German Ski Association turns to MAN

MAN Truck & Bus has presented two TGXs to the German Ski Association (DSV) as the country’s ski season officially opens. The 500hp TGXs are...

Maintaining up time

Rowlands Peters, head of Daimler’s FleetBoard Division, offers insights in to the telematics system’s success in South Africa. Ryan de Smidt reports Telematics systems have...

Using jamming detection against hijackings

As signal jamming has the ability to prevent a telematics unit from broadcasting its position to the service provider, it is being increasingly used...

What a learning curve!

KwaZulu-Natal based truck driver Dharmendra Arejune recently represented South Africa at the world finals of the Volvo Trucks Driver’s Fuel Challenge in Sweden. Competing against...

New Sprinter delivers more

Mercedes-Benz has expanded its Sprinter range to include a new variant with a permissible gross vehicle weight of 5,5-tons, representing an increased payload of...

Looking into trucking’s future

Bosch took the opportunity at the recent International Truck Show in Hannover to highlight its truck of the future, the VisionX. Simultaneously the company...

Canadian post for MBSA’s Nicolette Lambrechts

Mercedes-Benz South Africa has announced that Nicolette Lambrechts, vice-president of its Vans Division, has been appointed to a similar position in Canada, effective from...

Uber launches Uber Freight

Following its acquisition of self-driving truck company, Otto, earlier this year, Uber in the United States aims to service the long-haul sector with a...

Beyond industry standards

Sebokeng Fuels has recently been awarded prestigious Shell RT Pillar certification It is not very often that one company is accredited across two different industries...

People moving up…

Recent appointments made within South Africa’s auto and related sectors…   Mercedes-Benz South Africa Jasper Hafkamp has been appointed Executive Director of Daimler Trucks & Buses’ Regional...