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Toll-free travel for Christmas on Dec 23 and 26
21 December 2023
PETALING JAYA: Highway users will be exempt from paying tolls on highways nationwide on Dec 23 and 26 in conjunction with Christmas celebrations, say Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan. Th...
PLUS’ Putri Chatbot provides faster response to highway user...
21 December 2023
PETALING JAYA: PLUS Highway users can now obtain speedier emergency assistance and information on highway general inquiries through the PLUS Texting Realtime Interface (Putri) Chat...
Dutch village Giethoorn is car-free
21 December 2023
THE HAGUE: Cars are a seemingly indispensable part of modern life, so much so that the very idea of a region that is completely car-free is unfathomable. That said, there exists...
Toyota recalling 1.12 million vehicles over potential airbag...
21 December 2023
WASHINGTON: Toyota Motor said on Wednesday it will recall 1.12 million vehicles worldwide because a short circuit in a sensor could cause air bags not to deploy as designed. The...
GoAuto Group and Careplus JV to set up EV plant in Negri Sem...
21 December 2023
SEREMBAN: GoAuto Group and Careplus Group Bhd’s (Careplus) joint-venture (JV) company NexV Manufacturing Sdn Bhd is set to develop a new energy vehicle manufacturing and assembly p...
Jaguar Land Rover Malaysia: Special deals on RR Velar and I-...
21 December 2023
STARPICKS Jaguar Land Rover Malaysia (JLRM) customers can take advantage of financing packages starting as low as 1.23% per annum, applicable to both the Range Rover Velar and a...
Isuzu D-Max X-Terrain: A true game changer
21 December 2023
STARPICKS When one thinks of pick-up trucks, rattly, smelly and utilitarian functionality usually come to mind. These trucks are associated with being in the field, where the...
Perodua on Daihatsu safety scandal: Give us time to sort out...
20 December 2023
PETALING JAYA: Perodua says it will announce the outcome of talks with Malaysian authorities following news today from Japan about a growing Daihatsu safety scandal. "We are doi...
Australia to start sales of all-electric Toyota bZ4X in Febr...
20 December 2023
SYDNEY: Ahead of the fully electric Toyota bZ4X SUV's launch in Australia in February 2024, the Japanese automaker says the latest version of the bZ4X incorporates software changes...
Porsche to stop sales of Macan in EU due to cybersecurity ru...
20 December 2023
STUTTGART: Porsche said it would remove its combustion engine model Macan SUV from the EU market because the changeover to new regulations would be too costly. The vehicle's pla...
Toyota and Daihatsu suspend shipments: Will Malaysian models...
20 December 2023
TOKYO: Daihatsu has decided today to suspend shipments of all Daihatsu-developed models currently in production, both in Japan and overseas. Toyota has also decided to temporari...
EU agrees on new emission limits for vehicles
20 December 2023
STRASBOURG: Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states agreed on new emission limits for cars, buses and other vehicles, dubbed "Euro 7 standards," on Monday. ...
Toyota and CP accelerate collaboration for carbon neutrality...
20 December 2023
BANGKOK: Charoen Pokphand Group (CP), True Leasing (TLS), Siam Cement Group (SCG), Toyota Motor Corp (TMC), and Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT) have si...
Mitsubishi to produce 2024 Minicab EV in Indonesia
20 December 2023
JAKARTA: Mitsubishi Motors Corp has started production of the new 2024 Minicab EV, a kei-car (microcar) class electric commercial vehicle in Indonesia. The Minicab EV (or L100 ...
Canada says all cars and trucks must be zero emission by 203...
20 December 2023
OTTAWA: Canada on Tuesday released final regulations mandating that all passenger cars, SUVs, crossovers and light trucks sold by 2035 must be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), part o...
Thailand budgets US$970mil to renew electric vehicle hub pus...
20 December 2023
BANGKOK: Thailand will allocate 34 billion baht (RM4.5bil/US$970mil) through to 2027 to fund its ambition of becoming a major production hub for electric vehicles, renewing a flags...
In the birthplace of Toyota’s Prius, hybrids now reign supre...
20 December 2023
TOKYO: Hybrids are selling better than ever in Japan. They’re on track to exceed half of domestic passenger vehicle sales for the first time next year, after surpassing the comb...
China pulls punches to keep pricey electric cars flowing to ...
20 December 2023
MUNICH/HONG KONG: When the European Union launched a probe into Chinese support for electric vehicles, the bloc’s carmakers braced for painful retaliation from the increasingly ass...
Toyota's Daihatsu to halt all vehicle shipments, in widening...
20 December 2023
TOKYO: Toyota Motor's Daihatsu unit will halt shipments of all of its vehicles, Japan's biggest automaker said today, after an investigation into a safety scandal found issues at 6...
Dec 21-27: Fuel prices unchanged
20 December 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: The retail prices of RON97 and RON95 petrol and diesel will remain unchanged for the period from Dec 21-27. The Finance Ministry, in a statement today, said that R...