Author:focus-on-transport
Advertorial – MAN Telematics: simplifying business September 13, 2022 The MAN Telematics SA system makes fleet management easy! The success story of MAN’s Trucknology Generation product range began in the year 2000. It represents a journey through time, during which the company has developed transport solutions hand-in-hand with its customers. The vision has always been to do this without compromising the reliability of MAN. The company’s passion for heavy commercial vehicles has constantly driven it to become even better, enabling […]
Coming soon: flying taxis September 13, 2022 Forget about Uber, flying taxis will soon be taking to the air! Flying taxis are taking off – literally. United Airlines has just announced a US$15 million (about R256 million) investment in Eve Air Mobility, a company that is dedicated to accelerating the urban air mobility (UAM) ecosystem. United has signed a conditional purchase agreement for 200 four-seat electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs), plus an option on another 200 aircraft. The first deliveries are expected […]
REE launches electric delivery truck August 16, 2022 Following intensive customer evaluations at its UK Engineering Centre, Israel-headquartered REE Automotive has announced the launch of the P7-B, a class 3 delivery truck built on a P7 cab chassis. The new P7-B is part of a fleet of vehicles available to prospective customers to evaluate and test, in order to experience the unique agility, performance, and design enabled by REE’s novel REEcorner x-by-wire technology. The electric truck, designed and built by […]
Soloplan looks to the future August 18, 2022 Soloplan, a leading provider of logistics software, has announced that its management team is expanding. With effect from 1 August 2022, the previous branch manager in South Africa, Jill Trösser, has joined the management of Soloplan SA as a director. This means that she is now a member of the board of directors alongside Fabian and Wolfgang Heidl. In coordination with the board, she will manage the company’s business in South Africa. […]
Dark clouds hang over global air cargo market August 25, 2022 Seasonally adjusted general air cargo market performance data shows a continued slowing down of volume, load factor, capacity, and airfreight rates as the impact of economic and political uncertainties on world trade continue to hang over the industry. Weekly market intelligence from industry analysts CLIVE Data Services, now part of Xeneta, shows volumes dropped by 9% in the first month of the third quarter compared to July 2021. Demand […]
Tomato tyres August 29, 2022 The enzymes of natural rubber and tomatoes have similar structures and belong to the same enzyme group. This is great news for the tyre industry … With this knowledge, Sumitomo Rubber Industries – the parent company of Falken – and other research institutions in Japan have succeeded in identifying a segment of the polymer chains in natural rubber that influences the length of the chain. A recombination of the tomato enzyme with the same segment […]
IAA, here we come! August 29, 2022 Bridgestone is one of the tyre companies that will be present at IAA this month in Hannover. Together with Webfleet, it will showcase its diverse portfolio of premium tyres, tyre-centric technologies, and advanced mobility solutions designed to improve efficiency, sustainability, and convenience for fleets. We asked Jan-Maarten de Vries, CEO of Bridgestone Mobility Solutions, and Mark Tejedor, vice president Commercial Business Unit (OE and Commercial Replacement) at Bridgestone EMIA, to shed light on […]
Sumitomo helps township entrepreneurs August 31, 2022 The Dunlop Container project was established in 2012 to drive sustainable township entrepreneurship and promote safety on the road. Following its success, Sumitomo Rubber SA, manufacturer of the Dunlop brand, is helping dealers take their businesses to the next level. Sumitomo Rubber SA (SRSA) – already the only tyre manufacturing company with a township and rural area enterprise development programme – has now developed accredited training programmes funded by MERSETA and Sumitomo Rubber […]
Revealed: five trends shaping fleet management’s future August 31, 2022 The global fleet management industry has evolved tremendously over the last couple of years, moving swiftly away from a reliance on data gathered manually in spreadsheets to monitor fleet performance, manage preventative maintenance, and control driver misbehaviour. So what trends will move South Africa’s fleet management industry towards improved customer service, customer experience, and vehicle monitoring? The future has never been more exciting. New technologies continue to shape the connected […]
Toyota’s plant back from the brink August 25, 2022 Toyota South Africa Motors’ Prospecton plant is back in business! It has resumed operations after production was halted due to flood damage. The announcement was made at a reopening ceremony attended by the newly elected Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, and Siboniso Duma, MEC of Economic Development, Tourism, and Environmental Affairs. DANIE BOTHA attended the ceremony. On April 11, about 300 mm of rainfall was recorded in just 24 hours in the […]
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