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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…

ID.7 comes to CES with 700km of range

ID.7 is the problem Tesla really didn’t need in early 2023. The year has started under strain for Tesla. Elon Musk’s iconic car company…

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…

Review: VW e-Golf

VW’s e-Golf is the very recognisable battery car you can’t buy in South Africa. Despite its ambitious global electric vehicle product renewal, VW doesn’t…

EQC 400 4Matic is SA’s first battery-powered Mercedes

EQC 400 4Matic has finally arrived in South Africa as part of Mercedes-Benz’s electric vehicle strategy. It has been available in many other global…

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…

XC40 P6 Recharge is a cheaper Volvo EV for SA

Volvo has announced a cheaper version of its XC40 EV. The Swedish company has become a notable change agent in the quest for zero…

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….

Scout is VW’s new EV bakkie range

VW’s bakkie business is transitioning. The global vehicle giant has shown more commitment to electrifying its product portfolio than most German automotive brands. Despite…

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…

Road test: the Mini SE lightweight EV

BMW was way ahead of the electric vehicle trend. The German brand launched its i3 to the South African market in 2015, when the…

Audi brings electric vehicle fast-charging to South Africa

Audi is betting the house on a future of electric vehicles (EVs). In the South African context, it has compelled the German luxury vehicle…

Audi to bring e-tron electric cars to SA in 2022

Audi South Africa has revealed its plan to locally introduce its e-tron range of electric vehicles, with the first cars set to arrive in…

JAC brings N55 electric truck to South Africa

JAC Motors has announced its N55 Electric Vehicle (EV) is now available to order in South Africa two years after its international launch. The…

BMW, Nissan launch first joint charging stations in Cape Town

Following their memorandum of understanding (MOU) last year, BMW and Nissan have launched their first joint charging stations for electric vehicles in South Africa….

5 reasons why electric cars WILL become more popular

There has long been an overwhelming sentiment — particularly among proper petrol-heads — that the modern electric car is doomed to failure. And, to…

Microsoft ready to take on AI chatbot ChatGPT after Google’s Bard

Here’s why Samsung reached deeper in its pockets after low profits

Vantage announces final close of 4th mezzanine fund

Trade-ins in the tech sector – why it makes perfect sense

Is ChatGPT the death knell for investment banks?

Five things we like about the Samsung S23 series

Here’s why OpenAI will charge for priority access to Chat GPT

WATCH: Huawei Mate 50 Pro, explosive quality underwater

Review: T-Roc 2.0TSI 4Motion R-Line

Toyota’s new cars for 2023

Review: Audi RS3 sedan

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