Major car manufacturers Volkswagen and Isuzu Motors do not have immediate plans to make electric or hybrid vehicles in South Africa despite generous tax breaks the country introduced earlier this year ...

Polo production at the Kariega plant in the Eastern Cape has been assured way past the end of 2030. Volkswagen has indicated that the facelift planned for the Polo will see it adopt hybrid technology ...

“There is a headquarters support to diversify because if China goes off, we are in trouble,” says Biene, who also heads the brand’s African operations. The company said in March that its total number ...

JOHANNESBURG, April 16 (Reuters) - Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE), opens new tab plans to invest 4 billion rand ($210.67 million) in its South African manufacturing plant in the Eastern Cape in preparation to ...

Vehicle production of the Polo and Polo Vivo at Volkswagen South Africa's (VWSA) Kariega plant will be halted from 14 April to 12 May to install and upgrade facilities throughout the factory's ...

“New brands such as Chery, Omoda, Jetour, JAC and Beijing have steadily grown from just 0.5% in 2022 Q2 to 10% in the two most recent quarters of 2025,” said Andrew Hibbert, Data Analyst at Lightstone ...