Lower vehicle sales likely in 2025
18 December 2024
PETALING JAYA: Analysts expect total industry volume (TIV) to decline next year, owing partly to the potential subsidy removal and open market value (OMV) revisions.
CIMB Securi...
Association claims 3,500 petrol stations suffered RM181mil l...
18 December 2024
JOHOR BARU: A total of 3,500 petrol stations in the Peninsular claim to have suffered losses amounting to RM181mil since the government decided to float the price of diesel in June...
France, Italy in push to scrap 2025 car emission fines
18 December 2024
BRUSSELS: Several EU countries including France and Italy on Tuesday upped pressure on Brussels to ditch fines for embattled European carmakers that do not meet carbon emission red...
Europe's carmakers discount EVs, hike petrol car prices as n...
18 December 2024
PARIS/GDANSK: European automakers are raising prices of petrol cars and readying discounts on electric vehicles as they brace for yet another challenge - tougher emissions rules th...
Ministry launches document on technical guidelines for trans...
17 December 2024
PUTRAJAYA: A document entailing technical guidelines for the transition of government fleets to electric vehicles (EV) was launched by the Natural Resources and Environmental Susta...
Driveable smartphones: How operating systems are taking over...
17 December 2024
BERLIN: Everyone can name an operating system from a computer or smartphone - but what about a car? Few of us realise that we’ve technically been driving with them since the first ...
No respite from Penang traffic as more cars means even longe...
17 December 2024
GEORGE TOWN: The rapid rise in Penang car numbers continues to show with traffic snarls and bottlenecks appearing even after the usual rush hours.
Considered a comfortable and n...
Malaysia accelerates EV growth with China collaboration to b...
17 December 2024
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s electric vehicle (EV) industry is accelerating, with over 100,000 electrified vehicles recorded and more than 3,300 charging stations established nationwid...
80% of new cars to feature electrified powertrains by 2035, ...
16 December 2024
NEW YORK: Over the next decade, 80% of new cars will have a powertrain that will be electrified to some extent, a new report from the IBM Institute for Business Value says.
The ...
'Part of Bogota's soul': how Colombia fired up the car-free ...
15 December 2024
Marino started the cycling movement in Bogota 50 years ago. Sundays offer a welcome respite from the gridlock and smog. — AFP
BOGOTA: Fifty years ago, a 28-year-old Colombian with...
Electric car batteries could last much longer than expected,...
14 December 2024
SAN FRANCISCO: US researchers have published a study showing that the lifespan of electric car batteries is often underestimated.
The SLAC-Stanford Battery Center, a collaborati...
CATL offers suppliers financial support to drive battery inn...
14 December 2024
SHANGHAI: China's CATL has told suppliers it is willing to provide them with financial support to speed up technology innovation in battery materials and equipment, part of efforts...
'No cellular service' issue in Menora Tunnel resolved, says ...
13 December 2024
IPOH: The problem of accessing telecommunication lines, which is often a bane for highway users when driving through the Menora Tunnel on the North-South Expressway (PLUS) here, ha...
Man filmed smoking in petrol station charged
13 December 2024
PETALING JAYA: A man who was filmed driving recklessly after being reprimanded for smoking at a petrol station in Damansara Damai here has been charged in the Magistrate's Court.
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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...
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...
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...
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