Putin seizes control of Russia's biggest car dealership
24 December 2023
Customers speaking to a sales manager next to Lexus cars at a Rolf dealership in Moscow om April, 2019. — Reuters
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin placed Russia's biggest car de...
WHO wants help for cyclists as proportion of fatal accidents...
24 December 2023
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported an increase in the proportion of cyclists killed in road traffic accidents around the world, even as the total figure for a...
Over 100 vehicles stranded by Gua Musang flood
24 December 2023
GUA MUSANG: Continuous rain since yesterday caused water from Sungai Brooke to spill its banks and overflow to Jalan Lojing-Pos Blau-Kuala Betis at Pos Blau, here, resulting in the...
No one wants used EVs, making new ones a tougher sell, too
23 December 2023
BERLIN: The shift away from cars with dirty combustion engines is running into a new hurdle: Drivers don’t want to buy used electric vehicles, and that’s undermining the market for...
UK to fund two-way charging technology to turn EVs into powe...
23 December 2023
LONDON: The UK is providing funding for the development of two-way charging technologies that could turn electric vehicles into backup power sources and help the country meet its c...
Puchong landslide: Four cars pulled out from rubble
22 December 2023
PETALING JAYA: The Subang Jaya City Council (MBSJ) has extracted the four cars that were swallowed in the landslide that occured on Dec 16 in Puchong, Selangor.
In a statement t...
High-speed transportation firm Hyperloop One to shut down, s...
22 December 2023
LOS ANGELES: High-speed freight transportation company Hyperloop One will shut down, having failed to win any contract to build a working hyperloop, Bloomberg News reported on Thur...
Excise tax cut for Thai eco-car production extended until 20...
22 December 2023
BANGKOK: The Thai cabinet has approved a move to extend the cut in excise tax for eco-car manufacturers from 17% to 14% for another two years, or until the end of 2025, a news sour...
Car service tax likely to increase from 6% to 8%
22 December 2023
PETALING JAYA: It could be more expensive to have your car serviced from next year, with the service tax likely seeing an increase from 6% to 8%.
Vehicle repairs and maintenance...
Padu national database registrations open from Jan 2, 2024 t...
21 December 2023
PETALING JAYA: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Costs of Living announced via its X page that the country’s central database (Padu) will be open for user registration from Jan 2 ...
All contra lanes at Johor land checkpoints open for Christma...
21 December 2023
KULAI: All contra lanes at the two land Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) checkpoints in Johor will be activated in anticipation of a high volume of vehicles from Singapore...
Toll-free travel for Christmas on Dec 23 and 26
21 December 2023
PETALING JAYA: Highway users will be exempt from paying tolls on highways nationwide on Dec 23 and 26 in conjunction with Christmas celebrations, say Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan.
Th...
PLUS’ Putri Chatbot provides faster response to highway user...
21 December 2023
PETALING JAYA: PLUS Highway users can now obtain speedier emergency assistance and information on highway general inquiries through the PLUS Texting Realtime Interface (Putri) Chat...
Dutch village Giethoorn is car-free
21 December 2023
THE HAGUE: Cars are a seemingly indispensable part of modern life, so much so that the very idea of a region that is completely car-free is unfathomable.
That said, there exists...
EU agrees on new emission limits for vehicles
20 December 2023
STRASBOURG: Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states agreed on new emission limits for cars, buses and other vehicles, dubbed "Euro 7 standards," on Monday.
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Canada says all cars and trucks must be zero emission by 203...
20 December 2023
OTTAWA: Canada on Tuesday released final regulations mandating that all passenger cars, SUVs, crossovers and light trucks sold by 2035 must be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), part o...
Thailand budgets US$970mil to renew electric vehicle hub pus...
20 December 2023
BANGKOK: Thailand will allocate 34 billion baht (RM4.5bil/US$970mil) through to 2027 to fund its ambition of becoming a major production hub for electric vehicles, renewing a flags...
China pulls punches to keep pricey electric cars flowing to ...
20 December 2023
MUNICH/HONG KONG: When the European Union launched a probe into Chinese support for electric vehicles, the bloc’s carmakers braced for painful retaliation from the increasingly ass...
Dec 21-27: Fuel prices unchanged
20 December 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: The retail prices of RON97 and RON95 petrol and diesel will remain unchanged for the period from Dec 21-27.
The Finance Ministry, in a statement today, said that R...
Forget that fancy limousine, today's luxury cars are vans
20 December 2023
SHANGHAI/TOKYO: On a typical Friday evening in Shanghai, Seoul or Tokyo dark vans buzz through the city, ferrying their night owl customers to restaurants, clubs, concert halls or ...
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