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Malaysia's new vehicle sales fall 8% in Nov 2024

13 December 2024

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s new vehicle sales fell 8.0 per cent year-on-year to 67,523 units in November 2024, down from 73,262 units in the same month last year, according to the Mal...

EU not buckling to pressure over car CO2 rules, says climate...

13 December 2024

BRUSSELS: The European Commission is not considering changing Europe's policies to cut CO2 emissions from cars, despite a push from the EU's biggest political group to weaken the l...

New kit turns one of the most famed roadsters into a punchy ...

13 December 2024

LONDON: The Mazda Miata MX-5 is one of the most popular roadster in history and thanks to English firm Electrogenic it can now be converted into a nippy electric with zero tailpipe...

Baidu, Geely's EV venture faces uproar after it says needs f...

13 December 2024

BEIJING: The CEO of China's Ji Yue Auto was surrounded by people demanding to know how they would be paid, videos posted online on Thursday showed, a day after the EV maker said it...

Seberang Perai council ups parking charges after 29 years, e...

13 December 2024

BUKIT MERTAJAM: The Seberang Perai City Council (MBSP) will implement new parking fee rates in the Seberang Perai area, starting Jan 1, 2025. Mayor Datuk Baderul Amin Abdul Hami...

Carro gets Korean venture capital to boost S-E Asia expansio...

13 December 2024

SINGAPORE: South Korean investment firm Woori Venture Partners has injected strategic funding into the Carro online used car marketplace to bolster the platform's growth in South-E...

Brembo and Michelin team up to improve safety and performanc...

12 December 2024

ROME: Italy's Brembo and France's Michelin have signed a global "intelligent solutions" deal that will focus on sharing real-time data between Michelin's tyres and Brembo's braking...

Germany's 2030 electric car target to fall short

12 December 2024

MUNICH: Projections from management consultancy Deloitte show that Germany's electric car market will grow much more slowly than the government had hoped. By 2030, only 11.2 mil...

China urges EV firms to invest in South Africa

12 December 2024

BEIJING: China is encouraging its electrical vehicle manufacturers to invest in South Africa as it seeks to broaden ties between the two nations. "We encourage the Chinese comp...

Lexus LBX Morizo RR to hit Australia in 1H2025: priced at A$...

12 December 2024

SYDNEY: The most performance orientated compact luxury Lexus ever – the Lexus LBX Morizo RR – will be priced from A$76,490 (RM217,807) plus on-road costs when it arrives in the fir...

Proton rolls out new prepaid service package

12 December 2024

SUBANG JAYA: Proton has rolled out a new prepaid service package that customers can choose to buy for their new and existing Proton cars. The ProCare Smart Plan (PSP) has been ...

2025 Honda Civic opens for bookings

12 December 2024

PETALING JAYA: Honda Malaysia has opened bookings for the 2025 Civic, set to officially launch in January 2025. Designed to redefine the C-segment with style, performance, and i...

UMW Toyota Motor sales hit nearly 90K cars as at end-Nov 202...

12 December 2024

SHAH ALAM: UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd (UMWT) achieved total sales of close to 8,400 units in November 2024. This brings the year-to-date (YTD) total to 89,500 units. The Toyot...

Lucid CEO says EV maker in talks with auto brands on partner...

12 December 2024

AUSTIN: The head of Lucid Group Inc. said the electric vehicle company is in talks with multiple automakers about potential partnerships as it tries to broaden its reach in the mar...

RM312mil needed to repair flood-damaged roads nationwide

12 December 2024

BUTTERWORTH: The total cost to repair roads nationwide damaged by the first wave of floods during the north-east monsoon has been estimated at RM312.1mil as of Wednesday. Works ...

Peugeot Landtrek truck refreshed

12 December 2024

SHENZHEN: Peugeot has unveiled updates to its Landtrek pickup, aiming to strengthen its presence in key international markets, including Africa, the Middle East and South America. ...

BMW opens world's largest vertical acoustic wind tunnel

12 December 2024

MUNICH. The BMW Group has opened its new Aeroacoustics and Electric Drive Center (AEC) at the Research and Innovation Center (FIZ) here, marking the end of its nearly 40-year-old a...

Cheap luxury cars sold in Sabah could be cloned vehicles, sa...

12 December 2024

File photo of cloned cars. KOTA KINABALU: The public has been cautioned against buying cheap luxury cars brought in from neighbouring Brunei as they are suspected to be cloned veh...

Aston Martin to begin making Valhalla hybrid supercar four y...

11 December 2024

LONDON: Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc will begin making its first plug-in hybrid supercar in 2025 - four years later than originally planned - as the luxury carmaker tri...

Towards a simplified universal charging protocol for electri...

11 December 2024

PARIS: The Plug & Charge protocol could get off to a new start from 2025, particularly in the United States, thanks to a collaboration between SAE International — a consortium ...