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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…

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…

C40 Recharge is Volvo’s debut EV for SA

C40 Recharge becomes Volvo’s first fully electric vehicle offering in the South African market. And if you value exclusivity, and battery powertrain principles for…

Toyota’s new cars for 2023

Toyota is entrenched as South Africa’s most popular vehicle brand. The Japanese company appears unassailable in its position, with its total sales nearly double…

These Volkswagen cars are coming to SA in 2023

Volkswagen will introduce seven new products this year. The German automotive brand, which has long been dominant in the South African compact passenger car…

Why Tesla is offering huge discounts on its cars

Tesla is offering up to R120 000 off its electric cars, but why? Car prices don’t come down. Especially in the luxury market. Amid the…

E-tron Q8 is Audi’s big play this year

E-tron moniker will be added to more South African Audi models this year. January is traditionally the report card season for automakers. All the…

CES 2023’s best car tech

CES has become the world’s most important de facto car show. Traditional auto shows might have lost their draw, but the audience and actioning…

BMW i7 is our car tech breakthrough of 2022

i7 is not the most affordable or aesthetic car of the year. But BMW’s limousine gains our approval as the best car of 2022…

Model Y integral to Tesla’s surging success

Model Y has been an enormous success for the world’s most valuable car company. As Tesla continues to grow apace and scale its global…

Ford EcoSport Active is not mellow yellow

EcoSport is Ford’s compact crossover product presence in the local market. Although the platform is nearing ten years in age, demand remains strong. Much…

Microprocessor crisis could be over for Toyota

The automotive chip supply crisis remains unresolved, but some of the world’s biggest car companies are revealing new strategies and partnerships to manage it….

The Ferrari sedan idea lives on with Alfa Romeo

Ferrari helped an Italian brand build a four-door sedan, once. But the way they’ve done it with Alfa, three decades later, is a lot…

Nickel prices force a rethink on electric car batteries

Scaling and improved process engineering have dramatically reduced the cost of lithium-ion battery packs during the last decade. But a nasty inflation shock could…

LG’s New 100-Inch QNED TV Is a Game-Changer for Home Entertainment in South Africa

ASUS Taps Into South Africa’s AI Obsession With Smarter Devices

HONOR 400 and 400 Pro Redefine AI Smartphone Innovation for South African Users

SA SMBs are AI-Ready – ASUS Report Shows Local Businesses Are Already Seeing Real ROI

Ocellics Reinvents Fund Factsheets with Automation-Driven Platform for Investment Managers

AWIEF 2025 Awards Nominations Now Open

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves