JPJ raking in money from online bidding of number plates
06 April 2021
KUALA PILAH: The JPJeBid (electronic bidding for vehicle registration number plates) system is one of the highest contributors to the revenue collection of the Road Transport Depar...
Ritzy collectors follow Bieber, LeBron into brash car wrappi...
06 April 2021
Tony King's Porsche 964 in Martini Racing theme.
NEW YORK: Tony King, known to some as Champagne Tony, was planning to join a family road trip from Denver to the West Coast, and h...
No new directives on inter-state travel requirements, says C...
06 April 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: There are no new directives on the requirements for interstate travel permits despite a notice on a police station door demanding strict proof.
Cheras OCPD Asst Co...
Apple chief Tim Cook talks of autonomous cars
06 April 2021
Cook hinted that an option could be for Apple to build an autonomous-driving technology platform used by auto makers. — AFP
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple chief Tim Cook portrayed self-driv...
These street lamps in Seoul allow you to connect to WiFi or ...
06 April 2021
SEOUL: South Korea is taking another step towards becoming a smart city by implementing streetlights that meet new needs.
In South Korea, about 20 so-called smart street lamps h...
US auto industry calls for govt help as it warns of impact o...
06 April 2021
WASHINGTON: A US auto industry group on Monday urged the government to help as it warned the global semiconductor shortage could result in 1.28 million fewer vehicles built this ye...
The next electric-car battery champion could be European
05 April 2021
PARIS: With Europe expected to lead the world in electric-car sales for a second straight year, an epic rush to build a battery-supply chain from scratch is playing out across the ...
The road not taken: South Korea's self-driving professor
04 April 2021
Han sitting in his 21-year-old self-driving car in front of his office in Yongin, south of Seoul. — AFP
SEOUL: Decades before the race to build a self-driving car became a multi...
Kumho Tire appoints new president/CEO
04 April 2021
SEOUL: Kumho Tire has appointed Il Taik Jung as its new president and CEO.
Having joined the company in 1988, Jung previously held a number of senior positions, including head o...
Petronas' customers earn up to three times reward points via...
04 April 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Petronas Dagangan Bhd (PDB) has announced a new tier system that enables customers to earn up to three times reward points for every litre of fuel bought via the Sete...
Kenanga maintains 'overweight' with TIV target of 585,000 un...
04 April 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd has maintained its "overweight" call on the automotive sector with total industry volume (TIV) target of 585,000 units this year, an incre...
WCE to build last section of West Coast Expressway
03 April 2021
The West Coast Expressway passes through Tanjong Karang.— Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: WCE Holdings Bhd has bagged a contract worth RM301mil from IJMC-KEB joint venture – the engineeri...
Auto CEOs see EV profit potential after years of discouragem...
02 April 2021
NEW YORK: Automotive CEOs for years warned that making electric cars would devastate profits. They’re now saying the margins on them may not be so bad after all.
Executives from...
Almost RM32mil in traffic fines settled via MyBayar Saman ap...
02 April 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Around RM32mil worth of traffic summonses have been settled via the MyBayar Saman application and website since it was launched on March 25.
Bukit Aman Traffic Inv...
US ITC says SK Innovation didn't infringe LG Energy Solution...
01 April 2021
LG Energy Solution said it respects the ITC decision. — Reuters
SEOUL: The US trade watchdog cleared South Korean battery company SK Innovation Co Ltd of violating rival LG Energy...
Auto industry rethinks cost-cutting playbook
01 April 2021
DETROIT: After a year of getting hammered by the pandemic, a semiconductor shortage and storms that snarled Dana Inc’s global supply chain, the auto parts maker is reaching for a n...
Volvo developing self-driving trucks with startup Aurora
01 April 2021
SAN FRANCISCO: Robotruck developer Aurora has secured another big-name partner from the automotive industry: Volvo plans to rely on self-driving technology from the Silicon Valley ...
Euro5 diesel to replace Euro2M from April 1
31 March 2021
PUTRAJAYA: The government will implement the Euro 5 fuel specification to replace Euro 2M diesel starting tomorrow, says Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.
The Environment and Wa...
Google, BMW, Volvo, and Samsung SDI sign up to WWF call for ...
31 March 2021
VAUD (Switzerland): Google, BMW, Volvo and Samsung SDI are the first global companies to have signed up to a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) call for a moratorium on deep-sea mining, the...
April 1-7: RON97 petrol up two sen
31 March 2021
PETALING JAYA: The price of RON97 petrol will increase by two sen from RM2.50 to 2.52 per litre from April 1 to 7, says the Finance Ministry.
The price of RON95 petrol and diese...
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