There are just over 11 million registered vehicles in South Africa (excluding caravans and trailers) of which the majority (about 60 to 70 percent) are uninsured. According to the Automobile Association (AA), insurance is a necessity, not a luxury, that […]
Hiring a car when travelling for business or taking a self-drive holiday abroad has been so much less stressful since the ubiquity of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) devices, and particularly since smartphones included this functionality via apps. However, phones are […]
A month ago or so, you might have seen the comparative test between the Toyota Fortuner 2.4 GD-6 4×4 and the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport 2.4 4×2 – in which I declared the Pajero Sport my favourite vehicle in the segment […]
Jaguar Land Rover is leading a £4.7 million (approximately R79 million) project to develop self-driving cars that can “see” at blind junctions and through obstacles. Britain’s biggest carmaker is leading a project called AutopleX to combine connected, automated and live […]
I’ve been a South African Car of the Year judge since pa fell off the bus. There have been some unpopular winners in previous years – the Nissan Maxima (remember it?) was one, the Opel Monza (some judges called it […]
This years’ EOH Connect conference, Fast Data: Business at the Speed of Thought, focuses on data at the centre of the digital revolution. Taking place on May 9 at the Sandton Convention Centre, this year’s event will offer attendees the chance to […]
For some reason, the Peugeot brand hasn’t quite captured the imagination of the South African public. Whereas the old – very old – 404s and 504s had an unenviable reputation for Africa-beating reliability and go-anywhere ability, the re-emerged brand hasn’t […]
Last week Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced two days of questioning by the US Congress on user security and privacy invasions and he has since been summoned to testify to EU lawmakers. With the acceleration of connected vehicles and the […]
Autonomous or self-driving vehicles are no longer just a flight of fantasy. According to a Business Insider Intelligence report, it is estimated that by the year 2020 we will be sharing the roads with ten million self-driving vehicles. Depending on […]
When I got my first full-time job doing this journalism thing, I went out and bought myself a semi-decent car as soon as I could. It had to be small, with a good amount of poke under the hood and […]
