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Mercedes-Benz Trucks has sent another fully-electric eActros onto the streets in the Rhine-Main region of  Germany. The heavy-duty truck will now be put through its paces by a logistics company, Rigterink Logistikgruppe,  in regular operations; primarily transporting foodstuffs in the inner-city traffic of Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Mainz and numerous ...

The Mercedes-Benz Concept EQV has completed its first urban journey. In the port of Barcelona, Spain, the concept vehicle showed that the electric future for premium MPVs is just around the corner. Recall that at the Geneva Motor Show early in March, the world’s first fully electric premium MPV was ...

As the maiden KIA South Africa national beach tennis championship is set to hold this weekend at the Badplaas Forever Resort in Mpumalanga, the organisers have released a list of eight men and women doubles teams ready to slug it out for the national title, with the winners continuing to ...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has appointed former Infiniti chairman, Christian Meunier, as the Global President of the Jeep Brand. Meunier also is appointed to the Company’s Group Executive Council (GEC). Meunier’s appointment, according to FCA, is with immediate effect. Meunier  joins  FCA  with  deep  global  automotive  experience,  serving  most  recently  as ...

  Being fashionably up-to-date at all times is a must for children today. After all, they want to reflect grown-ups at school, in their free time and during travelling. For the new 2019 Mercedes-Benz Collection, the designers have pulled out all the stops to create cool yet practical clothing, items ...

  Ahead of the plan to display Mahindra’s full range of farm equipment at this year’s NAMPO Harvest Festival in Bothaville from 13 to 15 May in the Free State, Mahindra South Africa has unveiled its fourth business line in the country by announcing the introduction of its range of ...

Altair Semiconductor, a leading provider of cellular IoT chipsets is partnering ERM Advanced Telematics, a global provider of automotive technology and IoT solutions, to develop a new range of low-powered and installation-free automotive IoT solutions. ERM’s new set of IoT and asset management solutions leverages Altair’s optimised cellular IoT chipsets ...

Elkem Silicones appears set to showcase its advanced materials for battery technology and electronic components at the Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo Europe 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany from May 7 to 9, 2019. This is as the company confirmed that its global technical team will present its solutions for ...

…Makes it three in a row, wins both Modified Saloon and Supercar categories   The Nissan GT-R has further confirmed its position as the most successful supercar at the Simola Hill Climb, after it was crowned champion in both the Modified Saloon and Supercar Categories in the 2019 competition. The ...

… Set to launch National Automotive Policy Emmanuel Yartey Ghana has taken a bold step towards providing the much needed raw materials for the various automobile assembly plants coming up not only in the country but across the West African sub-region. This is in line with the government’s new orientation ...