John Cena’s wild ride: All the secrets of the insane cars of...
18 June 2021
Vin Diesel returns as Dom Toretto. — All photos by Universal Pictures
LOS ANGELES: Imagine ordering a limousine pickup at the airport and John Cena shows up as your driver. It’s s...
EV maker Lordstown backtracks to say it has no binding order...
17 June 2021
DETROIT: Electric-truck maker Lordstown Motors, which recently raised concerns about its ability to remain in business, on Thursday backtracked from earlier comments made by the st...
Malaysian firm Yinson invests in Oyika to promote use of ele...
17 June 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Yinson Holdings Bhd's green technologies division has invested in Singapore start-up Oyika Pte Ltd to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EV) in Southeast A...
June 17-23: RON97 petrol up 2 sen to RM2.67
16 June 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: The retail price of RON97 petrol will increase by 2 sen per litre from RM2.65 per litre to RM2.67 per litre from June 17 until June 23.
Pump prices of RON95 petrol...
Lordstown Motors jumps on outlook for production through May
16 June 2021
The electric Endurance. — AP
DETROIT: Lordstown Motors Corp. jumped after saying it has enough money to make its battery-powered trucks through May of next year, paring a record d...
Get ready for a flood of sugar as Brazilians buy electric ca...
16 June 2021
SAO PAOLO: Brazil is set to flood the world market with sugar as the transition to electric vehicles slashes demand for crop-based biofuels, according to a study led by an influent...
GM's Cruise unit starts preproduction on autonomous shuttle
16 June 2021
SAN FRANCISCO: Cruise LLC, the self-driving-car unit majority-owned by General Motors Co., has started preproduction on its purpose-built battery-electric autonomous shuttle and bo...
UK in talks with 6 firms about building battery plants, says...
16 June 2021
LONDON: Britain is in talks with six companies for building gigafactories to produce electric vehicle batteries, the Financial Times reported today, citing people briefed on the di...
B20 biodiesel plan to be carried out by end-2022
15 June 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia, the world's second-biggest palm oil producer, expects its B20 biofuel plan to be implemented nationwide by the end of 2022, according to Plantation Industri...
Geely's EV brand Zeekr sells out of deliverable cars for thi...
15 June 2021
BEIJING: Zeekr, a new premium electric vehicle (EV) brand launched this year by geely, has sold out of deliveries for this year, Chief Executive An Conghui said today.
Geely, th...
Analysts cautiously optimistic on outlook for car company pe...
15 June 2021
PETALING JAYA: Analysts are cautiously optimistic that automotive companies will see a rebound in earnings this year, underpinned by the vehicle tax holiday extension.
The tax h...
Duta toll plaza roadblock in KL named best managed checkpoin...
15 June 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Two movement control order (MCO) roadblocks here have been recognised as being the best in the city.
City police chief Comm Datuk Azmi Abu Kassim said the Duta tol...
Carlos Ghosn pledges lengthy fight to clear his name
15 June 2021
Ghosn speaking to a Reuters reporter in Beirut on Monday. With him is his wife, Carole.
BEIRUT: Fugitive former car executive Carlos Ghosn said on Monday he was prepared for a len...
Electric-truck maker Lordstown's CEO, CFO resign
15 June 2021
PITTSBURGH: Lordstown Motors Corp on Monday announced the sudden departure of its chief executive and finance head, just days after the electric truck maker warned that it may not ...
Singapore's Carro is a unicorn with US$360mil led by SoftBan...
15 June 2021
Carro, formally known as Trusty Cars Pte, is seeking to bolster its market position in the region as well as broaden its financial services. — Reuters
SINGAPORE: Carro, one of Sou...
G-7 drops aim to shift new car sales away from oil by 2030
14 June 2021
LONDON: Group of Seven nations backed away from plans to set a target for making sure most new cars sold are greener vehicles, instead pledging only speed up efforts to move away f...
Moscow announces car raffle to boost vaccination drive
14 June 2021
A healthcare worker administering a dose of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine to a patient, at a vaccination centre in Moscow. — AFP
MOSCOW: Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Su...
Indonesia extends luxury tax break on cars with smaller engi...
13 June 2021
A 2017 photo of a traffic jam in Jakarta. Gaikindo reported that Indonesia’s domestic car sales sank by almost half in 2020 compared with the previous year. — AFP
JAKARTA: Indones...
Digital sales helping auto industry ride through pandemic, s...
13 June 2021
PETALING JAYA: Sales of cars have not been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.
He said this was because industry players had a...
ABB PixelPaint wins award for ability to do two-tone sprayin...
13 June 2021
ZURICH: ABB’s PixelPaint robotic non-overspray technology for the automotive industry has won this year’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics & Automation (IERA) Award ...