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CHARGE taking EVs off-grid in the North West

CHARGE has commissioned the first of its impressive off-grid EV charging stations in the North West. Located on the N12 between Klerksdorp and Wolmaransstad,…

eActros 300 and Zimi Charge creates EV win for Bakers

eActros 300 is an EV truck that can potentially move most of what South Africans need more efficiently. But how much cheaper is it…

Carlos Tavares exit doesn’t solve Stellantis issues

Carlos Tavares will have his most leisurely end-of-year break in years, but employees at the world’s fourth-largest car company probably won’t. The Portuguese-born, French-educated…

What is Northvolt worth for German car companies?

Northvolt needs $1.2bn to continue operations. It’s a telling number after the Swedish battery manufacturer secured $15bn in funding, which has delivered none of…

Jaguar rebranding creative is crazy – good?

Jaguar. The ‘J’ bit of JLR is struggling. And that’s being kind. All its Le Mans racings wins, gorgeous E-Type memories and heroic XJ220…

German luxury cars require a rethink for China

For German car companies, China’s luxury car market has devolved from secure future profits to disastrous income losses. With its powerful economy and a…

Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion

Donald Trump has had a resurgent year. Tesla? Not so much. The Cybertruck sales aren’t tracking initial reservation demand and full autonomous self-driving functionality…

Vivo update – a big safety gain

Polo Vivo has been South Africa’s most popular passenger car for many years. Like its progenitor, the Citi Golf, it’s a case of very…

Safer Swift due this Spring

Swift was the model that anchored Suzuki’s return to South Africa in 2008. At a time when Toyota had exited RunX, there was nothing…

Nvidia isn’t hype for automotive engineers

Nvidia earnings were the most anticipated financial services event of the year. As the world’s most valuable publicly traded company by market capitalization, you…

Pick-up trucks and Tesla-Trump politics

EVs have never been a core issue in American elections. The American auto industry’s Big Three make profits from large pick-up trucks and ladder-frame…

The F1 risk for Audi

Car companies and F1. There’s no average outcome – either you win or suffer brand depreciation. The allure of is obvious. The glamour, technical…

Virtual twins create better cars

Virtual twins are a design concept often seen in persuasive presentations in the automotive industry boardrooms. As legacy OEMs struggle to match the product…

Le Mans or F1? The question for Chinese OEMs

Le Mans and F1. Two very different interpretations of what the pinnacle of circuit motorsport represents. Despite the differences, both formulae must embrace powertrain…

eActros trucks to electrify local logistics

eActros is a moment for Mercedes-Benz. For decades, the brand’s trucks have been used in light, medium, and severe duty trucking logistics, connecting goods…

EV Map for greener road trips

Nobody envisages their dream African vacation becoming a logistical issue. But the tyranny of geography and infrastructure are real issues. For adventure travellers, the…

Supercharger network loses its leadership

Tesla and its Supercharger network is adored and revered by technologists and disrupters, with good reason. Legacy American and German car companies, the traditional…

R3 is the rightsizing of EV design

R3 and R3x are the design disruption EV product planners need to understand. The two most compelling EV car companies are a curious antithesis…

Ranger designers rethink mixed reality

Ford’s T6 series platform has truly become the brand’s global car of the 2020s. Everest and Ranger are built on the advanced T6.1 series…

Suzuki’s remarkable South African redemption

Suzuki has a long history in South Africa, but its car business is a story of interruption. The Japanese compact car brand disengaged from…

Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa’s EV battery future

Zimbabwe and Mozambique have an abundance of materials required for building automotive grade EV batteries. But where are they going to be made? The…

Porsche powers ahead with EV-only Macan

Porsche SUVs. They’re respected but not adored. For followers of the world’s most iconic German car brand, SUVs are tolerated. A brand sacrifice to…

Budget speech misses NEV promise – again

Any budget is challenging. Whether it’s your household expenditure, that yearend vacation planning or long-term savings goals. But being responsible for allocating and sharing…

Huawei’s All-Optical smart-home showcase unleashes a new era of home connectivity in Africa

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CHARGE taking EVs off-grid in the North West

eActros 300 and Zimi Charge creates EV win for Bakers

Carlos Tavares exit doesn’t solve Stellantis issues

News

CHARGE taking EVs off-grid in the North West

eActros 300 and Zimi Charge creates EV win for Bakers

Carlos Tavares exit doesn’t solve Stellantis issues

What is Northvolt worth for German car companies?

Jaguar rebranding creative is crazy – good?

German luxury cars require a rethink for China

Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion

Vivo update – a big safety gain

Safer Swift due this Spring

Nvidia isn’t hype for automotive engineers

Pick-up trucks and Tesla-Trump politics

The F1 risk for Audi

Virtual twins create better cars

Le Mans or F1? The question for Chinese OEMs

eActros trucks to electrify local logistics

EV Map for greener road trips

Supercharger network loses its leadership

R3 is the rightsizing of EV design

Ranger designers rethink mixed reality

Suzuki’s remarkable South African redemption

Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa’s EV battery future

Porsche powers ahead with EV-only Macan

Budget speech misses NEV promise – again

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