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MCO 3.0: Police step up roadblocks in KL and Selangor

07 May 2021

KUALA LUMPUR: Police here and in Selangor tightened roadblocks at all toll plazas following the enforcement of the movement control order. Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Azmi A...

Britain set to stockpile metals for EVs to beat Chinese thre...

06 May 2021

Miners are seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China. — Reuters LONDON: Britain is exploring the creation of a national stockpile of so...

Uber and Arrival confirm deal to produce EVs

06 May 2021

LONDON: Uber and UK-based electric car firm Arrival have announced plans to create a fleet of electric vehicles for the ride-hailing service across Europe, with Uber aiming to be f...

Cradling your phone to your ear while driving isn't being ha...

06 May 2021

BERLIN: Both hands are on the wheel, so why does it matter if you're using your shoulder to hold your phone to your ear while driving? While it may seem to be in keeping with th...

KL also under MCO, from May 7-20

05 May 2021

PUTRAJAYA: Kuala Lumpur will be placed under the movement control order from May 7 to 20. Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the Health Ministry had presented a...

May 6-12: RON97 petrol up 2 sen, rest unchanged

05 May 2021

PETALING JAYA: The price of RON97 petrol will increase by two sen from May 6 to 12, says the Finance Ministry. The price for RON97 petrol will increase from RM2.58 to RM2.60 per...

Designing sounds for electric vehicles

05 May 2021

Zimmer (left) and Vitale working on sound design for the BMW Vision M NEXT hybrid supercar in 2019. The supercar project has since been ditched for cost reasons. COLOGNE: A strang...

Car dealership manager gets jail, whipping for cheating

05 May 2021

KUALA LUMPUR: A manager at a car dealership was sentenced to three years' jail and three strokes of the rotan by the Sessions Court here for cheating a businessman in connection wi...

Car ban and virus curfew open Tunis streets to cyclists

05 May 2021

The evening rides are growing in popularity. — AFP TUNIS: On the usually traffic-clogged streets of Tunisia's capital, cyclists are pedalling away peacefully on empty boulevards,...

MCO in six Selangor districts from May 6-17

04 May 2021

PUTRAJAYA: The movement control order (MCO) will be carried out in six districts in Selangor from May 6-17, says Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. The Senior Minister said interst...

Banks to remain cautious on loan approvals

03 May 2021

KUALA LUMPUR: Banks will remain cautious on loan approvals as approval rates fell to 40.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 compared to 44.1 per cent in the same period in 2020...

Baidu rolls out paid driverless taxi service in Beijing

03 May 2021

A Baidu Apollo Robotaxi moving past a steel plant at the Shougang Park in Beijing. — AP BEIJING: Chinese tech giant Baidu rolled out its paid driverless taxi service on Sunday, ma...

Your car is about to be a software platform, subscriptions a...

03 May 2021

NEW YORK: Yes, the Porsche Taycan is flying out of dealerships. And yes, it charges faster than a knife fight in a phone booth. But you may not have heard much about the most vangu...

Chip shortage will persist for ‘couple of years’, says Intel...

03 May 2021

An employee soldering a component onto a printed circuit board at CSI Electronic Manufacturing Services Ltd in Witham, UK. — Bloomberg NEW YORK: The global semiconductor shortage ...

Part of busy Bangsar road in KL off-limits to traffic for 2 ...

03 May 2021

KUALA LUMPUR: Repair works along Jalan Maarof, Bangsar in Kuala Lumpur will likely take two weeks after part of the road caved in following a downpour on May 1. Kuala Lumpur Cit...

Putting off toll hike to cost govt over RM2bil in 2021, says...

01 May 2021

PETALING JAYA: The postponement of toll hikes this year will extend to 20 highways and two bridges - including the SMART Tunnel - and will cost the government over RM2bil, says the...

Tesla camera concerns spur China to review car data regulati...

01 May 2021

BEIJING: China is considering new regulations that would require data collected by intelligent cars to be stored in the country, a move triggered by recent concerns that cameras in...

New UK labelling for tyres seeks to highlight efficiency and...

01 May 2021

LONDON: UK motorists will benefit from the introduction of a new label and innovative system from today to help them understand how well tyres perform, especially for fuel efficien...

Used car sales expected to power ahead

30 April 2021

PETALING JAYA: Sales of used cars, which have remained solid in the first quarter of this year, are expected to maintain its steady momentum at least until the first half of 2021, ...

Daimler, Volvo seek huge cuts in hydrogen fuel cell costs by...

30 April 2021

STUTTGART: Daimler Trucks and Volvo AB said on Thursday they aim jointly to cut the costs of hydrogen fuel cells by a factor of five or six by 2027 as they seek to make the zero-em...