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Note: For the time being, Great Wall Motors SA (GWM) and Mercedes-Benz SA (MBSA) will only report aggregated sales data. The GWM and MBSA commercial vehicle market split volumes are estimates based on historical trends and forecasting techniques. Light Commercial Vehicles < 3 501 kg Total: 11 689 Fiat Group 48 Ford Motor Company 2 372 GWM 184 Hyundai Automotive SA 207 Isuzu Motors South Africa 1 200 JMC 33 Kia South Africa 100 Mahindra 304 Mazda South Africa 46 […]
MAN Automotive South Africa has recently demonstrated the value that can be derived through the establishment of cross-market partnerships, specifically in the telematics industry. A partnership with Cartrack – a fleet-management, insurance telematics and vehicle-recovery solutions provider – has seen advanced telematics technology become part of the MAN Automotive chassis production process and extended business solution model. Today, MAN Automotive offers fleet-management systems – including telematics business support services such as MAN ServiceCare SA and MAN TeleMatics SA – as […]
Hyundai Automotive South Africa is rewriting the heavy commercial vehicle (HCV) rulebook with the launch of its new Mighty EX8 – the successor to the popular HD range. Aimed particularly at small, micro and medium enterprises, the EX8 has been designed to offer versatility, low total cost of ownership and value for money. “Hyundai’s mission is to partner with customers to help them build their businesses by offering them a good-quality commercial vehicle that is suited to its specific purpose. […]
Despite the boom in the American economy and its transport industry, and healthy growth expected in 2018, progress may be held back, due to the lack of truck drivers. Automated vehicles could be the solution, but will leave 1,7 million truck drivers without jobs. FOCUS investigates. The United States (US) economy is slowly climbing back to a healthy growth in gross domestic product (GDP). Patricia Cohenjan, journalist for the New York Times, reports that the US economy grew by 2,6 […]
It’s an interesting and busy time in the pickup segment of the automotive industry, as a number of new players enter the market, writes JARLATH SWEENY from Fleet Transport. He attended the launch of Renault’s contender: the Alaskan. It could be said that the one-tonne pickup truck segment is entering a golden era worldwide, and Renault wants a piece of the action. Global sales of pickups in general have reached 4,66-million units annually and are continuing to grow. The North […]
Africa is facing an energy crisis, as millions of people have no access to electricity, leading to expensive losses in productivity. Energy leaders gathered at the 2018 Africa Energy Indaba to discuss challenges and possible solutions Leaders in the African energy industry from both the private and public sector recently gathered at the Sandton Convention Centre, in Johannesburg, for the tenth Africa Energy Indaba (AEI). With 500-million Africans living without access to power, African energy leaders are getting serious about […]
With three major parts centres and a distribution network across southern Africa, Ever Star Industries ensures all its customers have original parts delivered when needed. Ever Star Industries (ESI) is committed to around-the-clock aftersales support, which covers every vehicle under the ESI umbrella – Powerstar, Powerland, Shantui and NHL. ESI has three parts distribution centres. The main central parts distribution (CPD) centre – a 1 200 m2 warehouse – is based at the assembly plant in Pietermaritzburg, with two other distribution […]
Supply chains are becoming ever more dependent on technology to manage challenges and improve productivity, but this same technology can also present its own obstacles. FOCUS looks at how companies can stay ahead of the digital curve. Accenture, a South African business management consultant, predicts that software as a service for the supply chain management market will reach US$ 4,4 billion (R52 billion) in 2018. Software as a service and digitisation are needed to manage the complex supply chains faced […]
Irregular tyre wear can be a tell-tale sign of underlying mechanical problems. WILLIAM GEORGE finds out about the root causes of tyre damage and ways to manage them. The relationship of tyres to a vehicle is similar to that of the heart to the human body. If a tyre is worn or damaged, it could result in malperformance of the other parts of the vehicle. Old and worn tyres are common causes of accidents, which makes it critical to keep […]
It’s not every day that one walks into a production facility to find a company producing world-class vehicles and employees, too. However, this is exactly what GAVIN MYERS discovered when he met with Deon Flusk, regional product centre manager at Scania South Africa. While Scania South Africa has been assembling vehicles in this country since its reintroduction to the market in 1995, the completely knocked-down facility in Aeroton, Johannesburg, has been running since 2003 – and, in that time, has […]
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