TruckX shifts up a gear
Interactive events, conferences, workshops, networking opportunities and a vast array of blue chip exhibitors are expected to turn this year’s two-day TruckX extravaganza – to be held at Kyalami on July 11 and 12 – into an event to...
Capco continues long association with Hino Trucks
Long relationships between businesses and suppliers – especially those companies that sell vehicles – are not encountered as often these days as in the past. However, Capco, the Durban-based stockist, distributor and manufacturer of ceilings, partition systems and components,...
The Future Of Autonomy
Though there is a huge amount of discussion currently taking place regarding connected vehicles and driverless technology – as evidenced last week at the Ctrack and Standard Bank sponsored TruckX Conference and Expo at Kyalami – fully autonomous commercial...
Lack of servicing and training are major causes of truck accidents on our roads
According to the Road Traffic Management Corporation, 36 major crashes involving trucks were investigated last year (2016). 143 fatalities and 136 injuries resulted from these accidents which involved 49 trucks, 35 light motor vehicles and 11 minibuses.
Mike De Lange,...
Mitsubishi targets business users with new single cab Triton 
Mitsubishi Motors launches the start of the facelifted Triton range rollout to the South African market. The most notable introduction of the range is the exterior design cues for the modernised single cab triton GL, which includes...
Daimler Buses presents autonomously driving city bus of the future
The world's biggest bus manufacturer, Daimler Buses, is systematically extending its technological leadership. The Mercedes-Benz Future Bus with CityPilot has driven autonomously for the first time on a route of approximately 20 kilometers in Amsterdam.
On a section of the...
Volvo’s electric buses on the road
The first commercially produced all-electric buses from Volvo began operations this month in in Differdange, Luxemburg. The operator is Sales-Lentz, which has bought four of the buses to supplement its fleet of 12 electric hybrids and 30 hybrids, all...
Mathe Group and Van Dyck Invest in The Future
Tyre recycler, Mathe Group, and Van Dyck, manufacturer of recycled rubber flooring – sister companies within the PFE International Group of companies – are staging a multi-million-rand comeback with multiple investments in their businesses in Hammarsdale, KwaZulu-Natal.
Imperial makes investment in ParcelNinja
Effective 1 February 2021, Imperial acquired 60% of eCommerce logistics business, ParcelNinja. ParcelNinja offers an outsourced warehousing and fulfilment business to South African online shops, using its custom-developed best-of-breed warehouse system and fulfilment network to ensure that...
TATA Launches new generation Prima in Bhutan.
India’s largest automobile manufacturer TATA Motors – has launched its next generation Prima range of heavy commercial vehicles in Bhutan, Asia.
Produced with technical inputs from across the globe, the new Prima is said to set new benchmarks in styling...
