WeBuyCars CEO Faan van der Walt South African consumers have all but turned their backs on electric vehicles – so far, at least – and the impact on the used-car market is impossible to ignore. Speaking in an interview with TechCentral on Monday following publication of the group’s annual results to 30 September 2025, WeBuyCars…
Thirteen people were injured, two critically, after a car crashed into a crowd during a demolition derby in southeastern Australia, police said. The car had been taking part in a race in the town of Walcha on Saturday night when it drove through a fence and hit the grandstand, New South Wales police said in…
Themba Mgimeti, co-founder of CarShareNova. South African-born peer-to-peer car-sharing platform CarShareNova has entered the local e-mobility market, hoping to reinvent the car rental industry. Founded by Themba Mgimeti, an engineer and former manager at Bolt, and Lebogang Mabala, software engineer and employee at Naked Insurance, CarShareNova’s mission is to turn vehicles into income-generating assets for…
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Getty Images You could be forgiven for thinking that electric cars might finally be gaining momentum in the US. After all, sales of battery cars topped 1.2 million last year, more than five times the number just four years earlier. Hybrid sales have jumped by a factor of three. Battery-powered cars accounted for 10% of…
China’s car makers like BYD are fast gaining traction in the South African market South Africa is in talks with Chinese car makers to encourage them to invest in local production, with one manufacturer showing strong interest in building cars locally, a senior government official said. Africa’s most developed car manufacturing hub is at an…
Xiaomi is a new entrant in the electric vehicle market, but is already turning heads In 2021, when Audi executives first saw the Zeekr 001, a long-range electric vehicle with European aesthetics, it was a wake-up call for the premium German car brand — if it wanted to compete with the Chinese, it needed their…
Police say a 39-year-old man has been taken into custody over the incident in Sydney’s Woollahra suburb. Published On 1 Sep 20251 Sep 2025 Australian police have arrested a 34-year-old man after he drove his car into the front gate of the Russian consulate in Sydney, according to police and local media. In a statement,…
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani sustained several injuries including a spinal fracture in a car accident Saturday evening, according to Michael Ragusa, who identified himself as the head of Giuliani’s security. Ragusa said in a statement posted to X on Sunday that Giuliani’s vehicle “was struck from behind at high speed” on a…
