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Lifan Motors undertakes $5 million expansion project in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Lifan Motors Plc, a subsidy of Yangfan Motors Plc, the Chinese auto manufacturer, is undertaking an expansion project with five million USD intended for the provision of spare parts in sufficient quantities and increased after-sales service. The number of cars the company sold rose due to shorter delivery time it offers as well as the increase in demand caused by the bankruptcy...
MIE launches new automobile model
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Mesfin Industrial Engineering (MIE) Plc inaugurated its second automobile in just a year after it launched its first GEELY car. MIE produced a car named “Addis” with a capacity of 1300 cc at its plant located in Mekelle last year, 783 Km north of Addis Ababa. Last Thursday, the engineering company inaugurated a new model called Saba with 1,500 cc.
The new automobile...
Investing beyond the horizon, tyre company upgrades
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopia’s only tyre manufacturer, Horizon Addis is spending 1.1 billion birr on a massive upgrade. The company is currently working with Continental Germany, the world’s number four tyre manufacturer, to transform its age old machines to world class ones. Horizon is installing a machine that can produce 80,000 pieces of light truck radial tyre annually at a cost...
Lifan’s new model ready to hit the road
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The Chinese car assembler, Lifan Motors, made public its seventh model in Ethiopia, SUV X-60, at the newly built Conference Center of the African Union on May 19, 2012.
The company has already sold 60 cars in just a month according to Capital sources in the car assembling company .
Lifan Motors assembled the new version of its sport utility vehicle, SUV X-60, which it describes...
Lifan Launches SUV X-60 Model in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Lifan launched its latest model assembled in Ethiopia, the SUV X-60. The new model will be the seventh to be introduced by the Chinese company in Ethiopia.
Lifan has already sold 60 of the X-60 in the first weeks it’s been out according to sources within the company.
The X-60 is a sports utility vehicle which is effective on both asphalt and gravel roads, sporting a...
Ethiopia’s Car Show Takes Some Turns
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - As Milan and New York are famous for their annual fashion events, Detroit and Geneva are known for hosting internationally renowned motorcar shows every year. Cairo topped the African continent by organizing annual auto shows for the 17th time this year, while Addis Abeba is trying to catch the tail of such world-class cities with its own car show since 2003.
A private local...
Haile Gebrselassie Faces Criminal Charges of Unlawful Enforcement of Right
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The Ethiopian world-class athlete and celebrity, Haile Gebrselassie, is facing criminal prosecution for a charge of unlawful enforcement of right. The court ordered his arrested appearance due to his failure to appear on the date set for the first hearing of the charge.
In the charge brought to the Federal First Instance Court, Yeka District, on April 26, 2012, by federal...
Ricardo to produce engines for Lifan’s SUV in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (The Reporter) – Ricardo, an engine maker giant based in the U.K., has partnered with Lifan, a Chinese car maker, to produce the engine for Lifan’s sport utility vehicles (SUV) expected to hit the market here in the coming months, said representatives of the Yangfan Motors, subsidiary of Lifan in Ethiopia.
Engineers from Ricardo and Lifan have produced a VVT I engine for...
