Allowing dealers temporary car ownership among proposed chan...
18 June 2022
PETALING JAYA: Changes will be made to the Road Transport Act 1987 to protect the interests of car owners when they sell their vehicles to used car dealers.
With the proposed am...
Cars losing shine in Singapore as youth nowadays prefer to c...
18 June 2022
SINGAPORE: The proportion of young Singaporeans who aspire to own a car has shrunk substantially from six years ago.
According to a face-to-face survey commissioned by The Strai...
Indian-owned Norton Motorcycles plans UK-built electric rang...
18 June 2022
LONDON: Norton Motorcycles plans to develop and build an electric motorcycle in the UK that it claims will have "racing performance, touring range and lightweight handling,” as par...
Touch ‘n Go’s ewallet, RFID, PayDirect services restored
17 June 2022
PETALING JAYA: Touch ‘n Go says the eWallet and its services are up and running following an outage earlier today.
It apologised for the downtime but did not explain what caused...
Inflation turns EVs into luxury items, threatening broader e...
17 June 2022
DETROIT: Electric-vehicle prices are going up at a dizzying pace these days. Tesla raised prices by as much as US$6,000 per car this week.
Rivian bumped up the ask on its batter...
Vehicle tax exemption proposal in the spotlight
16 June 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: All eyes are on whether the vehicle sales tax exemption, which ends this month, will be extended to assist the automotive sector that has been affected by the pandemi...
VinFast parts ways with four top executives as it readies ex...
16 June 2022
HANOI: Four senior executives at Vietnam's VinFast have left the electric vehicle startup as it prepares to launch its first overseas model and roll out a network of showrooms in t...
First Putrajaya MRT segment opens today
16 June 2022
PETALING JAYA: Klang Valley folk travelling to parts of Kepong and Sungai Buloh in Selangor have a new option of transportation mode from today. The Putrajaya MRT line began operat...
Used car market facing shortage as well
16 June 2022
PETALING JAYA: It is now a “double whammy” for those looking for any car.
The shortage of new cars caused by a shortage of chips and spares has now spilt over to the used car in...
Ongoing delays will lead to higher car prices, says MAA
16 June 2022
PETALING JAYA: The production of new cars will continue to be delayed if the shortage of microchips and components persists, says the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).
It...
Crunch time for car makers as Apple takes a bigger bite
16 June 2022
LONDON: Apple’s sweeping update to its CarPlay system, revealed at the company’s annual World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) last week, has presented car manufacturers with a cru...
Paving the way for more level 3 self-driving cars from 2024
15 June 2022
DETROIT: The Stellantis group has announced that it has chosen to equip several models across its various auto brands with Valeo's third-generation LiDAR from 2024.
This will en...
EV battery startup Alsym aims to slash cost, eliminate lithi...
15 June 2022
DETROIT: Alsym Energy, a seven-year-old Massachusetts startup, aims to halve the cost of electric vehicle batteries with a new design that eliminates lithium and cobalt, two increa...
Korean truckers return to work as strike ends but hurdles re...
15 June 2022
Members of the Cargo Truckers Solidarity union taking part in a protest in front of an electronics factory in Gwangju on Tuesday. — Reuters
SEOUL: South Korea’s truckers began ret...
June 16-22: RON97 petrol price up 11 sen to RM4.83
15 June 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: The retail price of RON97 petrol will be higher by 11 sen at RM4.83 per litre, while the prices of RON95 petrol and diesel remain unchanged for the week from June 16 ...
Drivers shrug off soaring fuel prices, for now
15 June 2022
LONDON: Drivers around the world are tolerating record-high prices for road fuels, as mobility wins out for now over other spending in squeezed household budgets, data showed.
T...
No airbags or anti-lock brakes on Russian cars as sanctions ...
15 June 2022
PARIS: Russia will be forced to produce vehicles without basic safety features like airbags and anti-lock braking systems in order to restart local production, according to the pre...
UK ends subsidies for electric cars on surging demand
14 June 2022
LONDON: The UK said it would scrap the last remaining subsidies for electric cars, saying the move would free up cash to expand the charging network and encourage sales of other ba...
PlanMalaysia to prepare micromobility vehicle ban guidelines
13 June 2022
PETALING JAYA: Detailed guidelines on the use of micromobility vehicles will be prepared by the Town and Country Planning Department (PlanMalaysia), says Transport Minister Datuk S...
Raw-material snarls in S. Korea to ripple across Asia factor...
13 June 2022
Trucks transporting containers drive past members of the Cargo Truckers Solidarity union gathering in front of an inland containers depot in Uiwang, South Korea, today. — Reuters
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