The all-new and most advanced Nissan Navara has arrived Nigerian showrooms, courtesy of Stallion NMN Limited, the nation’s exclusive representative of Nissan brand. Unveiled in Lagos, the new Navara pickup, which was also released to journalists for a test-drive, delivers an enhanced level of safety, comfort and driving pleasure, while continuing
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In 2020, Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp overtook Germany’s Volkswagen in vehicle sales for the first time in five years. A year later, amid a severe chip crisis, the Japanese automaker managed to retain its pole position as the world’s top selling automaker, beating its German rival once again. Toyota basically limited
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The Lagos State government has reviewed the roadworthiness system recently introduced by unveiling a booking system to stem the surge recorded at some vehicle inspection centres. This followed the assessment of the ‘No Vehicle Inspection, No Road Worthiness Certificate’ Policy which commenced in January 2022. The government also disclosed that out of
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Driver awareness systems are used in vehicles with autonomous abilities to detect when a driver is not paying attention to the road, but a new study from the American Automobile Association (AAA) has found these systems can be easily tricked. Driver monitoring systems typically use either a camera or steering wheel
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The real reason behind the automotive chip shortage is a step-function increase in demand, suggests IC Insights. After years of moderate increases, IC suppliers blindsided by automotive IC demand spike in 2021. The vast majority of the current headlines regarding the auto industry revolve around the semiconductor device shortage that began in
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In line with his administration’s commitment to Traffic Management and Transportation, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has acquired two sets of 10 cars new Talgo 330kmph speed trains for the Lagos Red Line rail project. Governor Sanwo-Olu completed the acquisition deal of the trains at a public event inside the
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A 19-year-old hacker claims he was able to remotely open the doors and windows of more than 25 Tesla vehicles across 13 countries, as well as turn on their radios, flash their headlights and even start their engines and begin “keyless driving.” David Colombo, who says he is an IT specialist
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Toshiba has announced the commercial availability of its new rechargeable lithium-ion battery, which the Japanese company claims solves traditional challenges associated with delivering both high energy and high power at the same time. Key innovations claimed by Toshiba for its new 20Ah-HP SCiB rechargeable lithium-ion battery cell are heat-generation control, long
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Japanese carmaker Toyota led US automobile sales in 2021, according to figures released Tuesday, overtaking General Motors for the first time as a shortage of semiconductors roils the car industry. The shift atop the rankings came after a year in which assembly lines were plagued by scarcity of the crucial computer
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The Federal Government has selected 12 states for the pilot phase of the conversation of vehicles using petrol and diesel to enable them to run on Liquefied Petroleum Gas, also known as autogas. Our correspondent gathered that engineers with four automobile manufacturers had already started receiving training on how to convert
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