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EV lease company Everlectric expands to the Western Cape
24th October 2025 By: Irma Venter

Electric vehicle (EV) full maintenance lease business Everlectric has opened shop in Cape Town. Businesses can lease commercial EVs from the company, which will also provide the charging... 


Stellantis launches electric brand in SA
24th October 2025 By: Irma Venter

Stellantis South Africa (SA) will start to roll out Chinese electric vehicle (EV) brand Leapmotor at select local dealerships from this month onwards. Leapmotor was founded by entrepreneur and tech... 


VW’s Kariega plant produces vehicle number 3 000 000
24th October 2025 By: Irma Venter

Volkswagen Group Africa (VWGA) has celebrated assembling its three-millionth vehicle – a grey Polo Vivo – at its Kariega plant. Production at the Eastern Cape facility started in 1948. 


The Dolphin Surf
Maker of SA’s cheapest electric car to roll out local charging network
23rd October 2025 By: Irma Venter

Build Your Dreams Auto South Africa (BYD SA) has announced that will install between 200 and 300 public charging stations across the country in 2026, in a move to make electric mobility more... 


VW's Plant Kariega builds 500 000th Polo
20th October 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Automotive manufacturer Volkswagen Group Africa (VWGA) says its Plant Kariega, in the Eastern Cape, has built 500 000 units of the latest iteration of the popular VW Polo, since the introduction of... 


September new-vehicle sales at ten-year high, exports up 32.9%
17th October 2025 By: Irma Venter

New-vehicle sales last month reached their highest level since September 2015, says naamsa | The Automotive Business Council. Sales were up 24.3%, to 54 700 units, compared with September last year. 


Markus Schuster
New Audi South Africa head led significant change in dealership model in Singapore
16th October 2025 By: Irma Venter

Markus Schuster has been appointed as the new head of Audi South Africa (SA). Schuster joins Audi SA with more than two decades of global automotive experience across Germany, Italy and Singapore. 


NEV summit aimed at contributing to a sustainable automotive sector
14th October 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The New Energy Vehicle (NEV) summit, which will take place on October 22 and 23, is aimed at supporting the transition of South Africa's automotive sector to an environment-friendly and sustainable... 


North West province records the highest average used-car price – Lightstone
North West province records the highest average used-car price – Lightstone
13th October 2025 By: Irma Venter

Car buyers in Gauteng paid, on average, more for their used passenger and light commercial vehicles from June to August this year than buyers in KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape, says research... 


Suzuki Jimny gathering
Suzuki SA achieves record half-year sales, now firmly in second spot
10th October 2025 By: Irma Venter

Suzuki Auto South Africa (Suzuki SA) has become firmly entrenched in the second spot in the country’s new-vehicle sales rankings after it booted Volkswagen from its long-held spot below perennial... 


Number 3-million at the Kariega plant
VW’s Kariega plant produces vehicle number 3 000 000
8th October 2025 By: Irma Venter

Volkswagen Group Africa (VWGA) has celebrated assembling its three-millionth vehicle – a grey Polo Vivo – at its Kariega plant. Production at the Eastern Cape facility started in 1948. 


First QA452e to arrive in South Africa, sold by distributor in no time
First QA452e to arrive in South Africa, sold by distributor in no time
8th October 2025

A distributor of Sandvik Rock Processing’s mining and infrastructure project equipment has delivered a hybrid tracked mobile Sandvik QA452e triple-deck screen to a greenfield dam project under... 


EV lease company Everlectric expands to the Western Cape
EV lease company Everlectric expands to the Western Cape
7th October 2025 By: Irma Venter

Electric vehicle (EV) full maintenance lease business Everlectric has opened shop in Cape Town. Businesses can lease commercial EVs from the company, which will also provide the charging... 


Leapmotor
Stellantis launches electric brand Leapmotor in South Africa
6th October 2025 By: Irma Venter

Stellantis South Africa (SA) will start to roll out Chinese electric vehicle (EV) brand Leapmotor at select local dealerships from this month onwards. Leapmotor was founded by entrepreneur and tech... 


uYilo eMobility Programme programme manager Edem Foli
Africa must build its own e-mobility research, manufacturing ecosystem, uYilo says
2nd October 2025 By: Darren Parker

Africa cannot rely solely on knowledge transfer from Europe, Asia or the US and must develop its own research and innovation ecosystem to drive the growth of electric micro-mobility across the... 


Signage on an EV
South Africa’s coal-heavy grid not a barrier to EV adoption, C40 Cities says
2nd October 2025 By: Darren Parker

The argument that South Africa’s coal-heavy electricity grid makes the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) premature has been dismissed by C40 Cities (South Africa) senior programme manager for... 


September new-vehicle sales at ten-year high, exports up 32.9%
September new-vehicle sales at ten-year high, exports up 32.9%
2nd October 2025 By: Irma Venter

New-vehicle sales last month reached the highest level since September 2015, says naamsa | The Automotive Business Council. Sales were up 24.3%, to 54 700 units, compared with September last year. 


naamsa president Billy Tom
New-vehicle sales on track to surpass pre-pandemic levels in 2025
2nd October 2025 By: Reuters

South Africa's domestic new-vehicle sales are on track to exceed pre-pandemic levels for the first time in five years, driven by consumer demand for affordable cars, the president of the auto... 


Ford Motor Company Africa president Neale Hill
Ford retrenchments in South Africa tied to UK tax shift, lower volumes
1st October 2025 By: Reuters

The South African arm of Ford Motor has attributed the planned retrenchments to lower European orders for its Ranger pickup truck, driven by recent tax changes in the UK and sluggish export volumes... 


OLX to acquire French firm to boost its motoring classifieds
26th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Online classifieds multinational OLX, which is wholly-owned by JSE-listed consumer Internet investment group Prosus, has entered into an agreement to acquire French automotive classifieds platform... 


Balloon payments rising as consumers face affordability challenges – WesBank
Balloon payments rising as consumers face affordability challenges – WesBank
25th September 2025 By: Irma Venter

New WesBank data shows a significant increase in the use of the balloon payment option for vehicle finance this year, a trend that underscores the affordability pressures facing many South African... 


Afreximbank renews automotive sector trade, investment partnership with AAAM
23rd September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Trade financing institution the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has renewed its memorandum of understanding with industry organisation the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers... 


Geely PEVs after offloading
Durban Car Terminal handles 147 electric Geely vehicles
22nd September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

On September 14, the Durban Car Terminal safely offloaded the first batch of automotive manufacturer Geely vehicles from the Vessel MV MOL Cattleya Ace, which ferried a total of 147 plug-in... 


A BYD Dolphin Surf EV charging
Eskom, BYD partner to accelerate South Africa’s EV future
18th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Power utility Eskom has, through the signing of a memorandum of collaboration (MoC), signalled its intent to collaborate with automotive company BYD Auto South Africa in future and to support the... 


Toyota's manufacturing plant in South Africa
Automotive market is recovering, but affordability and export headwinds threaten long-term growth
17th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

South Africa’s automotive market built momentum this year, supported by a favourable interest rate environment, record-low new-vehicle inflation and liquidity from the two-pot pension reform, but... 


A Zero Carbon Charge EV charging station
DBSA announces finalisation of major investment in EV charging station company CHARGE
17th September 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African development finance institution, the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA), announced on Wednesday that all due diligence and final agreements have been completed, and all... 


ford ranger
Ford recalls more than 5 500 Rangers
12th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

Car manufacturer Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) has recalled certain 2025 and 2026 Ranger vehicles, citing safety concerns. FMCSA said it has identified that, in the affected... 


BAIC's SKD plant
South Africa in talks with Chinese automakers to boost local production
11th September 2025 By: Reuters

South Africa is in talks with Chinese automakers to encourage them to invest in local production, with one manufacturer showing strong interest in building cars locally, a senior government... 


Eskom acting group executive for Distribution Agnes Mlambo
Eskom introduces first 20 EVs to its fleet
10th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Power utility Eskom has launched the first 20 electric vehicles (EVs) to its fleet of vehicles, which it says is a major milestone in the company’s journey toward sustainable transport and a... 


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Naacam CEO on key priorities for preserving ‘critical source of industrial capacity’
5th September 2025 By: Irma Venter

The global automotive market is facing a shift as profound as the day the first mass-produced vehicle drove off the assembly line. From horse-and-carriage versus car, the conflict has now, more... 


The Tata Tiago
Tata to seek volume in entry-level market, Motus to widen used-car focus
2nd September 2025 By: Irma Venter

Key to Tata’s reintroduction into the South African market will be “where it will play”, which will be more in the entry-level car segment, says Motus CEO Ockert Janse van Rensburg. “It’s an... 


August new-vehicle market jumps 18.7%, exports up 6.2%
August new-vehicle market jumps 18.7%, exports up 6.2%
1st September 2025 By: Irma Venter

August new-vehicle sales, at 51 880 units, were up 18.7% compared with the same month last year, driven by ongoing affordable model imports, improving consumer confidence, favourable credit... 


Lightstone expects 7.7% bump in new-vehicle sales, says 89% of buyers opting for 6-year-plus financing
29th August 2025 By: Irma Venter

Research house Lightstone says it anticipates a new-vehicle sales market for 2025 of around 555 500 units – up 7.7% on last year – of which 524 000 units will be passenger and light commercial... 


Tata returns to South Africa as part of Motus group
29th August 2025 By: Irma Venter

Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles (TMPV), a subsidiary of Tata Motors, is returning to South Africa after its 2019 exit, and is doing so in partnership with JSE-listed automotive group Motus as its... 


The Silverton plant
Ford SA to slash jobs; Solidarity fears auto sector will see more cuts
28th August 2025 By: Irma Venter

The Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) has announced that it will cut jobs at its Struandale Engine Plant, in Gqeberha, and at its Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria. The local arm of... 


WeBuyCars targets more than 50% sales growth in the next three years
WeBuyCars targets more than 50% sales growth in the next three years
28th August 2025 By: Irma Venter

JSE-listed WeBuyCars says its goal is to sell 23 000 vehicles every month by 2028, up from the current 15 000 units a month – a 53% jump in sales. As one of the country’s biggest and busiest... 


Competition Tribunal slaps Toyota, WesBank with R30m administrative penalty
Competition Tribunal slaps Toyota, WesBank with R30m administrative penalty
28th August 2025 By: Irma Venter

The Competition Tribunal has handed WesBank, Toyota Financial Services (TFS) South Africa, Toyota Motor Corporation, TFS UK and Toyota South Africa Motors a R30-million administrative penalty... 


Norway says new-car sales have reached 94% electric, and its grid is doing just fine
Norway says new-car sales have reached 94% electric, and its grid is doing just fine
27th August 2025 By: Irma Venter

While the surge in sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) was initially seen as a threat to Norway’s electricity grid, reality, and the fact that most people (81%) charge their cars at night,... 


Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Kaellenius
EU auto groups press for change to 'no longer feasible' car emission targets
27th August 2025 By: Reuters

EU targets to cut CO2 emissions from vehicles, including a 100% reduction for cars by 2035, are no longer feasible, the heads of the European automobile manufacturers' and automotive suppliers'... 


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