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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…

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…

Tokyo showcases a comeback for Japanese car design

Tokyo is a global epicentre of futurism and design. Since the early 1980s, product design, industrial innovation and tech integration have found a willing…

Shenxing battery is CATL’s latest EV breakthrough

CATL has revealed a new advanced EV battery, capable of remarkable recharging speeds. The Chinese company commands unprecedented scale and technology leverage in the…

Picanto update reveals EV design details

Can there be something like a premium A-segment car? Good question. But if a city could be considered premium, it would probably be Kia’s…

GR-S MHEV is Toyota’s hybrid Hilux

Hilux hybrid. Beyond the alliteration, the engineering concept makes a lot of sense. The demand for new energy vehicles is increasing as car companies…

BYD Atto 3 EV lands in SA with VTOL

BYD is the most important car brand you’ve never heard of. Unless you are a dedicated follower of all things EV. The Chinese brand…

Production idled as VW suffers softening EV demand

Regarding EV strategy, VW has been the most progressive of Germany’s legacy car companies. Across the VW Group, enormous investments are being made to…

Volvo’s EX30 affordable EV for SA

Volvo has committed to electric vehicles with a greater purposefulness than many of its European rivals. Since being recapitalized by Chinese automotive company, Geely,…

CATL could have the 1000km EV battery

CATL is the world’s most important battery manufacturer. The Chinese company dominates battery manufacturing, and its scale is such that any change in chemistry…

MU-X will add smaller engine in Q3

Isuzu has enhanced its SUV offering with an expanded MU-X range. And promised a smaller engine option, later this year. Although the Japanese diesel…

Nio is the brand Tesla should worry about

All electric vehicles are compared in the context of Tesla. That happens when you are the technology leader, disruptor and apex brand. All-in-one. A…

Seagull is the R200k EV South Africa needs

Seagull is an odd product name. But it might become oft quoted in the car market, quite soon. Tesla is the world’s most esteemed…

Hilux improves safety with new features

Hilux. The one vehicle in absolutely no need of improvement, if you gauge the factor by which demand overwhelms supply. Toyota’s bakkie has been…

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