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August 31, 2021 No Responses

5G To Boost Auto Industry

Automakers have always prioritised safety, but 5G will provide them with capabilities they may have never thought possible. According to experts, it also presents a relatively new consideration: cyber safety. As vehicles become megaphones of data, they need to have...

August 30, 2021 No Responses

Rolls-Royce Cullinan Displays Style, Luxury In Lagos

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — My direct encounter with super luxury Rolls-Royce Cullinan Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) could not have come at a better time. Date was Saturday, August 28th, 2021. Location was the lonely ...

August 27, 2021 No Responses

ANAMMCO Receives NADDC Board, Seeks Review Of Finance Act, Auto Policy

The Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company Limited (ANAMMCO) has appealed to the Federal Government to urgently review the 2020 Finance Act and Automotive Policy. Executive Director of ANAMMCO, Mr Uche Okeke, made the appeal in Enugu on Thursday when the Board...

August 26, 2021 No Responses

Hyundai Motor Wins 16 Red Dot Awards

Hyundai Motor Company has won 16 design awards, including two ‘Best of Best’ and 14 ‘Winner’ honors, at the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2021, hosted by Germany’s Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen. Red Dot recog...

August 24, 2021 No Responses

Kia K8 Debuts In Middle East

Kia Corporation has announced the arrival of the K8 to the Middle East region, the first model to arrive following the rebirth of the Kia brand and one that exemplifies the automaker’s new purpose and ambitions for the future. According...

August 20, 2021 No Responses

Toyota To Cut Global Production By 40%

Toyota is to slash worldwide vehicle production by 40% in September because of the global microchip shortage. The world’s biggest carmaker had planned to make almost 900,000 cars next month but has now reduced that to 540,000 vehicles. Volkswagen...

August 17, 2021 No Responses

Toyota, Nissan, Others To Form Consortium Against Cyber Attack

Ninety companies, including Toyota and Nissan, will form a consortium to protect connected cars from cyber-attacks.In a report published by Nikkei Asia to prevent hijacking and data theft, the companies will check their automotive software ...

August 11, 2021 No Responses

Nissan Boss Implores Nigeria, Others On Auto Industry Development Plan, AfCFTA

Managing Director, Nissan’s Africa regional business unit, Mike Whitfield, has urged Nigeria and other African nations to put in place Automotive Industrial Development Plan as part of measures to unlock the economic benefits of the African Continental Fr...

August 8, 2021 No Responses

Hyundai Nigeria Seeks Subsidy On Locally Assembled Electric Vehicles

Stallion Hyundai Motors Nigeria has appealed to the Federal Government to approve subsidy for locally assembled Electric Vehicles. Speaking at the just concluded 2021 Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) training workshop, Hyunda...

August 5, 2021 No Responses

Coscharis Motors Unveils New Jaguar F-Pace

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Photo Caption: R-L: Jaguar Land Rover General Manager (Sales, Coscharis Motors), Ufuoma Umukoro, Group General Manager, Marketing & Corporate Communicat...

August 5, 2021 No Responses

Volkswagen Taigo SUV Debuts

Volkswagen has unveiled the all-new Taigo Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) coupe.Volkswagen Taigo is the first SUV coupe by the brand to drive in the European roads. The company has already launched the compact crossover SUV as Nivus in South America and Mexico...