Volvo Trucks’ continual road safety initiative for children

The initiative, called Stop, Look, Wave is specifically aimed at helping children understand how to best behave around trucks, buses and cars, and to ultimately keep them safe on the roads. According to the South African Journal of Science, pedestrians...

Proposed new Automotive Code of Conduct will be catastrophic for Motor Industry

According to Mark Dommisse, National Chairperson of the National Automobile Dealers’ Association (NADA), the proposed new Code of Conduct will have significant negative implications for the industry and a requirement for shared thinking is critical. "NADA and its members fully...

Sumitomo Rubber Unveils R970 million Tyre Production Facility in Ladysmith

Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (PTY) LTD (SRSA), manufacturer of the popular Dunlop, Sumitomo and Falken tyre brands, officiallylaunched its new, state-of-the-artTruck and Bus Radial (TBR) factory in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday, 02 October 2018. This second phase of SRSA’s multi-billion-rand...

Fuel increases ‘catastrophic’ says AA

Fuel users are facing unprecedented price increases in October. This is according to the Automobile Association (AA) which was commenting on unaudited month-end fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund (CEF). "These increases are catastrophic for road users,"...

Multiple technologies needed for fossil-free future says Scania

Battery electric vehicles will be instrumental in achieving a fossil-free commercial transport system by 2050 in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. However, biofuels used in internal combustion engines constitute the best near-term...

Opel Combo coming to SA in March 2019

Opel just announced that their range of Combo commercial vehicles will be brought to South Africa in early 2019. And, as if that wasn't good enough news, the Opel Combo Cargo has received the coveted IVOTY (International Van of...

Electric trucks in action – MAN and CNL begin practical testing

Joachim Drees, chairman of the Executive Board of Man Truck & Bus AG, and his board colleague Dr. Ulrich Dilling, responsible for production and logistics, handed over the first electric trucks of the type MAN eTGM at the Steyr...

Successfully operating forklifts

The thin line between success and failure of forklifting operations can most often be traced back to the quality of advice offered by the equipment supplier at the time of the original purchase. With a bewildering amount of types of...

Hyva makes a key step in Electric Mobility with the new E-Power Crane

Hyva, the world market leader in Front End Cylinders and one of the top global players in equipment for Lifting & Loading and the Environmental industry, is making a key step the market for electric solutions with a new...

Volvo Trucks presents its future transport solution

Volvo Trucks presented a new transport solution consisting of autonomous electric commercial vehicles which contribute to a much more efficient, safer and cleaner transportation solution.  This piece of information was made available at the Volvo Group Innovation Seminar which...

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