SAFETY / CAR CARE

Handicap International France on Friday sealed a partnership agreement with PSA Foundation on a road safety project in India. “We are very proud to enter into this partnership with Handicap International in India in a new territory where Groupe PSA and Citroën brand are based. The particularity of this programme ...

(Olaolu Olusina with Agency Report) A new report has listed Lagos as one of the worst cities to drive in the world as the study ranks the  commercial nerve centre of Nigeria #97 out of 100 best cities to drive world-wide.   The 2019 Driving Cities Index, released Thursday, in ...

  Scientists discovered that not only could rats be taught how to drive tiny rodent operated vehicles (ROVs), but through the learning process the fur-faced participants actually experienced lowered stress levels. The study, which was carried out by researchers from the Department of Psychology at the University of Richmond in ...

The BMW R1250 GSA   David Sanni   Coscharis Motors,  the sole franchisee of BMW vehicles and Motorrad in Nigeria,  recently welcomed Mariusz Sliwa to its showroom in Lekki,  Lagos while on tour of Africa in his BMW R1250 GSA.  BMW Motorrad’s vision is ambitious but simple: Becoming the most ...

Airports Company South Africa and BMW South Africa Friday announced the launch of BMW ChargeNow electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg; Cape Town International Airport, Cape Town and King Shaka International Airport, Durban. EVs accessing the BMW ChargeNow stations  will now enjoy exclusive parking bays ...

  Over the past three decades, the spread of the Internet has radically changed the world and everything it touches, including the automotive industry. Vehicle network connectivity features have changed the way we live, work and drive. Connected cars today have the power of 20 PCs and contain more than ...

Two-wheelers are the most vulnerable vehicles on the road. In fact, motorcyclists are 28 times more likely to die in an accident than a car occupant. Sara Assicurazioni and Ride Vision are partnering together to reduce these accidents and improve Italy’s overall road safety.  Motorcyclists insured by Sara Assicurazioni could ...

Autotalks, a world leader in V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication solutions, has successfully showcased its chipset’s conformance to the Chinese C-V2X standard and the Chinese OSCCA security standard in the first-ever large-scale interoperability demonstration of multi-brand C-V2X communication. This demo brought together over 20 automotive companies which formed about 50 demonstration teams ...

  Israeli startup, Hi Auto, is emerging out of stealth mode in order to demonstrate the world’s first audio-visual commercial solution for speaker separation and speech enhancement in vehicles, which is aimed at solving the reliability problem of voice-based vehicle control in noisy environments. Hi Auto has completed a $4.5 million ...

   When it comes to choosing the right tyre for their vehicles, consumers need to understand what to look for, says Dries Lottering, Manufacturing Renewal Executive, Bridgestone South Africa. “Tyres look pretty much alike, especially to the untutored eye, but it’s what goes into them that makes all the difference,” ...