Category: Auto

Nissan Plans ‘Game Changing’ Electric Car Batteries 
April 15, 2022 No Responses

Nissan Plans ‘Game Changing’ Electric Car Batteries 

Nissan is working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on a new type of battery for electric vehicles that promises to charge quicker and be lighter yet safe, the Japanese automaker said Friday. The all-solid-state battery will replace...
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Hyundai Budgets $300m For Eco-Friendly Plant
April 15, 2022 No Responses

Hyundai Budgets $300m For Eco-Friendly Plant

Hyudai Motor has concluded plans to invest $300million in its US plant to begin the production of environment-friendly vehicles later this year.Hyundai Motor will upgrade the existing assembly lines of its Alabama plant for the production of the Sant...
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Kia Unveils Miss Nigeria As Brand Ambassador
April 15, 2022 No Responses

Kia Unveils Miss Nigeria As Brand Ambassador

Kia Nigeria has unveils Shatu Garko, Miss Nigeria Queen as their brand ambassador.  The unveiling and handover ceremony was held at the Kia Showroom, Adeola Odeku, Lagos, and marks the beginning of Shatu’s brand ambassadorship with Kia Nigeria. The bran...
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Hyundai Boss Bags ‘Visionary Of The Year’ Award 
April 14, 2022 No Responses

Hyundai Boss Bags ‘Visionary Of The Year’ Award 

Hyundai Motor Group’s Executive Chair, Euisun Chung, has won the ‘Visionary of the Year’ award at the inaugural Newsweek World’s Greatest Auto Disrupters event.   A statement explained that the World’s Greatest Auto Disruptors 2022 programm...
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Nissan Unveils Navara Assembly Plant In Ghana  
April 14, 2022 No Responses

Nissan Unveils Navara Assembly Plant In Ghana  

Ghanaian President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has commissioned Nissan’s new Navara semi-knockdown assembly plant in Tema, outside Accra.  The $9-million facility is the culmination of a process that began in 2018 when Nissan signed a memoran...
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VW Rejects Shareholder Push For Climate Lobbying Disclosures 
April 11, 2022 No Responses

VW Rejects Shareholder Push For Climate Lobbying Disclosures 

Volkswagen has rejected a shareholder proposal for it to explain how its lobbying activities align with its climate goals – something two of the carmaker’s leading competitors have already promised to do, one of the investors said.A filing by ...
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Mikano Unveils All-New Geely Azkarra, Gets Order For 100 Units
April 10, 2022 No Responses

Mikano Unveils All-New Geely Azkarra, Gets Order For 100 Units

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com The Motors division of Mikano International has welcomed the All-New Geely Azkarra Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) to Nigeria.  Unveiling the Azkarra at a colourful ceremony in Lagos, on Saturday, General Manager, M...
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MG, Toyota, Hyundai Top In Sales Satisfaction Index
April 7, 2022 No Responses

MG, Toyota, Hyundai Top In Sales Satisfaction Index

On a 1,000-point scale, MG India has ranked highest in the J.D. Power 2021 India Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) Study., MG scored 881, followed by Toyota India (877) and Hyundai India (875).  The J.D. Power 2021 India Sales Satisfaction Index (S...
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Q1: Toyota Outsells GM In the US
April 6, 2022 No Responses

Q1: Toyota Outsells GM In the US

United States automakers reported a slump in first-quarter domestic sales, as the entire industry was slammed by chip shortages and disruptions to supply chains. Toyota, which in 2021 upstaged GM as the top-selling automaker in the United States, outsold ...
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All-Electric Rolls-Royce Spectre Concludes Winter Testing
April 5, 2022 No Responses

All-Electric Rolls-Royce Spectre Concludes Winter Testing

All-electric Rolls-Royce concludes winter testing 55km from Arctic Circle  According to Rolls-Royce, Spectre endures -40˚C temperatures at specialist facility in Arjeplog, Sweden  25% of 2.5 million km testing programme, simulating 400 years of use,...
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Mercedes-Benz Puts 5,600 Workers On Vacation
April 5, 2022 No Responses

Mercedes-Benz Puts 5,600 Workers On Vacation

Mercedes-Benz Group will put more than five thousand workers on collective vacation in two plants in Brazil due to the shortage of semiconductor chips, the company said on Monday.The production stoppage will happen from April 18 to May 3 and...
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Ford Recalls 737,000 Vehicles
April 4, 2022 No Responses

Ford Recalls 737,000 Vehicles

Ford Motor Co is recalling 737,000 vehicles in the United States over a part that could develop an oil leak and a software error that could hinder braking, it said on Friday.The automaker is recalling 345,451 of its 2020-2022 Ford...
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Innoson To Establish Vehicle Manufacturing Plant In Owerri
April 2, 2022 No Responses

Innoson To Establish Vehicle Manufacturing Plant In Owerri

Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing (IVM) has concluded plans to establish another manufacturing plant in Owerri, Imo State. Chairman, Innoson Group , Innoson Group, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, , made the disclosure when he received members of the Correspondents’ Ch...
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CIG Motors Partners Lotus Bank On Auto Finance
April 2, 2022 No Responses

CIG Motors Partners Lotus Bank On Auto Finance

As part of measures to make vehicle acquisition easier and more affordable to all prospective, CIG Motors has entered into a partnership with Lotus Bank. The scheme, ‘Rent to Win’, the two organisations said, is aimed at reducing the number...
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