Regulars
Regulars
FOcus on transport and Logistics
Our regular columns and sections are all contributions from leading industry figures.
The lost years and how to recover them
There is clear need for a bold “New Dawn” in the field of transport, but achieving it will not be easy. The recent disclosures...
The dangers of a front tyre failure on a truck or bus
A blowout of a front tyre on a heavy-duty truck or bus can be extremely dangerous, as the driver loses all steering and directional...
Daimler ditches platooning!
Incredibly, after years of hoo-ha surrounding the topic of platooning, the concept has been ditched by the world’s biggest manufacturer of commercial vehicles! This revelation came...
Daimler spends €20 billion on battery cells
Daimler has gone on a shopping spree, ordering battery cells to the value of a whopping €20 billion (about R324 billion). The orders will...
Want to preserve your classic vehicle?
Vehicle collectors the world over can rejoice! Classic Guard, a new ceramic coating, has been launched – and it is set to do wonders...
Honda shows its Autonomous Work Vehicle at CES 2019
I was at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last month. What a cool event! There was a lot of amazing stuff...
Scania supplies trucks for e-highways
Scania is supplying 15 trucks for trials on German e-highways this year. Trials will initially commence in Hessen along the A5 Autobahn, where the...
MAN hits the water!
FOCUS readers associate MAN with vans, trucks and buses. However, the company is now also focusing on the Asian luxury yacht market. Specifically, it...
Volvo’s Nilsson retires
Claes Nilsson, executive vice president of the Volvo Group and president of Volvo Trucks, has announced his retirement. Nilsson has visited South Africa many...
Motion sickness – gone!
Lots of people really battle with motion sickness while in a vehicle. In fact, more than 30-million people in Europe suffer from this ailment!...
Kyk noord…
Will 2019 hold more promise for South African transporters than years gone by? May 2019 is the month on the minds of South African...
What will 2019 hold?
As 2018 came speeding to a close, there were a number of surprises to throw off the economic market expectations, and the impact these...
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