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Hyundai USA introduces in-vehicle payment service in all-new...
12 September 2023
LOS ANGELES: Hyundai Motor America is bringing in-vehicle payments to customers with the introduction of Hyundai Pay.
The Hyundai Pay system allows customers to find and pay for...
Tesla and China risk leaving Volkswagen on a road to nowhere
12 September 2023
FRANKFURT: Shortly after taking the most important job in German industry, Volkswagen AG chief executive officer Oliver Blume got some bad news.
A top executive had been dispatc...
China's HiPhi opens first retail store in Germany
12 September 2023
MUNICH: China's HiPhi has opened its first HiPhi Hub in Europe, based here.
Inspired by the HiPhi Hub concept rolled out in more than 100 locations in China, the HiPhi Hub Munic...
Young adventurer Lexie Alford globe-trots in electric Ford E...
12 September 2023
COLOGNE: Adventure travel content creator Lexie Alford (@LexieLimitless), the youngest person to visit every country in the world, began her extraordinary Charge Around The Globe i...
Volvo announces updates for 2024 plug-in hybrid car models
11 September 2023
PETALING JAYA: Volvo Car Malaysia is introducing a range of updates and changes to its new fleet of XC90, XC60, S90, S60 and V60 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) for 2024.
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Malaysians can expect more EV incentives to come
11 September 2023
PETALING JAYA: More incentives for electric vehicles (EVs) are expected to be introduced by the government following the launch of the New Industrial Master Plan (NIMP 2030) and ba...
BMW to invest £600mil in UK plants to take MINI fully electr...
11 September 2023
LONDON: BMW said today it will invest £600 million (RM3.5bil) in its UK plants to take its MINI brand all-electric by 2030, giving a fresh boost to Britain's car industry after yea...
Tesla supercomputer likely to boost market value by US$600bi...
11 September 2023
AUSTIN: Tesla's Dojo supercomputer could power a near US$600 billion (RM2.8tril) jump in the automaker's market value by boosting the adoption of robotaxis and its software service...
Malaysia to ban export of rare earths to boost domestic indu...
11 September 2023
The rare earth industry is expected to contribute as much as RM9.5 billion to the Malaysian economy. — Reuters
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will develop a policy to ban exports of rare ...
China's Tesla rival HiPhi bringing two luxury electric cars ...
11 September 2023
The X (left) and the Z.
BERLIN: Chinese manufacturer HiPhi is bringing two luxury electric cars to the European market, a Gran Turismo called Z and an SUV named X. Both are schedu...
Berlin techno clubs under threat from highway expansion
11 September 2023
BERLIN: The Autobahn may have been beloved by the band Kraftwerk, but it has become the bugbear of the Berlin techno scene as a highway expansion threatens to shut down several clu...
EVs pass crucial tipping point in 23 countries
11 September 2023
NEW YORK: Convincing everyone to adopt a new technology can be a slog at first.
The humble microwave oven, for example, took two decades of lukewarm sales to reach just a tenth ...
BMW iX5 Hydrogen passes hot-weather testing in UAE desert
11 September 2023
MUNICH/DUBAI: The vehicles in the BMW iX5 Hydrogen pilot fleet, which launched in February this year, have completed an intensive round of hot-weather testing in the United Arab Em...
At Munich auto fair, movie-projecting cars and a bike wash
11 September 2023
MUNICH: From weird and wonderful technological innovations in Chinese cars, to the rush to transition to electric vehicles — and even a bike wash.
Here are some key takeaways fr...
JPJ DG should be part of special task force probing classic ...
10 September 2023
PUTRAJAYA: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) director-general (DG) Datuk Rospiagus Taha should be a part of the special task force, established to investigate allegations of misc...
LPT1 landslip may have been caused by slope collapse at floo...
10 September 2023
The highway concessionaire has activated a contra flow the landslip site. - Photo courtesy of Sinar Harian
KUALA LUMPUR: A landslip that resulted in cracks along the (Westbound) E...
Car crash experts on why to never put your feet up on the da...
10 September 2023
BERLIN: Watching others doing the driving can be great. Some passengers see this as a cue to make themselves nice and comfortable and enjoy the ride with their feet on the dashboar...
Toyota and US partner announce completion of world’s first '...
10 September 2023
PLANO (Texas, USA): Toyota Motor North America, Inc. and FuelCell Energy, Inc. have announced the completion of the first-of-its-kind “Tri-gen system” at Toyota’s Port of Long Beac...
MyJPJ a useful app but there's room for improvement
09 September 2023
PETALING JAYA: It has been seven months since its implementation and the MyJPJ mobile application is proving to be a hit, with people finding it much more convenient to deal with t...
Elderly and regular customers provide runners a lifeline
09 September 2023
PETALING JAYA: Continue issuing physical road tax stickers as many elderly vehicle owners prefer it to digital road tax, runners have urged the government.
Some runners say they...
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