Errant petrol station operators to pay over RM1mil for illeg...
15 January 2024
PUTRAJAYA: Petrol station operators who allow the illegal sale of RON95 fuel to foreign-registered vehicles could face fines exceeding the existing RM1mil imposed, it was announced...
German auto industry expert warns of wave 'against electric ...
15 January 2024
FRANKFURT: The recent decision by US-based car rental giant Hertz to scale back its electric car fleet might be indicative of a broader trend, according to an automotive industry e...
Fresh approach needed in road safety campaigns, says Lam Thy...
14 January 2024
KUALA LUMPUR: The discontinuation of road safety campaign launches suggests that efforts to promote road safety over the years may not have been successful, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Th...
Accreditation cards for express bus drivers will keep partie...
14 January 2024
Prioritising safety: Cards will curb unlicensed and inexperienced drivers says an interest group. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star
PETALING JAYA: If passengers are to have smooth and safe ...
Make bus companies accountable for driver offences, say user...
14 January 2024
PETALING JAYA: The proposal to issue accreditation cards for express bus drivers is laudable but the liability must fall on bus companies to vet their own employees, say public tra...
LG opens first EV charging station factory in the US
14 January 2024
SEOUL: LG Electronics on Friday opened its first factory in the US for assembling electric-vehicle charging stations as the South Korean electronics giant looks to capture a share ...
Man injured after driving car off car park's second floor
14 January 2024
SHAH ALAM: A man was injured after he drove his car off the second floor of a car park here.
When contacted, Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis...
Rental giant Hertz dumps EVs, including Teslas, for petrol c...
14 January 2024
BENGALURU/DETROIT: Rental firm Hertz Global Holdings is selling about 20,000 electric vehicles, including Teslas, from its US fleet about two years after a deal with the automaker ...
Google adding Chrome browser to screens in cars
13 January 2024
LAS VEGAS: Google wants drivers and passengers in cars be able to use Chrome in cars with a new feature that brings the tech giant's browser onto car screens.
Chrome will only b...
EU investigators to inspect China's BYD, Geely and SAIC in E...
12 January 2024
SHANGHAI/BRUSSELS: European Commission investigators are to inspect Chinese automakers in the coming weeks as part of a probe into whether to impose punitive tariffs to protect Eur...
India's longest sea bridge opened in Mumbai
12 January 2024
NEW DELHI: India's longest sea bridge known as the Atal Setu was inaugurated on Friday, officials said.
The 21.8 km long six-lane bridge, also known as the Mumbai Trans Harbour ...
ABB buys tech company to give industrial robots eyes and bra...
12 January 2024
ZURICH: ABB has bought a company specialising in boosting the mobility of industrial robots - by using artificial intelligence and 3D vision to move around factories and warehouses...
Johor EV charging fire: Company operating site not licensed
11 January 2024
PUTRAJAYA: The company that operated the electric vehicle charging systems bay in Johor which caught fire on Dec 31, was found to be operating without a licence by the Energy Commi...
PMs Anwar, Lee witness completion of RTS Link connection bet...
11 January 2024
Anwar and Lee shaking hands to mark the historic completion of the connecting span for the RTS project today. — Bernama
JOHOR BARU: The infrastructure of the Rapid Transit Syste...
SK On may start mass producing LFP batteries for automakers ...
11 January 2024
LAS VEGAS: South Korea's SK On plans to start mass producing lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries as early as 2026 to supply several automakers as it pushes to deliver a lower co...
StoreDot lays out 2024 goals, Polestar first to get XFC batt...
11 January 2024
HERZLIYA (Israel): Extreme fast charging (XFC) pioneer StoreDot has announced its major milestones for 2024.
The company will continue its path to commercialisation by pursuing ...
Global electric car sales rose 31% in 2023, says UK market r...
11 January 2024
LONDON: Global sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) rose 31% in 2023, down from 60% growth in 2022, according to market research firm Rho Motion.
"The pac...
At CES 2024, legacy automakers scramble to keep up in AI arm...
11 January 2024
AeroHT eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) car made its international debut at CES 2024. AeroHT is the flying car subsidiary of Xpeng.
LAS VEGAS: As artificial intellig...
Intel challenges Nvidia, Qualcomm with 'AI PC' chips for car...
10 January 2024
DETROIT: Intel said on Tuesday it will launch automotive versions of its newest AI-enabled chips, taking on Qualcomm and Nvidia in the market for semiconductors that can power the ...
Microsoft, US lab use AI to speed search for new battery mat...
10 January 2024
SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft has worked with a US national laboratory to use artificial intelligence to rapidly identify a material that could mean producing batteries that require 70%...
Free & Easy Media Test: Latest Proton X50 Flagship to Kuanta...
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