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After becoming the first premium manufacturer to enter FIA Formula E Championship in 2016, Jaguar has created the world’s first production battery electric vehicle race series.  The Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY will be the support series for the FIA Formula E Championship, taking place on the same weekends at the same ...

Belgian-born Pierre Leclercq has been named by Kia Motors as its new Head of Styling. Leclercq, who is currently the Head of Design at Great Wall Motors Global and former Brand Design Chief, BMW M,  is expected to assume his new position at the end of September. He will be ...

Shell, through its subsidiary, Equilon Enterprises LLC, is to build seven new hydrogen refueling stations in northern California with a grant of $16,362,500 awarded by the California Energy Commission. The hydrogen refueling stations will be built in collaboration with Honda and Toyota, who will provide financial support, at seven Shell-branded ...

  PHOTOGRAPHS: QuickPic General Tire (GT), a brand of Continental Tyre South Africa (CTSA), is raising the bar in off-road performance as it builds on its proven performance in the replacement 4×4 tyre segment with an exciting new range of off-road tyres: the all-terrain Grabber AT3 and the extreme-terrain Grabber ...

Tiger Wheel & Tyre has expanded its tyre insurance offerings by adding two new products to its X-Sure® Tyre Insurance portfolio. The X-Sure® Gap and X-Sure® Comprehensive offerings are more than just complementary to the tried and trusted X-Sure® New and X-Sure® Used products; they fill in the blanks to ...

Fred Bengsch, a Director of Diesel-Electric, who has been deeply involved in the South African motor industry, has stressed the importance of Automechanika trade fairs to his company’s marketing mix. “Automechanika trade fairs for the automotive aftermarket are an integral part of Diesel-Electric’s marketing mix and the company has been ...

National Truck Manufacturers (NTM) Kano,Defense Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON),National Automobile Technician Association of Nigeria (NATA) Abuja and Kaduna,Twiton Crank shaft Manufacturers, Kaduna, KASTELEA  and many others have been confirmed to attend the maiden edition of the Kaduna Automotive Parts Exhibition and Stakeholders Conference scheduled to hold from October 4 ...

Afrit F6 Nampo4 (Photographs: QuickPic) With preparations for the 2017 edition of Automechanika Johannesburg scheduled to hold from September 27-30  reaching a fever point, indications have emerged that the fifth edition of the show being organised by Messe Frankfurt at the Johannesburg Expo Centre, Nasrec will feature new and exciting products ...

Organisers of the just concluded 2017 WesBank Motoring Experience, SA Shows Messe Frankfurt, are quite excited at the success of the show which held at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and Conference Centre from September 1-3, 2017. CEO, SA Shows Messe Frankfurt, Konstantin von Vieregge, said he’s quite excited at ...

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Thursday,  said it plans to start full production of the new Nissan LEAF at Nissan’s Vehicle Assembly Plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, and at Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd. in Sunderland, U.K., by the end of  2017. The move, according to the Japanese carmaker, is aimed at further strengthening its ...