Chairman Mao’s favourite car maker plans major electric expa...
09 January 2020
Xu Liuping speaking at an event of Chinese car marque Hongqi, or Red Flag, held in Beijing on Wednesday. — Reuters
BEIJING: Red Flag, the car of choice for Chairman Mao Zedong six...
Dakar's women drivers helping their Saudi sisters
09 January 2020
A Saudi woman dreams the dream while sitting in the car of Italian driver Camelia Liparoti. — AFP
JEDDAH: They may be few in number but the women who have come to Saudi Arabia to ...
B-segment SUV to drive TIV to 610,000 units in 2020, says Ma...
09 January 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's total industry volume (TIV) is targeted to hit 610,000 units this year with the sub-compact (B-segment) sport utility vehicle (SUV) continuing to lead mark...
Lidar laser-sensing startups seeking uses beyond self-drivin...
08 January 2020
DETROIT/LAS VEGAS: Self-driving cars employ lidar, a remote sensing technology using pulsed laser light the way radar uses radio waves, and lidar makers waiting for the automotive ...
Fire at Norway airport destroys hundreds of cars, grounds pl...
08 January 2020
OSLO: A major fire in a parking garage at the Stavanger airport on Norway’s west coast destroyed as many as hundreds of cars, grounded air traffic and led to the evacuation of the ...
Blow whistle on foreign vehicles filling up with RON95 petro...
07 January 2020
JOHOR BARU: When you see someone with a foreign-registered car filling up with RON95 petrol, snap a photograph and send it to the complaints hotline of the Domestic Trade and Consu...
Sony to test self-driving cars to boost sensing, safety tech...
07 January 2020
TOKYO: Sony Corp said it would start testing self-driving cars as early as this year to beef up the company’s sensing and safety technologies, as the Japanese electronics and enter...
Amazon revs up auto ambitions with in-car TV, Alexa integrat...
07 January 2020
The Alexa digital assistant would be expanded from the home to the auto segment. — AFP
LAS VEGAS: Amazon unveiled plans Monday to be a bigger player in the auto sector, announci...
Ghosn took bullet train to Osaka en route to Lebanon, says K...
07 January 2020
File pic of Ghosn and wife Carole in Tokyo last March.— Kyodo/AP
TOKYO: Former Nissan and Renault boss Carlos Ghosn began his astonishing escape from Japan with a bullet train rid...
Drunk driver who dragged bike for 1km arrested
07 January 2020
GEORGE TOWN: A man was arrested after a three-minute video showing a car allegedly driven by him dragging a motorcycle went viral.
George Town OCPD Asst Comm Soffian Santong sai...
Qualcomm launches autonomous driving computer, aiming to hit...
07 January 2020
A demo car equipped with the new Snapdragon Ride autonomous driving computing system is seen at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan 5. — Reuters
LAS VEGAS: Qualcomm ...
Dego Ride to be test-bed for how much regulation required
06 January 2020
Loke using the Dego Ride service in Kuala Lumpur today. — Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: The regulatory framework for motorcycle e-hailing services will be set up six months after the impl...
US EPA to advance plan to cut heavy-duty truck emissions
06 January 2020
WASHINGTON: The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will announce today it is seeking public input as it works on new rules to significantly decrease emissions of smog-forming...
Police probing viral video of motorcycle being dragged 1km b...
06 January 2020
GEORGE TOWN: The police are investigating a viral three-minute video showing a car dragging a motorcycle for over a kilometre at about 1am Monday (Jan 6).
George Town OCPD Asst ...
Electric car sales in Norway reach new record high
06 January 2020
The Norwegian car importer association said it expects e-cars to take a market share for new cars of 55 to 60 percent in 2020. — AFP
OSLO: Sales of new electric cars in Norway hit...
Am I an aggressive driver? Tell-tale road rage signs to watc...
03 January 2020
LONDON: Aggressive driving poses a real threat to the safety of all road users and unsafe driving behaviour can quickly turn into road rage, which can in turn can trigger violence....
Barcelona bans older, most polluting cars
03 January 2020
BARCELONA: Barcelona imposed a ban Thursday on older, more polluting vehicles during most of the day in a bid to reduce air pollution in Spain's second largest city.
Gasoline-po...
Vehicle entry permit on hold as many S'porean vehicles still...
03 January 2020
MUAR: The vehicle entry permit (VEP) on all outbound traffic at Johor's Sultan Iskandar Building and Sultan Abu Bakar Complex continues to be deferred because a high number of Sing...
What’s Ghosn on? Cringeworthy puns light up Twitter
03 January 2020
A 2017 file pic of Ghosn in Paris. — AFP
HONG KONG: Carlos Ghosn has generated a storm of tweets after the former head of Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA, who was facing trial in ...
Bosch to offer lower-cost sensors for self-driving cars
02 January 2020
STUTTGART: German automotive supplier Robert Bosch said today it has developed a sensor that lets cars “see” a three-dimensional view of the road, aiming to lower the cost of techn...
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