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MARii and Perodua in deal to create jobs, reskill 1,000 disp...

02 July 2020

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii) and Perodua today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create employment, and reskill 1,000 displ...

French and Greeks are Europe's rudest drivers, poll shows

02 July 2020

PARIS: Drivers in most of Europe say they have adopted safer and more courteous behaviour behind the wheel, with the notable exception of the French and Greeks who share the top sp...

Motorcyclists should make sure they stay topped up — with w...

01 July 2020

BERLIN: The weather's fine, the streets are empty and the tank is full: Time for a relaxing ride on the motorcycle. But while on the road, motorcyclists should also make sure that ...

AIR Alliance expands in move to regulate car cabin air quali...

01 July 2020

LONDON: Sanitised air will become a key selling point in future cars, and the AIR Alliance (AIR), publishers of the AIR Index, continues to grow with the addition of Sanity Systems...

Businessman regrets buying second-hand MPV

01 July 2020

JOHOR BARU: Businessman Md Yazid Saidi will never buy a used vehicle again after having to fork out more money to repair it. He paid RM80,000 for the second-hand multi-purpose v...

Geneva Motor Show postponed until 2022

30 June 2020

FRANKFURT: The organisers of the Geneva International Motor Show said on Monday that they would not organise the event in 2021. The organisers said a majority of exhibitors surv...

Lamborghini parked at KL condo catches fire

28 June 2020

UPDATE: A source has claimed that CCTV recordings revealed two men on a motorcycle throwing liquid, believed to be petrol, at the yellow Lamborghini. The vehicle is said to belong ...

Countries agree regulations for automated driving

27 June 2020

GENEVA: More than 50 countries, including Japan, South Korea and the EU member states, have agreed common regulations for vehicles that can take over some driving functions, includ...

S. Korea's wealthy, passed over by pandemic pain, splurge on...

21 June 2020

A Porsche Cayenne Coupe is seen on display at its dealership in Seoul. — Reuters SEOUL: Hwang Min-yong, a 37-year-old South Korean businessman, recently received his black Porsche...

Green plates for green cars: Britain boosts zero-emission tr...

18 June 2020

LONDON: Britain will introduce a distinctive number plate for electric cars later this year to promote cleaner vehicles, the transport secretary said, as the country targets net-ze...

Nikola founder exaggerated capability of hydrogen-powered tr...

18 June 2020

SAN FRANCISCO: After half an hour of promotional videos and big promises, Nikola Corp.’s 13-foot-tall prototype parked atop a rotating stage began to spin. The dramatic music re...

JPJ: No action will be taken on two million Malaysians with ...

17 June 2020

PUTRAJAYA: No action will be taken against the more than two million Malaysians whose driving licences and road tax have expired since the movement control order (MCO) was enforced...

SUVs more deadly to pedestrians than cars, says US insurance...

17 June 2020

WASHINGTON: SUVs are more likely than passenger cars to injure or kill pedestrians, according to a new US insurance industry study which recommended design changes to improve safet...

Parking woes return in KL

17 June 2020

KUALA LUMPUR: Business owners have returned to their old habits of hijacking public parking bays directly in front of their premises, according to Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL). ...

F1 wants two races in Shanghai, says city sports boss

16 June 2020

File pic of Japanese Grand Prix.— Reuters SHANGHAI: Formula One chiefs want to stage two races here this season after the Chinese Grand Prix was postponed because of the coronavir...

Prestige car auctions return to Monaco

16 June 2020

PARIS: Now that lockdown is coming to a close, major auction houses are starting to bring their wares to market. A case in point is Artcurial Motorcars, which has announced a sale ...

Indonesia auto sales plunge 96% in May

15 June 2020

File pic of motorists commuting in heavy traffic in Jakarta. — AFP JAKARTA: Car sales in Indonesia plunged 95.8% in May from a year earlier to 3,551 units, industry association da...

Charging points surge ahead of electric car boom

15 June 2020

FRANKFURT: The number of publicly accessible charging points for electric vehicles (EV) jumped 60% in 2019, the biggest increase in three years and outpacing sales of battery-power...

US to unveil voluntary self-driving testing data-sharing eff...

15 June 2020

WASHINGTON: US auto safety regulators will unveil on Monday a voluntary effort to collect and make available nationwide data on existing autonomous vehicle testing. US states ha...

More car companies set to announce revised prices soon

14 June 2020

PETALING JAYA: A few car companies have already released their lists of lower vehicle prices on Friday following the exemption of sales tax effective tomorrow. The rest will be doi...