August 16, 2018

Al-Majid Motors Co., distributor of Kia vehicles in the UAE, has announced the recall of more than 3,200 units of its Carnival model due to safety reasons.

The company announced that the safety recall is in coordination with the UAE's Ministry of Economy campaign to inspect the Integrated Circuit Relay Box module and change it as it might exhibit damage due to moisture ingress.

'Following communication with Kia Motors Co., Al-Majid Motors has started a recall campaign on 3,239 Kia Carnivals produced between 2005 to 2014. This campaign aims to inspect the Integrated"...

August 15, 2018

Global auto giant Audi has appointed Uwe Hermann, a regional industry veteran as the sales director for the Middle East region.

In his new role, he will lead the sales for the Audi brand across 11 countries, 12 importers and 24 dealer facilities in the GCC and Levant region, said a statement from Audi.

As an automotive professional with extensive international and multicultural experience, Hermann has worked in the Middle East for more than 16 years, it stated.

He joins the brand with the Four Rings from its sister company Porsche, where he was senior regional sales manager.

Operating from the AVME regional office in Dubai, Hermann will be responsible for driving the"...

August 15, 2018

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has endorsed new testing standards for electric, hybrid and self-driving vehicles to ensure that the emirate plays a “pioneering” role in their development and see that they are on the streets of Dubai “in the near future”, it was announced on Monday.

In a statement, Abdullah Yousef Al Ali, the CEO of RTA’s Licensing Agency, said that 66 workshops have been held “with vehicle manufacturers, approved testing centres in Dubai and consultancy companies in the UAE to review these standards and share knowledge and ideas about them.”

“During"...

August 15, 2018

CTS Engines, the global leader for mature engine maintenance within the Aerospace & Defense industry, announced today that it had inducted the first PW2000 engine into its engine overhaul facility in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Along with the CF6-80C2, CF6-80A, and CF6-50C2, the PW2000 represents the fourth engine model type serviced by CTS.

“The profile of the PW2000 engine—which will continue to operate on B757s in cargo configuration and on C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft for years to come—is an ideal fit for the CTS product line,” said Vesa Paukkeri, CTS’s President and Chief Operating Officer. “CTS"...

August 14, 2018

The BMW Group invested substantially in the mobility of the future during the first half of the year, while at the same time firmly continuing on its course of profitable growth.

Rigorous implementation of the group’s Strategy Number One > Next is playing a key role, as the company shapes the transformation of the automotive sector. Driving this process forward, the BMW Group always remains focused on the needs and desires of its customers and is continuing its ground-breaking work on the four ACES (Autonomous, Connected, Electrified and Services/Shared) topics, said a statement from the company.

The BMW Group has also set a decisive course for its future in China, the company’s"...

August 13, 2018

Be prepared to relearn the name of the Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) Metro station. From September 1, the station will officially be renamed Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) Metro station, a Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) spokesperson confirmed to Khaleej Times on Sunday.

DMCC, a freezone authority established by the Dubai government in 2002, is the master developer of the JLT community. The authority regulates, promotes and facilitates trade across a range of goods from gold, diamonds and precious metals to tea, food and industrial materials. It is home to more than 15,000 businesses.

The"...

August 13, 2018

Q: India is touted as a manufacturing hub for automobiles. Is there any truth in this statement? What export performance has been recorded during the last financial year?

A: During the financial year ended March 31, 2018, automobile exports were $7.1 billion, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce. Exports to the United States increased to $654 million as against just $3.52 million during the preceding year ended March 31, 2017. However, there was a decline in exports to the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy.

Two American companies, Ford and General Motors, are using India as one of their manufacturing hubs, which resulted in the export of automobiles to the United States during"...

August 12, 2018

You might worry that Europe couldn’t possibly replicate the merciless heat generated in the UAE, and that therefore it’s a fruitless exercise testing a convertible car in Spain in 22°C to see how it would run in the Emirates.

Luckily – or unluckily for the road testers on the launch of BMW’s hybrid i8 Roadster – the weather in Spain played ball perfectly, heading rapidly towards 40°C and threatening to touch 50°C by the time I depart Valencia.

I can therefore tell you what you already almost certainly knew: it was roasting"...

August 12, 2018

The Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, and the General HQ of the Dubai Police announced the awarding of the contract for the trial run of the Traffic Incidents Management, TIM, scheme to Emirates Transport.

The TIM scheme will be tentatively implemented on a 70-kilometre sector of the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road for one year starting from 16th September, 2018.

Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the RTA, said, 'The RTA is undertaking the TIM scheme in collaboration with the General HQ of the Dubai Police. The"...

August 11, 2018

In just three days, motorists driving in Abu Dhabi will face fines if they go faster by even 1kmph than the posted speed limit as the emirate removes the 20kmh speed limit buffer.

Abu Dhabi Police had announced earlier that the speed limit on the roads will be revised and motorists would no longer enjoy the buffer from August 12 onwards. Speed limits on highways and internal roads would be increased by the buffer margin from that date.

However, some roads will continue having the same speed limits even if the buffer is removed.

According"...