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UMW Toyota sells 23,444 vehicles in Q1
05 April 2024
PETALING JAYA: UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd (UMWT) registered 9,688 vehicle sales in March, taking its first-quarter (1Q24) sales to 23,444 units. The distributor of Toyota and Lexu...
Tesla begins making cars in Germany for export to India this...
05 April 2024
NEW DELHI/BERLIN: Tesla has begun production of right-hand drive cars at its plant in Germany for export to India later this year, three people aware of the company's plans said, a...
Charge+ and ChargeSini collaborate to provide mutual roaming...
05 April 2024
SINGAPORE: Leading electric vehicle (EV) charging operators Charge+ from Singapore and ChargeSini from Malaysia have signed a roaming collaboration agreement that grants EV drivers...
IGP: Op Selamat for Hari Raya to begin April 8
05 April 2024
PETALING JAYA: This year's Hari Raya Op Selamat will begin on April 8. "Op Selamat 22 begins on April 8 and concludes on April 13 will be conducted with the theme 'Safe home, re...
WYZauto secures US$2.25mil funding, partnership with Vynn Ca...
05 April 2024
KUALA LUMPUR: WYZauto, Thailand's leading online tyre marketplace, has secured US$2.25mil in funding and a partnership with Southeast Asian venture capital firm Vynn Capital. In...
Compulsory for express bus on journey exceeding 300km to hav...
05 April 2024
BUTTERWORTH: Express buses travelling on a trip of more than 300km are required to have second drivers for passenger safety. Penang Road Transport (JPJ) director Zulkifly Ismail...
WCE expects 150,000 vehicles on highway daily during 'Balik ...
05 April 2024
KLANG: West Coast Expressway Sdn Bhd (WCE) expects the daily average volume of vehicles on the highway to increase to 150,000 units per day as the "Balik Kampung" rush begins tomor...
Winners and losers of targeted subsidy plan
05 April 2024
PETALING JAYA: The upcoming targeted subsidy scheme is likely to have a positive impact on the downstream oil and gas sector in Malaysia, while the logistics and power utility sect...
Benz Motor-Velocipede back on the road in 2024
05 April 2024
STUTTGART: The 130-year-old Benz Motor-Velocipede, a pioneering vehicle in automotive history, took its first outing of the anniversary year at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfin...
Johor’s land checkpoints gear up for Raya
05 April 2024
JOHOR BARU: Johor’s two land checkpoints will be fully operational starting this weekend to ensure smooth Immigration clearance as Hari Raya draws near. Johor executive councill...
Penang gets a Tesla Supercharging station
04 April 2024
PENANG: Tesla has unveiled its first Supercharging station in Penang, located at Sunway Carnival. The new station which comes with four superchargers, complements the two existi...
Saga a hot seller as Proton maintains sales ranking in March
04 April 2024
KUALA LUMPUR: Proton registered 12,666 vehicle sales in March, wrapping the first quarter of the year with a tally of 39,160 units. According to the national car maker, its mark...
Intuitive Machines wins NASA award to develop moon buggies
04 April 2024
AUSTIN: Three companies won NASA contracts to design and develop vehicles that astronauts may one day drive across the lunar surface, including Intuitive Machines Inc., which recen...
Auto industry must halve EV battery weight over next decade,...
04 April 2024
MILAN: The automotive industry will have to reduce the weight of EV batteries by 50% in the next 10 years to make electrification environmentally meaningful, the head of Stellantis...
Red light, green light, white light: new traffic signal coul...
04 April 2024
RALEIGH: For over a year, researchers at North Carolina State University have been working on a project that consists of using a new type of traffic light on signals at busy inters...
PRO-NET obtains RM200 million in financing from CIMB
04 April 2024
KUALA LUMPUR: Proton New Energy Technology Sdn Bhd (“PRO-NET”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Sdn Bhd, announced today it has obtained RM200 million in ...
European drivers schooled on how to deal with Saharan dust
04 April 2024
BERLIN: Much of Western Europe has repeatedly been swept by clouds of Saharan dust in recent weeks, turning the skies hazy and diminishing air quality, with parts of the continent ...
Goodyear rolls out Wrangler Boulder MT for offroad adventure...
04 April 2024
MELBOURNE: Goodyear has unveiled the latest addition to its robust lineup of 4x4 tyres – the Goodyear Wrangler Boulder MT. Designed with Goodyear’s signature three-ply Duraply T...
Targeted fuel subsidies will bite into consumer spending, sa...
04 April 2024
PETALING JAYA: As Putrajaya pushes on with the implementation of the Central Database Hub (Padu), the immediate worry for Malaysians is the effect of rising inflation when petrol s...
Chinese electric trucks are set to take on Europe, says Scan...
04 April 2024
STOCKHOLM: After pushing into Europe with their electric cars, Chinese manufacturers such as BYD Co. are expected to target another piece of the market: big rigs. One of Europe’...