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170,000th Honda Civic and 150,000th HR-V delivered
24 July 2024
Lim with his Civic. KLANG: Honda Malaysia today reached a historic milestone with the delivery of the 170,000th Civic and the 150,000th HR-V in Malaysia. To celebrate this doub...
VW's PowerCo and QuantumScape announce production deal to pr...
24 July 2024
SAN JOSE: Volkswagen Group’s battery company PowerCo and QuantumScape have announced earlier this month they have entered into an agreement to industrialise QuantumScape’s solid-st...
Bentley bids farewell to 20 years of iconic W12 engine
24 July 2024
LONDON: Bentley Motors is celebrating production of the last hand-built, high performance 12-cylinder engine at the company’s UK headquarters in Crewe, England. It concludes a p...
Indonesia plans widespread use of palm oil-based B40 biodies...
24 July 2024
JAKARTA: Indonesia is planning for the widespread use of the palm-oil based B40 biodiesel in 2025, replacing the current B35 blending, the energy ministry said in a statement. T...
Ways to protect an electric car in hot weather
24 July 2024
PARIS: An electric vehicle (EV) owner needs to be careful with his electric car in hot weather, and ensure it doesn't overheat. This is important to maintain the car's performan...
smart Malaysia unveils smartCO: Business opportunities for s...
23 July 2024
SUBANG JAYA: smart Malaysia has launched smartCO, a community privileges programme for smart EV owners. smartCO aims to cultivate a robust community where business opportunitie...
GoInsuran: Dashcam prize in lucky draw, Aug 1 - Oct 31, 2024
23 July 2024
PETALING JAYA: GoInsuran has launched a “Renew Today, We Belanja Dashcam!” lucky draw campaign with a 70mai Dashcam A400 as the prize. The campaign will be conducted from 1st A...
Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH Hypercar hits the track
23 July 2024
GAYDON, UK: The new Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH has hit the track for the first time, as Aston Martin with The Heart of Racing begins a comprehensive testing programme ahead of t...
All-new Lexus LBX SUV introduced from RM239,000
23 July 2024
KUALA LUMPUR: Lexus Malaysia has introduced its latest and smallest upmarket sports utility vehicle (SUV) – the Lexus LBX (Lexus Breakthrough Crossover). Available in two varian...
Porsche waters down EV ambitions, says transition will take ...
23 July 2024
BERLIN: Porsche expects the transition to electric vehicles to take longer than it thought, it said on Monday, having previously said its aim was for 80% of sales to be all-electri...
Tesla to have humanoid robots for internal use next year, sa...
23 July 2024
AUSTIN: Tesla will have humanoid robots in "low production" for the company's internal use next year, CEO Elon Musk said on Monday, months after he announced a rollout by the end o...
US opens probe into 150,000 Stellantis vehicles over loss of...
23 July 2024
WASHINGTON: The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Monday that it has opened a preliminary evaluation into about 150,000 Stellantis vehicles over rep...
All-electric Lotus Emeya open for booking with fee of RM5,00...
22 July 2024
KUALA LUMPUR: Lotus Cars Malaysia has introduced the Emeya, the British auto brand's first all-electric Hyper-GT (Grand Tourer). The vehicle is available with a booking fee of R...
In the world of luxury cars, hybrids are the sexiest new thi...
22 July 2024
NEW YORK: Hybrids were supposed to be a way station on the road to electric cars. Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. started pushing them in the late 1990s, using their part...
Suzuki sees India’s automobile market growing fivefold by 20...
22 July 2024
TOKYO: India’s car market is on track to reach 20 million units by 2047, helped by promising growth in battery electric vehicles, said Suzuki Motor Corp. executive vice president K...
Porsche replaces China boss amid sales slump
22 July 2024
Pollich. FRANKFURT: Porsche AG will replace the chief executive of its China business, it said on Saturday, a move that follows a major drop sales in the world's largest automotiv...
Hyundai starts local assembly of Ioniq 6 EV in Singapore
22 July 2024
SINGAPORE: Hyundai Motor Co. kicked off final assembly of its Ioniq 6 electric sedan in Singapore on Friday, reaffirming a commitment to the factory that could one day churn out as...
Xpeng and VW set up project house to roll out new EV archite...
22 July 2024
GUANGZHOU: Xpeng has established project houses for engineers in partnership with Volkswagen AG to accelerate the development process of new EV architecture, it said today. The ...
Indonesia's cleaner-fuel programme kicks off on Sept 1
22 July 2024
JAKARTA: The government plans to start distributing “cleaner fuel” on Sept 1 in an effort to fight air pollution in Jakarta and possibly in other major cities, but experts caution ...
Lotus Malaysia introduces entry-level Eletre variant from RM...
22 July 2024
KUALA LUMPUR: Lotus Cars Malaysia introduced the Eletre, a new base variant that is below the Eletre S and Eletre R, at an attractive entry price from RM598,800 on-the-road without...