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Cadillac ending production of three-row, gasoline-powered XT...
09 April 2025
DETROIT: General Motors is discontinuing the Cadillac XT6 gasoline-powered three-row SUV at the end of 2025, the automaker said on Tuesday. The XT6 is built at Spring Hill Assem...
Sirim certification set to stem tide of fake engine oils
09 April 2025
PETALING JAYA: After years of fighting the scourge of counterfeit engine oil, the authorities are now cracking down on the slippery offenders. The Trade Descriptions Order (Cert...
How fake engine oils slip under customers’ bonnets
09 April 2025
GEORGE TOWN: Many famous brands of engine oils are available at quarter the price on online platforms and dodgy workshops. But there is a catch. They are fake and are of poor qu...
Stellantis stops making Leapmotor EV in Poland, eyes other o...
09 April 2025
MILAN: Stellantis has stopped making its Chinese partner Leapmotor's T03 small electric car in Poland and is assessing alternative production options, the Franco-Italian automaker ...
VW's Europe EV sales more than double in first quarter
09 April 2025
BERLIN: The Volkswagen Group more than doubled its deliveries of battery-electric cars in Europe in the first quarter to over 150,000 from 74,400 in the same period last year, the ...
FBI looking into Tesla Supercharger damage incident, latest ...
09 April 2025
The Tesla charging station in Lacey has been shut down temporarily as a result of the damage. — Lacey Police Department BENGALURU/SEATTLE: A Tesla Supercharger station was damaged...
2025 Bangkok International Motor Show: Hybrids and EVs galor...
08 April 2025
BANGKOK: This year's Bangkok International Motor Show (BIMS) saw a surge in car buyers who are buoying Thailand's automotive market. The show, featuring 54 car and motorcycle br...
2025 Bangkok International Motor Show: China carmakers are t...
08 April 2025
BANGKOK: Thailand has long been celebrated for its stunning natural beauty and rich cultural heritage, thanks to its golden temples and picturesque beaches. It is here that the ...
Proton e.MAS 7 cements position as country's top EV
08 April 2025
SUBANG JAYA: PRO-NET, a subsidiary of national automaker Proton, has set a new cumulative delivery milestone of 1,853 units for the all-electric e.MAS 7 in the first quarter of 202...
Audi holding cars in US ports due to tariffs
08 April 2025
BERLIN: Volkswagen's Audi is holding its cars which arrived after April 2, when Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on autos imports, in U.S. ports, it said on Monday, as companies...
Jeep maker Stellantis to help suppliers pay tariffs
08 April 2025
LOS ANGELES: Jeep owner Stellantis NV is willing to help its suppliers pay tariff costs to withstand the initial shock of US President Donald Trump's trade war. The automaker ha...
Rolls-Royce CEO signs off on steel column on new extension s...
08 April 2025
LONDON: For Rolls-Royce, every milestone needs to be recorded. Tradition demands it. And so its chief executive, Chris Brownridge, followed the customary practice. He marked ...
China's DeepRoute.ai to team up with Qualcomm to develop adv...
08 April 2025
BEIJING: Chinese autonomous driving technology developer DeepRoute.ai said today it will cooperate with Qualcomm to develop "cost-effective" advanced driver assistance solutions ba...
CATL in talks to buy controlling stake in Nio's power unit, ...
08 April 2025
SHANGHAI: CATL is in talks to buy a controlling stake in electric vehicle maker Nio's power unit, which runs more than 3,000 battery swapping stations in China, say four people wit...
BYD launches Denza premium brand in Europe to support expans...
08 April 2025
MILAN: BYD launched on Monday its premium Denza brand in Europe, aiming to support its expansion in the region and compete with top-end German manufacturers such as BMW and Mercede...
Aptera's solar car covers its first stretch on sun power alo...
08 April 2025
NEW YORK: Attempting to prove that solar-powered mobility is not just a concept for the future, a three-wheeled electric car has completed its first-ever long-distance road trip pa...
Toyota teases new GR Corolla development car
07 April 2025
LOS ANGELES: Leading up to Formula Drift Long Beach weekend, Toyota teases a new GR Corolla vehicle in development. While vehicle details are yet to be confirmed, new fender ven...
Toyota GR Supra MkV Final Edition launched
07 April 2025
LOS ANGELES: Toyota is introducing for 2026 the GR Supra MkV Final Edition – celebrating the GR Supra that was reintroduced in 2019 after Akio Toyoda put together a small team to r...
Honda Malaysia gets new boss
07 April 2025
PETALING JAYA: Honda Malaysia today announced the appointment of Narushi Yazaki as the new managing director and chief executive officer, effective April 1. Yazaki takes over fr...
Toyota to boost EV models to 15, targets producing 1 million...
07 April 2025
TOKYO: Toyota aims to have about 15 electric vehicle models developed on its own by 2027 and is targeting production of about 1 million cars a year by then, the Nikkei newspaper sa...