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January 29, 2020 No Responses

Editor: Automotive Sector Is Vulnerable To Coronavirus Impacts

As the coronavirus crisis deepens, there are rising concerns over the potential economic impact, including for the global automotive industry.Reviewing the development, Automotive Editor at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, David Leggett, said: “We are still at an...

January 28, 2020 No Responses

NYK, Toyota, Others Seal Partnership On First Dedicated RoRo Terminal In Egypt

Japanese shipping company, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) will participate in a consortium that would set up and operate a dedicated automotive terminal at East Port in Egypt.On December 19, 2019, NYK and its partners Bolloré Africa Logistics and Toyota....

January 27, 2020 No Responses

Kia To Unveil Eleven Electric Vehicles, Deploys $25b

As part of ongoing expansion agenda, Kia Motors has revealed its long term strategy called ‘Plan S’ under which it aims to spearhead the global transition to electric vehicles and mobility solutions by 2025.Under this plan, the South Korean automak...

January 26, 2020 No Responses

Kobe Bryant, Basketball Legend Dies at 41 alongside daughter, Gianna

Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers Basketball Super Star is dead. He died alongside his 13 years old daughter, Gianna. They both died in an helicopter crash on their way to the Mamba Academy near Thousand Oaks, California, for a...

January 17, 2020 No Responses

“Nigeria Not Ready For Implementation Of Eco Single Currency”

Nigeria is not yet ready for the implementation of the ECOWAS Single Currency (Eco) in 2020,Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has saidOnyeama, who made this known on Thursday in Abuja while speaking with Journalists, explained that Nigeria’s posi...

January 16, 2020 No Responses

Shanghai Maintains Position As World’s Top Container Seaport

China’s Shanghai port has retained its rank as the world’s busiest container port, having handled 43.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units last year, Xinhua reports citing Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong.Shanghai has held its top-dog position for the past ten ye...

January 10, 2020 No Responses

Opinion: Extreme Events Are Reversing Development Goals

By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General Cyclones in the Caribbean and Pacific, devastating bushfires in Australia, recurrent floods and droughts in Asia and Africa, increasingly bring tragic loss of life to our nations and communities, inflicting ...

December 2, 2019 No Responses

South Africa Sanctions Ford

South Africa’s consumer watchdog has slapped a 35 million rand (USD 2.3 million) fine on Ford after dozens of its Kuga SUVs caught fire without warning.Following 160 complaints from consumers, the National Consumer Commission (NCC) said investigations sh...

November 28, 2019 No Responses

Audi To Sack 9,500 Workers

Volkswagen AG’s premium Audi brand plans to cut 9,500 jobs in Germany as part of a sweeping overhaul to improve earnings by around 6 billion euros ($6.61 billion) over the next decade. The positions will be culled through voluntary measures...

November 27, 2019 No Responses

Ford Recalls 2019 Ranger

Ford Motor Company has recalled select 2019 Ford Ranger vehicles over taillight function.According to Ford, the recall programme affects 72,718 vehicles in the US and 5,546 units in Canada.Ford explained that the affected 2019 Ford Ranger models were bui...

November 27, 2019 No Responses

BMW Sets Aside €7.3b For Battery Cell

BMW Group has announced that it will significantly increase its battery cell orders from Chinese company Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd (CATL), in order to boost its vehicle electrification program.BMW Group has also informed in a release that the ord...