Ctrack to shine light on SMB product at 2018 Festival of Motoring
Telematics and vehicle tracking specialists, Ctrack, will exhibit their wares at the 2018 Festival of Motoring (FOM), which takes place from 31 August to 2 September, at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Johannesburg.
The 2018 Festival of Motoring is...
Take precaution in the midst of SA’s hijacking surge
With an ever-increasing number of hijackings reported across South Africa, it is an unfortunate reality that motorists are at risk of facing this commonly violent criminal act when commuting on a daily basis.
This is according to Greig Hains -...
SqwidNet and Altron’s Netstar sign partnership agreement
Augmenting traditional tracking with IoT
Netstar, a subsidiary of JSE-listed Altron, has concluded a partnership with SqwidNet, the Sigfox Operator in South Africa. The agreement will see Netstar, the pioneer of the stolen vehicle tracking and recovery (SVR) industry in...
Ford Ranger Production Hits the 500 000 Milestone in South Africa
Ford Motor Company’s Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria has reached a significant milestone with the assembly of the 500 000th current generation Ford Ranger.
The half-millionth unit, a Wildtrak 3.2 Double Cab, was fittingly painted in the range-topping model’s distinctive and exclusive...
The benefits of web-interfacing technology in truck weighing applications
One of the main challenges of truck weighing is keeping track of and properly utilizing scale data. There are numerous reasons to keep track of all the data stored by scales used in weighing on a daily basis, such...
New dawn for Laser Group with BBBEE deal
One of South Africa’s largest independent logistics companies, the Laser Group (Pty) Ltd, has concluded a significant BBBEE transaction making it one of only a few in the sector that is majority black-owned.
The transaction, settled on July 30, saw...
Hino SA fares well in two recent truck surveys
Hino fared very well in two recent surveys of truck companies in South Africa. These were the Scott Byers Network’s Comparative Customer Satisfaction Monitor (CCSM) and the Dealer Satisfaction Index (DSI) conducted under the auspices of the National Automobile...
IVECO Daily celebrates 40 years of success
The Daily, crowned International Van of the Year 2018 for its sustainable Daily Blue Power family, celebrates its 40th Anniversary.
First launched in 1978, the Daily revolutionised light commercial transport with its truck-derived chassis with rear traction and independent front...
TruckX featured on Ignition
The very successful TruckX event, recently hosted by The Future Group at Kyalami, was featured on the Ignition DSTV channel. If you did not catch the programme on TV, don't stress as it is available to view on YouTube...
Extra heavies pull commercial vehicle sales
The South African commercial vehicle market recorded a very marginal year-on-year increase of 0.1% at the end of July, to reach 14 853 new units sales so far in 2018. The biggest growth occurred in the Extra Heavy Commercial Vehicle...
