Could Mahindra’s new ‘global’ bakkie be assembled in SA?
The production version of the Mahindra Global Pik Up concept is tipped for a 2025 reveal and could potentially be assembled at a new facility right here in South Africa… The Mahindra Pik Up is assembled for the local market at a facility in KwaZulu-Natal. However, the Indian automaker has plans to scale up to a new, […]
20 000th SA-built Mahindra Pik Up Rolls off Production Line
Following six years of producing the Pik Up in South Africa, Mahindra has announced the 20 000th Pik Up has rolled off the automaker’s SA-based production line. Just before Mahindra will celebrate its 20th anniversary in South Africa (in October 2024), the local arm of the Indian automaker has announced that, following starting SA production of the […]
Mahindra’s 20 Years in SA Only the Beginning
The year 2024 has heralded impressive milestones for the Mahindra brand in South Africa including a production milestone at its Durban facility and 20 years of the Indian brand in South Africa. We attended a media engagement as part of an announcement for their future. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd as they are also known function […]
Mahindra Pik Up best of the rest after Hilux, Ranger and Isuzu
Bakkie holds it own against other locally-built favourites and Chinese offerings. There were no surprises at the top of the sales chart in October as the Toyota Hilux, Ford Ranger and Isuzu D-Max kept its positions as South Africa’s top selling bakkies. What makes for interesting reading is the dog fights going on in the […]
Zapp EV Appoints AIH Group to Deliver New Manufacturing Reference Site following First Sales of i300 in Thailand
The new low-cost manufacturing facility located in the Bangkok Free Trade Zone will be delivered by AIH Group, a manufacturing consulting firm with a global footprint working with leading automotive OEMs. LONDON, Oct. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zapp Electric Vehicles Group Limited (Nasdaq: ZAPP) (“Zapp EV” or the “Company”), owner of “Zapp”, the British electric vehicle […]
One in a million: Ford South Africa celebrates a special Ranger bakkie milestone
Macroeconomic study, sectoral roadmaps neededbefore transition to e-mobility
Government’s efforts to promote the production and use of new-energy vehicles (NEVs) in South Africa must include a macroeconomic impact study, as well as sectoral roadmaps detailing how and when electromobility should be achieved. This is according to Intelligent Transport Society South Africa CEO Dr Paul Vorster and Automotive Investment Holdings deputy chairperson Johan Cloete. Cloete is also the MD of JFS Technology. The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) in May issued the Draft Green Paper on the Advancement of New-Energy Vehicles in South Africa for comment. NEVs include hybrids, battery electric vehicles (EVs) and fuel […]
Dube TradePort boasts with investments from automotive industry
Dube TradePort has seen a hive of activities this week as major automotive companies pledged their investment and have set up shop in KwaZulu-Natal’s TradeZone. Mahindra South Africa and Auto Investment Holdings Group (AIH Group) celebrated 20 years since its establishment in the country, while also revealing the start to the next phase of their journey […]
Mahindra to begin new vehicle production line in South Africa
Mahindra South Africa and Auto Investment Holdings Group (AIH) have started work on a brand-new assembly facility to be completed by June 2025, the subsidiary of the India-based vehicle manufacturer said. The company, which began vehicle assembly in South Africa at the Dube Tradeport outside eThekwini in 2018 and produced its 20 000th Pik Up […]
Mahindra SA celebrates 20 000th Pik Up unit as it gears up for next growth phase
ehicle manufacturer Mahindra South Africa (SA) is celebrating the milestone of having the 20 000th locally assembled Pik Up “bakkie” rolling off the line, as the company prepares for its next phase of growth in the country and looks to initiate localisation. The company this week hosted a site visit to its semi-knockdown (SKD) assembly plant, located in […]
