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Kesas motorcycle lane off-limits this weekend
05 January 2023
SHAH ALAM: The eastbound motorcycle lane heading to Kuala Lumpur on the Shah Alam Expressway (Kesas) will be temporarily closed to the public this Saturday and Sunday for upgrading...
Toyota: Going clean and mean
05 January 2023
BANGKOK: Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are not the only way to achieve a carbon neutral future, and hydrogen or synthetic fuel-powered cars could be better choices in slowing do...
Ukraine workshop turns beat-up cars into battlefield assets
05 January 2023
The repair work can make the difference between life and death for soldiers. - All photos by AFP KYIV: An auto garage here is giving beat-up cars a second life as battle-ready veh...
Hennessey celebrates 10th Venom F5 hypercar delivery
05 January 2023
HOUSTON: Hennessey has delivered a milestone 10th Venom F5 to its owner over the holidays. The striking metallic blue F5 Coupe, with brilliant white stripes, was delivered at He...
Water bottle trick: Are thieves about to steal your car? Pro...
05 January 2023
BERLIN: Car-jackers are using plastic bottles to jam tyres in a ploy to steal cars, social media posts and car websites repeatedly warn. And yet this is more likely a popular urban...
Qualcomm launches auto chip to handle both assisted driving ...
04 January 2023
SAN DIEGO: Mobile chip maker Qualcomm Technologies, Inc today unveiled a processor chip for the car called Snapdragon Ride Flex SoC that handles both assisted driving and cockpit f...
VW ID.7 wrapped in special camouflage to debut at CES 2023
04 January 2023
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen has announced more details of its new electric sedan ID.7 ahead of its world premiere at CES 2023 in Las Vegas. The ID.7 is the company's first fully elect...
Hyundai Motor to accelerate EV push for growth
04 January 2023
SEOUL: South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group said Tuesday it will accelerate a wider transition to electric vehicles (EV) this year as it aims to morph into a future mobility solutions...
MG4: MG's first bespoke electric poised to grab big market s...
04 January 2023
BERLIN: MG means business these days and the company is pressing forward with an affordable electric car that could take the sector by storm. The dormant English company, which ...
Proton continues fourth consecutive year of sales growth in ...
04 January 2023
SUBANG JAYA: National automotive brand Proton ended 2022 with a fourth consecutive year of sales growth to push overall sales to their highest total of 141,432 units since 2013. ...
Foxconn to use Nvidia chips to build self-driving vehicle pl...
04 January 2023
SAN JOSE: Chipmaker Nvidia Corp and electronics manufacturer Foxconn announced a partnership on Tuesday to develop autonomous vehicle platforms. Taiwanese contract manufacturer ...
China’s CATL extends lead as world’s top EV battery maker
04 January 2023
SEOUL: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd.’s share of the electric-vehicle battery market continues to grow, according to the latest data from Seoul-based SNE Research, which ...
More US consumers want EVs but prices are a concern, Deloitt...
04 January 2023
NEW YORK: More US consumers want to buy an electric vehicle (EV) but are concerned about rising prices, while fewer aimed to purchase gasoline-powered vehicles, a survey by consult...
JPJ to introduce quality road tax stickers in 2023, says Lok...
04 January 2023
The proof. The windscreen of a motorist's car showing a clear photocopy affixed above the original road tax sticker, which has lost all details except for the serial number (hidden...
BMW sales dip in 2022, targets 15% battery-electric sales in...
04 January 2023
BERLIN: The BMW Group sold around 100,000 fewer cars in 2022 at 2.4 million vehicles, but more than doubled the proportion of fully-electric cars sold to reach almost 10% of total ...
Five things to watch at CES tech megashow
04 January 2023
LAS VEGAS: The world's biggest tech megashow, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), gets underway here this week, with organisers hoping to recapture the excitement of years past af...
Jan 5-11: Fuel prices unchanged
04 January 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: The retail prices of RON97 and RON95 petrol, and diesel will remain unchanged for the Jan 5-11 period. The Finance Ministry said today that RON97 petrol remains at...
Florida city uses solar sidewalk to power traffic lights
04 January 2023
TAMPA: What if a sidewalk could store energy and power traffic lights to cover potential power outages? That's the innovative idea that an American city has put into practice. P...
Local Hot Rocket Racing Club unlocks new achievement
04 January 2023
SHAH ALAM: Hot Rocket Racing Club has achieved a historial milestone by securing podium finishing in all its go-kart endurance races throughout 2022. Hot Rocket’s elite team dub...
CES electronics show returns to realism after self-driving b...
04 January 2023
LAS VEGAS: The age of adventure is being replaced by the realm of reality in the automotive displays at the annual Consumer Electronics Show here, once a fantastical flight of fanc...