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Hyundai on Thursday  announced its commitment to introduce 13 alternatively fueled vehicles by 2022, including six sedans and seven SUVs. Upcoming highlights from this eco-friendly commitment include a refreshed 2020 Ioniq Electric, Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid to be revealed later this month at the Los Angeles Auto Show. In addition, ...

Kia Motors Corporation has inaugurated a new public healthcare center in Ghana, the latest step in the company’s ‘Green Light Project’ global corporate social responsibility program that seeks to improve public health, education and skills in developing countries. More than 100 guests including Sungsoo Kim, Ambassador of the Embassy of ...

     Land Rover, the official vehicle partner of the Springboks and a Worldwide Partner of Rugby World Cup 2019, has welcomed home the winning squad and is proudly leading a Champions Trophy Tour roadshow around South Africa. A fleet of Rugby World Cup 2019-branded Land Rover Discoverys together with ...

    Mercedes-Benz sold 199,293 cars worldwide in October, thus surpassing the prior-year month, which had been the bestselling October for the brand with the three-pointed star, by more than 9,000 units (+4.9%). The growth in October was largely driven by the new A-Class Saloon and the new GLC. The ...

      David Sanni Hello Tractor,  a Nigerian digital platform and a farm equipment sharing application that connects tractor owners and smallholding farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, has emerged one of the two winners of the Bosch Africa Smart Mobility Competition. The second winner is BuuPass, a Kenyan start-up,  which ...

Volvo Buses has received the largest single order for electric buses in Europe. Volvo Buses will deliver 157 electric articulated buses to Transdev starting in 2020. The buses will operate on a number of routes in Gothenburg. With their introduction, emissions and noise will be significantly reduced, and the electric ...

Volvo Trucks on Wednesday  launched the  sales of its Volvo FL and Volvo FE electric trucks in selected markets within Europe, meeting the increasing demand for sustainable transport solutions in city environments. In the absence of exhaust emissions and with reduced noise levels from electric trucks offer huge potential in ...

In line with its commitment to improving education and empowering the youth, Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) has provided a new vehicle and 60 bicycles to assist local community organisations. On Friday 1 November, the company handed over a Volkswagen Caddy to the loveLife Youth Centre in KwaNobuhle, which is ...

Having made its international debut in Delhi, India in June this year, the all-new KIA Seltos compact SUV will make its South African debut in the second half of November 2019. Characterised by the distinctive design details and build quality KIA Motors is gobally renowned for, the Seltos is set ...

  _By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary–General   Our world seems to be changing faster than ever – technologically, environmentally, socially – and in so many other ways. It is hard for any of us to keep up with the astonishing pace and scale of developments, and their impact for better ...