Mixed start for commercial vehicle sales in 2020
The South African commercial vehicle market got off to a mixed start in 2020, recording a 4.4% year-on-year decline in overall sales in January.
According to the latest combined results
released by the National Association...
TruckX 2017 promises action and adrenalin with a high octane line-up on and off...
Action packed and adrenalin filled, TruckX 2017 at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit promises fast delivery of a wealth of information, insights and excitement for transport operators, fleet managers, logistics providers and anyone with an interest in efficient mobility.
Incorporating...
Volvo Trucks South Africa committed to vehicle uptime
Volvo Trucks South Africa understands the importance of keeping your vehicle on the road and ensuring its uptime. To this end, Volvo Trucks South Africa is committed to decreasing the downtime of its customer’s vehicles and reducing the total...
Mitsubishi targets business users with new single cab Triton 
Mitsubishi Motors launches the start of the facelifted Triton range rollout to the South African market. The most notable introduction of the range is the exterior design cues for the modernised single cab triton GL, which includes...
Volvo Trucks starts local LNG testing
Volvo Trucks Southern Africa has brought in two Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) trucks to be used for local testing. These gas-powered trucks have specifically been developed for heavy regional and long-haul operations.
"Many of...
Hino achieves best Dakar rally position in 11 years
Hino, the leading Japanese truck manufacturer, scored its best finishing position in the Dakar Rally in the last 11 years when Teruhito Sugawara and his navigator, Mitsugu Takahashi, finishing sixth overall out of only 19 finishers from 44 starters...
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...
First Citaro hybrid buses leave the factory
On 22 December, the first new Citaro hybrid buses left the factory and will gradually go into service with Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen AG (SSB). They will be used to carry passengers on inner-city routes in Stuttgart. Based on the hybrid technology recently...
Technology in the supply chain – does it threaten jobs?
We cannot ignore the technological evolution of work across business. Globally, things are changing, fast, and so is the way we do things.
The emergence of concepts influenced by technology such as ‘drop and collect’, digitallogistics that facilitates paperless, high-speed,...
Engen continues to walk-the-walk at Nampo 2018
Billed as the biggest agricultural show in the southern hemisphere, Nampo has since its inception in 1966 provided many great moments in the recent history of South African agriculture.
The annual Nampo Harvest Day is a forum for the majority...
