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How to choose the perfect industrial valve - B2B Central

On the hunt for an industrial valve? Here are some practical tips to help you navigate the valve aisle. Know your valve types: Familiarise yourself with the different types of valves – gate valves, ball valves, butterfly valves, etc. Each has its specialty, so knowing your options is key. Material matters: Consider the materials the valve is made of. It should be compatible with the type of fluid it will handle and the environmental conditions....

Flavio Briatore makes huge Alpine prediction amid latest Carlos Sainz update

While things might be tough at Alpine right now, Flavio Briatore is confident of making a big splash at the team over the next year or so...

Honda's New Battery Packs Can Power Your Scooter or Your Home

Meet the Honda Power Pod e:

600 helpers, 10,000 working hours - How the Norisring DTM circuit is built in two weeks

Norisring is preparing to host its annual DTM round this weekend. Here’s a look at the Herculean effort it takes to transform the streets of Nuremberg into a 2.3km circuit.

Ferrari Purosangue: The Most Fun SUV Ever

Don’t be fooled by its shape. The Purosangue sounds and handles like no other four-door on sale. For half a million, it better.

The best-selling cars in the world

The data's taken a while to crunch, but let's take a look at the biggest-selling cars in the world in 2023

Don’t fit the wrong tyre profile this holiday

With the school mid-year break upon us, your vehicle may take on extra duty for road trips, play dates and fun days out.Before heading out, take time to prepare your vehicle and fit the right tyre profile, tailored to both your vehicle and your type of driving, to significantly enhance your vehicle’s performance, handling, ride comfort, fuel efficiency, and overall safety on the road.To help you navigate tyre profile information, follow this...

Young males far more likely to be killed or injured on South Africa roads, says RAF

Young South Africans, often characterised by high levels of mobility and risk-taking behaviour, are overly represented in road accident statistics.

Inside Spain's smallest city - where fewer than 300 people live and the streets are too narrow for cars

Welcome to Frias. Despite its minuscule size, it retains a city status that was granted in 1435 by King Juan II of Castile.

Polestar's Sales Are Down Yet Again In Q2 2024

Will the launch of the Polestar 3 improve the results?

KTM need to find more speed, Binder admits

For a 2024 season that was built up as the one that could unleash the best of Brad Binder as one of the leading racers in MotoGP, KTM have struggled for pace so far this season and they have fallen well behind the frontrunners.

Ex-Mercedes F1 engine boss Cowell replaces Whitmarsh as Aston CEO

After leaving Mercedes in mid-2020, Cowell will replace Whitmarsh as Aston’s F1 team group CEO

Local car industry sees continued decline in June 2024

Naamsa stats indicate that local vehicle sales in June 2024, at 40,072 units, reflected a further substantial decrease of 6,531 units, or a loss of 14,0%, from the 46,603 vehicles sold in June 2023.Source: UnsplashExport sales recorded a welcomed increase of 977 units, or 3,6%, to 28,306 units in June 2024 compared to the 27,329 vehicles exported in June 2023.Of the total reported industry sales, an estimated 33,039 units, or 82,5%, represented...

1,300 HP Yangwang U9 EV Supercar Hits The Nurburgring. Its Brakes Glow Red

BYD’s quad-motor electric supercar is being honed around Europe’s most famous track.

Kia Brings Its New Truck with a Funky Wrap to a Car Show

The Tasman isn't due until 2025 but Kia is eager to show it publicly.

Numsa threatens to bring Ford production to a halt over ‘unpaid bonuses’

Ford, which dates its time in South Africa back to 1923 when it started assembling Model T cars in a disused wool shed in then Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha), directly employs about 5 500 people in SA, and indirectly supports around 60 000 jobs within the value chain as of 2022.

2024 Audi Q6 E-Tron: An Electric Reset That Feels, Well, Normal

The Q6 E-Tron is the first Audi to ride on the PPE platform, which underpins the Macan. It's all new, but you'd barely know it.

This Super Small, Rotary Combustion Engine Could Power Your Next Motorcycle

It's not a rotary, per se, but the internals do rotate.

Joburg's middle and high-income earners hit by City Power's new R200 charge

NERSA approved City Power’s application to charge some of its customers a flat rate of R200 for the maintenance of its infrastructure in Johanesburg.

2025 Lotus Emeya: Get Used To A Very, Very Different Lotus Now

With up to 905 HP, rapid-fire DC fast-charging and a good amount of innovation, the Emeya is a worthy Taycan-fighter. But is it a Lotus?

New Shelby F-150 Is $27,000 More Than a Raptor R, For Some Reason

Or you can get it with the stock 400-horsepower V-8 and only pay $17,000 more.

JA on F1 Podcast: Hill on Norris silencing critics

James Allen is joined by 1996 Formula 1 champion Damon Hill in the latest episode of the JA on F1 Podcast

Nine dead after car plows into crowd of people

Driven: The new Defender 90,110 and 130

Bizcommunity was recently invited to the launch of Land Rover’s new and updated Defender range. I had the opportunity to test each of the models on rocky, muddy, steep and gravelly pathways — also known as these vehicles’ natural habitats. Here are my thoughts.Images by Aa-isha HassiemWhat’s the drive like? The 90 might be the smallest of the range but it certainly does not feel like it on the road. It’s sturdy and you find yourself feeling...

Vingegaard and Visma | LaB remarkably cool after Pogacar's first strike: "Not going to tell, but we have a plan"

The mood at Visma | Lease a Bike was less upbeat after the fourth stage of the Tour de France compared to the ride to Bologna last weekend. While team leader Jonas Vingegaard was able to keep up with Tadej Pogacar then, the defending Tour champion had to concede to the Slovenian on the Galibier on Tuesday. The total damage: fifty seconds. “I don’t know if it’s a setback,” said team leader Grischa Niermann to several cycling media. “If we had...

BYD plays winning hand in China EV market with hybrid models

A yawning gap has opened up among China’s electric-vehicle stocks with BYD beating all comers due to its latest technological rollout.

‘World’s most expensive’ remote-controlled car to be sold at F1 auction

A remote-controlled car is expected to fetch more than a quarter of a million pounds at auction to become the “most expensive” in the world, according to experts. The vehicle, which has a top speed of just under 50mph (80kp), is a scale model of the Ferrari F2002 driven by Michael Schumacher when he became Formula One world champion in 2002, and is...

McLaren make another IndyCar lineup change with shock announcement

Arrow McLaren's IndyCar lineup has changed drastically all season — and 2025 promises to bring more of the same

Nota mocks Thembinkosi Lorch for buying a truck, SA disagrees: "Better than spending money on women"

Nota Baloyi made fun of soccer star Thembinkosi Lorch for buying a truck. However, netizens disagreed with him and said he made the right decision.

DRIVEN: New Ford Transit van is modern, practical and easy to use

It’s a pity that vans don’t get much love in South Africa compared to the rest of the world because they do provide a valuable and practical commercial alternative.

36 big classic car birthdays in 2024

Espargaro becoming Honda MotoGP test rider is its first genuine improvement of 2024

OPINION: Honda’s MotoGP project continues to struggle as little progress is made in the development of its troubled RC213V. The hiring of Aleix Espargaro as test rider, however, represents HRC’s first genuine improvement in a long time

Toyota GR86 Outselling the Subaru BRZ Five to One

A huge discrepancy in sales poses the question: Why?

Every driver in the UK has been given a four-word warning

The best all-round used electric cars for under £30k

Haunting photos reveal the world's DEADLIEST roads

Incredible images of the world's scariest driving and cycling routes, suitable for the most daring adventurers.

RAF cautions youth to adhere to road safety rules

44% of those injured claimed R43.13bn from the fund

KZN matric student invents solar-powered vehicle and wins big with Eskom

A KZN matric student waved the South African flag high as he showed off his intelligence. The 19-year-old was honoured for inventing a solar-powered vehicle.

This Map Reveals The Average EV Fuel Cost Savings Potential By State

In some states, the savings are almost three times higher than in others.

This KTM Dirt Bike Is Probably More Than You Can Handle, Sorry

If your name isn't Manny Lettenbichler, keep moving.

Chinese firms eye Morocco as way to cash in on US electric vehicle subsidies

Chinese firms eye Morocco as way to cash in on US electric vehicle subsidies - Investment in electric vehicle manufacturing is booming in Morocco, a country that neighbors Europe and enjoys a free trade agreement with the United States

The Average Electric Vehicle Now Sells For Less Than A Tesla

Plus, investors don't care Tesla's Q2 was a bloodbath and how one of the strongest auto unions in the world is dealing with EV job losses

Kevin Dillon's Tesla abruptly stops 'mid-carwash' resulting in a fender bender with three cars behind him

Entourage star Kevin Dillon was reportedly involved in a multi-vehicle accident at a drive-thru car wash in Los Angeles , California last Monday.

Tesla's Sales Of Chinese-Made EV Keep Shrinking

In June, sales of Teslas built in China—for that country and for export—were down 24% year-over-year.

The new Land Rover Defender Octa is the most powerful and capable Defender ever

Land Rover’s most extreme, powerful and capable variant of the Defender is here

New Kia South Africa CEO appointed

Kia South Africa CEO Gary Scott has been succeeded by Paul Turnbull today, 1 July. This comes after an announcement in April that Scott would step down and be replaced by Turnball. Scott has been CEO since 2017 and has been appointed chief digital officer of Motus Holdings.Paul Turnbull | image suppliedA retailer to the coreTurnbull, who is 51, was born and raised in Johannesburg, matriculating at Jeppe High School for Boys and attaining a...

Woman is arrested for inventing a fake 'missing' child

Stacey Dashay Marie Smith, 19, called police on Sunday claiming that her child was in a car that was stolen from 14000 block of Lasso Rock Drive.

Brand new expensive BMW crushed in hectic collision, aftermath clip goes viral

An online user took to the timeline to share a clip of a lux BMW after it was crushed in a collision, leading netizens to craft theories about the expensive mess.

Hyundai gearing up for WEC hypercar programme, WRC long-term future unclear

The Korean car maker appears set to enter sportscar racing’s top-flight in the future

What EV Slump? Hyundai and Kia Break Sales Records for Electric Cars

The EV9 and EV6 are up 112 percent, and Ioniq 5 is close to 20,000 sales through the first half of the year.