefing hosted at the Hyundai ...