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Three things to expect in 2022 in the world’s biggest EV mar...
21 December 2021
SHANGHAI: This time 20 years ago, China joined the World Trade Organization, kicking off a new era in the country’s automobile sector as overseas carmakers began to muscle in. N...
Dutch digital mapmaker TomTom says it will extend VW partner...
21 December 2021
AMSTERDAM: TomTom NV, the Dutch digital mapmaking company, said today it would extend a supply partnership with Volkswagen, integrating its mapping and navigation technology into V...
The red pill for the G-Class: Mercedes shows up at premiere ...
21 December 2021
STUTTGART/SAN FRANCISCO: The new film The Matrix Resurrections celebrated its US premiere at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on Dec 18. In the film, audiences will return to...
Stuck in car for 18 hours due to floods, actor recalls kindn...
20 December 2021
The actor says he was on his way home in Ampang from Shah Alam when he got trapped on the road. — Hariz Hamdan/Instagram PETALING JAYA: Actor Hariz Hamdan was on his way back home...
Ex-staff member at auto company gets 7 days in jail, fined o...
20 December 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: A former staff member at an automobile company has been sentenced by a Sessions Court here to a total of seven days in jail and fined RM148,200 for corruptly receivin...
Want to be a commercial driver? Govt to subsidise training c...
20 December 2021
PETALING JAYA: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) has begun registrations for the MyLesen Goods Driving Licence 2.0 (GDL 2.0) programme, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. The Tr...
Ducati Multistrada V4 stars in China documentary
20 December 2021
BOLOGNA: The Ducati Multistrada V4 explores China in the documentary "Ducati Multistrada V4 Silk Road Grand Tour": a memorable adventure divided into five episodes that will be pub...
Polaris partners with Battlefield 2042 to give gamers a virt...
20 December 2021
MEDINA (Minnesota, USA): Polaris recently announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with the latest Battlefield 2042 video game from EA, making it the official off-road vehicle par...
Selangor police issue list of flooded roads across state
19 December 2021
PETALING JAYA: Around 50 roads across Selangor are inaccessible due to the flash floods caused by the continuous downpour that began on Friday. In a statement today, the Selango...
Major roads in KL under water, four rivers exceed danger lev...
19 December 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: The continuous downpour since Friday has affected several areas in the capital including the city centre and major roads. Based on several photos shared by the Kua...
Thailand panel outlines perks in EV push
19 December 2021
BANGKOK: Thailand's National EV Policy Committee will propose a draft to the Cabinet this week as it gears up to push for more electric vehicles on the road. It aims to have the...
Ben Sulayem makes history in succeeding Todt as FIA chief
19 December 2021
PARIS: Mohammed ben Sulayem, who became the first non-European to be elected president of the International automobile Federation (FIA) on Friday, has committed "to develop motorsp...
Egypt seeks to build US$20,000 EVs in green push
19 December 2021
CAIRO: Egypt is joining the Middle East’s push to adopt electric cars, tasking a state-owned company to build affordable vehicles with a Chinese firm while taking advantage of its ...
PLUS closes Shah Alam Toll Plaza due to flash floods
18 December 2021
PETALING JAYA: PLUS Malaysia Bhd has totally closed its Shah Alam Toll Plaza and interchange due to a flash flood at 2pm today. In a statement at 6.25pm today, it said mandatory...
Can't tell the difference between an SUV and a 4WD? Here's h...
18 December 2021
ZWICKAU (Germany): It's easy to get bogged down in terminology when arguing over which four-wheel drive system makes a good mud-plugger. These days nearly all the car-makers hav...
How Luxembourg is the world's luxury car capital
18 December 2021
LUXEMBOURG: Luxembourg is the world's luxury car capital, with one luxury car for every 13 people, according to a new study. And when it comes to countries with the highest dens...
Outgoing FIA president Todt on Schumacher: 'I miss Michael'
18 December 2021
A handout released by FIA on Oct 23, 2009 showing Schumacher embracing Todt after his election as the new FIA's president in Paris. PARIS: Outgoing FIA president Jean Todt has pai...
December sales to mirror November's at 58,742 units, says MA...
17 December 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded 58,742 units of new vehicle sales in November 2021, up 1.94% from 57,622 units in the same month last year, the Malaysian Automotive Association (MA...
Why the Japanese are struggling to embrace electric cars
17 December 2021
TOKYO: Over the past two years, electric car sales have soared around the world - but not in every country. One nation of die-hard motorists is still resisting all-electric cars...
Russian truckmaker Kamaz looks to prisons to plug workforce ...
17 December 2021
Kamaz faces a shortage of 4,000 workers at its production facilities in Naberezhnye Chelny. — Reuters MOSCOW: Russia's largest truckmaker Kamaz is considering bringing in prisoner...