No-fumes deliveries: Can electric trucks help clean up haula...
16 January 2025
STUTTGART: The environmental cost of having goods delivered over long distances by road is showing signs of dropping in future as retailing giant Amazon is joining companies seekin...
Four arrested in crackdown on vehicle number plate syndicate
16 January 2025
IPOH: Police have arrested four suspects believed to be members of a syndicate that offers fake vehicle number plate registration services.
Acting Perak police chief Deputy Comm...
Ex-Perodua boss Aminar Rashid picked as MARii chairman
15 January 2025
Aminar's appointment is with immediate effect.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii) has appointed Datuk (Dr) Aminar Rashid Salleh as the chair...
Pump Petron fuel for chance to win free fuel for one year
15 January 2025
KUALA LUMPUR: Petron Malaysia is giving Malaysians a chance to win one year's worth of free fuel.
This nationwide campaign will run from Dec 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025.
Custom...
EU climate chief says carmakers can thrive in global EV race
15 January 2025
BRUSSELS: The European Union is prepared to make sure carmakers are ready to meet its 2035 goal to effectively phase out the combustion engine, the bloc’s climate chief said, despi...
Global electric car sales rose by 25% in 2024
15 January 2025
LONDON: Electric car sales rose by 25 percent globally last year, surging in China but slowing in Europe, according to figures published Tuesday by the British consultancy Rho Moti...
Two-hour parking limit for Kuala Lumpur to be imposed
15 January 2025
KUALA LUMPUR: A two-hour parking limit for downtown Kuala Lumpur along with a crackdown on parking touts are measures in the works to restore order in some of the capital city’s mo...
Biden administration finalises US crackdown on Chinese vehic...
15 January 2025
A worker cleaning a vehicle made by Chinese carmaker GAC at the company's display during the Detroit Auto Show on Tuesday. — Reuters
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden's outgoing ...
China vehicle export growth to slow in 2025, association dat...
14 January 2025
BEIJING: China's vehicle exports are expected to grow 5.8% to 6.2 million units this year, cooling from a 19.3% increase in 2024, data from the China Association of Automobile Manu...
Johor's 400kW DC charging station for heavy vehicles set to ...
14 January 2025
The Tangkak station by ChargEV caters mainly to electric heavy vehicles. — Bernama
TANGKAK: An electric vehicle (EV) charging station in Tangkak, Johor, located along the North-So...
Detroit Auto Show returns to January in a changed landscape
14 January 2025
DETROIT: The Detroit Auto Show returned to January for the first time since 2019, on Saturday as the city dug itself out of a winter storm that dropped about 2.5 inches of snow Fri...
This AI-powered garbage truck can separate out used batterie...
13 January 2025
LAS VEGAS: From laptops to EVs, lithium-ion batteries have fuelled phenomenal growth in the 21st century, but businesses struggle with a significant downside: increased fire risk.
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No mercy for officers involved in lorry protection racket, s...
13 January 2025
KUALA LUMPUR: There will be zero tolerance for corruption and integrity breaches among Road Transport Department (JPJ) officers, following reports that some lorry owners are using ...
JPJ seizes 21 vehicles in nationwide ops
13 January 2025
PETALING JAYA: A total of 21 commercial vehicles were seized in a nationwide crackdown on safety violations including invalid or expired licenses and insurance, unregistered vehicl...
German startup Vay bets on remote drivers
13 January 2025
LAS VEGAS: With no one in the driver seat, the SUV pulling up resembles an autonomous robotaxi like those becoming increasingly present in some cities — but the car from German sta...
Five cutting-edge car innovations from CES 2025
12 January 2025
LAS VEGAS: The Geneva Motor Show is history, the German IAA exhibition has not recovered since moving from Frankfurt to Munich and the Paris Motor Show is a mere regional showcase ...
Three of the world's 5 cities with the 'slowest traffic' are...
11 January 2025
PARIS: The Colombian city of Barranquilla tops TomTom's Traffic Index 2024 international ranking, ahead of a number of Indian cities.
The city had the highest average travel tim...
Scientists showcase solution to prevent electric car batteri...
10 January 2025
SEOUL: Researchers in South Korea have developed an innovative lithium-metal battery that automatically shuts down in the event of overheating, reducing the risk of fire in electri...
Yinson on what it takes to rev up Asean’s EV future
10 January 2025
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KUALA LUMPUR: Sales of electric vehicles (EV) may have increased over the years, but this factor isn’t enough to justify placing more charging stations across the country, sa...
Higher wages to rev up motor vehicle sales
10 January 2025
PETALING JAYA: Resilient domestic demand driven by the civil servant salary increment and introduction of higher minimum wages this year will support the sales of cars, according t...
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