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China's Li Auto to mass produce first fully electric EV in F...
17 November 2023
SHANGHAI: Li Auto said today it will start mass production and delivery of its first fully electric car in February, as the up-and-coming Chinese automaker bets on fast-charging te...
Australia, India at risk of becoming dumping grounds for pol...
17 November 2023
NEW DELHI: Nations slow to adopt electric vehicles are likely to end up with a glut of used gasoline cars if they fail to accelerate the shift to electrification, according to a re...
Smartphone maker Xiaomi set to launch its own electric car
17 November 2023
BEIJING: Competition in the world's biggest car market China is set to further heat up with news that smartphone maker Xiaomi has applied for permission to launch an electric vehic...
Siti Zaharah re-appointed as Miros D-G
17 November 2023
PUTRAJAYA: Dr Siti Zaharah Ishak has been reappointed as Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) director-general effective Nov 17. Miros said that Siti Zaharah, 47,...
Batang Kali-Genting Highlands road expected to open by May 2...
17 November 2023
SHAH ALAM: The Batang Kali-Genting Highlands road is expected to be open to the public by May next year, as it is scheduled to be completed in March of the same year. Selangor I...
Swift approval for duty-free island vehicles owned by govt e...
17 November 2023
LABUAN: Government employees with vehicles registered in duty-free islands Labuan and Langkawi, enjoying a 50% duty exemption, can now breathe a sigh of relief. The Finance Mini...
Domino’s Pizza to use e-bikes for food delivery
16 November 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd will be using all-electric two-wheelers for food delivery in selected locations across 12 markets, including Malaysia. In a stateme...
Sime Darby gets shareholders' nod for UMW acquisition
16 November 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Bhd's shareholders have given their approval for the proposed acquisition of Permodalan Nasional Bhd's (PNB) 61.2% stake in UMW Holdings Bhd Subsequentl...
Stronger vehicle sales growth in October
16 November 2023
PETALING JAYA: The sales of motor vehicles have registered strong growth in October 2023, with a total industry volume (TIV) of 74,896 units sold. This represents an increase of...
Paris says to call vote on heavy SUV parking fee hike
16 November 2023
UPDATE: dpa has reported that officials in Paris want to triple the parking fee for SUVs. The measure would raise the parking fee to €18 per hour (RM92) in the city centre and €12 ...
Pecca wants to form new partnerships with EV-related compani...
16 November 2023
PETALING JAYA: Automotive upholstery maker, Pecca Group Bhd, is open to forming partnerships with electric vehicle (EV)-related business entities. Chief executive officer Foo Ke...
Over 2,000 summonses issued to foreign drivers, says Kedah J...
16 November 2023
GURUN: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) has issued 2,227 summonses to foreign drivers, particularly those on motorcycles, in operations conducted statewide since Nov 1. Kedah...
Cruise pulls all self-driving cars from public roads after a...
16 November 2023
SAN FRANCISCO: In a dent to automotive industry aspirations for a revolution in mobility, Cruise has suspended all its self-driving car journeys on public roads in response to an a...
Delays during pandemic reason for increased cost for road up...
15 November 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: Project delays due to Covid-19 were among reasons for the increased cost of road upgrades, says Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Mohamad. The Deputy Works Minister said sev...
Tall trucks, SUVs are 45% deadlier to US pedestrians, study ...
15 November 2023
WASHINGTON: Trucks and sport utility vehicles with hood heights greater than 40 inches are about 45% more likely to cause fatalities in pedestrian crashes than shorter vehicles wit...
Electric heavy trucks poised to overtake hydrogen ones
15 November 2023
OSLO: On the outskirts of Trondheim in western Norway, food wholesaler Asko has since 2020 been testing four hydrogen fuel cell trucks supplied by Swedish truckmaker Scania. The...
Bicycles making comeback to China's major cities
15 November 2023
BEIJING: For a long time, bicycles were much used in China, until the emergence of megacities and their steady streams of cars. Today, however, as part of the green energy trans...
No immediate plans to regulate e-hailing fares, including se...
14 November 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: There are no immediate plans to regulate the e-hailing fares including setting the floor price per trip, says Anthony Loke. The Transport Minister told Dewan Rakya...
EV demand in Europe to slow as customers await affordable el...
14 November 2023
BERLIN/LONDON: After years of accelerating growth, Europe's electric car sales appear to be entering a go-slow zone as drivers wait for better, cheaper models that are two to three...
Huawei launches two more China EVs after Aito's instant succ...
14 November 2023
HONG KONG: Stroll into a Huawei Technologies Co. store in Shanghai or Shenzhen, and apart from the usual array of smartphones, laptops and tablets, shoppers can check out a 250,000...