JPJ to auction off 100 seized vehicles, including Merc and B...
24 September 2019
File pic of seized cars for auction.
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 100 seized vehicles, including Mercedes-Benz and BMW, will be up for auction next month, says Datuk Ismail Mohd Zawaw...
Australia uses new technology to catch drivers on phones
23 September 2019
SYDNEY: An Australian state is attempting to persuade people to put down their smartphones while driving by rolling out cameras to prosecute distracted motorists.
New South Wale...
Grab faces off against Tesla taxis in Indonesia’s cab war
23 September 2019
Purnomo has already added about two dozen EVs to Blue Bird’s almost 30,000-strong fleet of cabs. — All image source from Instagram.com/nonipurnomo
JAKARTA: In 2015, the shares of ...
Once hacked, twice shy: How auto supplier Harman learned to ...
23 September 2019
An attendee of the 2019 DEF CON cybersecurity event is seen at the conference's car hacking village in Las Vegas on Aug 9. — Reuters
LAS VEGAS: When researchers remotely hacked a ...
22 US states join California to take Trump to court over aut...
22 September 2019
WASHINGTON: A group of 23 states on Friday sued to block the Trump administration from undoing California’s authority to set strict car pollution rules, one of the biggest US battl...
How to avoid eight of the most common causes for fatal car c...
20 September 2019
BERLIN: Whether you’re riding on two wheels or four, staying alert when you’re in traffic is harder than it seems. These are eight of the most common things we forget that lead to ...
Light up in the haze, Miros tells motorists
20 September 2019
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) has advised the public to be more careful when driving to avoid road accidents during the haze.
Its directo...
Amazon vows to be carbon neutral by 2040, buying 100,000 ele...
20 September 2019
Bezos speaking at a press conference in Washington ahead of the upcoming Climate Week in New York. On the left screen is an image of the Rivian electric van Amazon has ordered.
W...
Sept 21-27: RON97 petrol up 14 sen to RM2.67
20 September 2019
PETALING JAYA: The fuel prices of RON97 will increase by 14 sen per litre while RON95 and diesel will remain the same for the following week.
The Finance Ministry said the price...
Mobile coverage promised on Pan Borneo Highway
20 September 2019
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission chairman, Al-Ishsal Ishak, said his team will ensure that there will be mobile coverage on the Pan Borneo Highway,...
Germany gambles on green with carbon cap plan
19 September 2019
Cars stuck on the highway A8 between Salzburg and Munich near Irschenberg, southern Germany. — Reuters
BERLIN: The German government is set to present a new climate-change policy ...
Singapore Grand Prix organisers stock up on anti-smog masks
19 September 2019
A view of the Singapore F1 Grand Prix night race Marina Bay street circuit shrouded by haze in Singapore on Wednesday. — Reuters
SINGAPORE: Singapore Grand Prix organisers are sto...
Trump and California go to war over clean cars
19 September 2019
Highway traffic heading into Los Angeles, California. — Reuters
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and the state of California went to war on Wednesday over who should set the ...
Australian lithium recovery seen by mid-2020 as EV productio...
18 September 2019
MELBOURNE: Strong demand from the electric-vehicle sector alongside supply cuts should help Australian lithium miners recover towards the middle of next year, earlier than expected...
Uber will now check up on you if your ride stops for too lon...
18 September 2019
SAN FRANCISCO: Uber has published a video to YouTube illustrating its newly launched RideCheck feature, an app tool that checks in on passengers if their ride has been stopped for ...
When will we refer to EVs simply as ‘cars'?
18 September 2019
LONDON: As mobile phones became necessities rather than novelties, the devices were no longer specified as revolutionary "cell" phones or "mobile" phones: instead, the handsets bec...
Did your rented e-scooter suddenly shut down? Blame the geof...
18 September 2019
LOS ANGELES: Like scores of tourists who zip through Santa Monica on e-scooters every day, 21-year-old Elliot Stephenson had no idea there was a fence around the pier until he hit ...
US to allow drivers to choose 'quiet car' alert sounds
17 September 2019
WASHINGTON: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Monday proposed allowing automakers to offer a variety of sound choices for electric vehicles and other “quiet car...
National Auto Policy 2019 to be carried out in three phases ...
16 September 2019
KUALA LUMPUR: National Automotive Policy (NAP) 2019 to be launched soon, will be implemented in three phases till 2030 and it will also include efforts to make Malaysia a hybrid an...
China's Hongqi shows off 1,400hp supercar concept
16 September 2019
FRANKFURT: Chinese manufacturer Hongqi - which is owned by conglomerate FAW - is displaying its two new impressive concepts, including its first supercar at the Sept 12-22 Frankfur...
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