South Africa
Industry
The South African unit of Japanese truck maker UD Trucks has highlighted the risk of rail freight growth to heavy truck sales, which enjoyed growth of 35% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 26,149...
2012-02-03Industry
The South African government may have just a year to finalise a policy to accommodate widespread usage of electric vehicles (EVs) in the country, as carmakers gear up to launch their...
2011-12-07Industry
Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) has been considering ways to utilise its spare capacity and new incentives from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have enabled the company...
2011-12-01Industry
The City of Johannesburg's mayoral committee is studying the viability of buses being locally built for Phase 1B of the Rea Vaya bus rapid transit (BRT) project. Rather than this being...
2011-11-28Industry
South Africa's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) plans to propose an industry policy for the truck, bus, yellow metal, trailer and minibus segment by Q112, which BMI believes could...
2011-09-09Companies
South African firm Imperial Holdings is looking to combine two of its growth business divisions - vehicle sales and financing - to create more growth opportunities. Imperial believes...
2011-08-31Companies
Germany's Volkswagen plans to capture leadership of the overall South African vehicle market as part of its quest to become the global number one by 2018. However, as in many other...
2011-08-30Companies
South Africa's ABSA Bank has announced a new finance package aimed at encouraging purchases of low-emission vehicles. BMI sees this is a positive move for the auto sector, as we have...
2011-08-25
