Volkswagen-SAIC venture to close manual transmission plant i...
18 November 2022
BERLIN: A manual transmission plant owned by Volkswagen's joint venture with SAIC Motors will close next March, the carmaker said today.
The news was communicated to staff this ...
This office chair was developed with car manufacturing tech
18 November 2022
PARIS: With the aim of bringing attention to all the technologies on board the brand's latest electric models, Norwegian designers working for Volkswagen have developed an office c...
Lamborghini introduces The Engine Songs: a V12 symphony
18 November 2022
BOLOGNA: Lamborghini’s The Engine Songs: Let’s Talk video interview series, examines the science and inspiration behind the creation of three playlists available on Spotify.
The...
Tesla recalls about 30,000 Model X cars over air bag issue
18 November 2022
WASHINGTON: Tesla Inc recalled nearly 30,000 Model X cars in the United States over an issue that may cause the front passenger air bag to deploy incorrectly.
The air bag could ...
Porsche puts the 911 on stilts as rugged, high-riding Dakar
17 November 2022
LOS ANGELES: In the era of SUVs, a low sports car like the 911 is a tough sell - so why not just give it more mud-plugging material? That's the current thinking of Porsche, which i...
Porsche spills more details about upcoming electric Macan
17 November 2022
STUTTGART: Porsche is fettling an all-new, electric SUV set to slot in above the Cayenne and herald a series of further electrics as the traditional maker of combustion-engined per...
Brussels’ plan for car-free streets hits a few bumps
17 November 2022
BRUSSELS: After years of trying to reduce its car dependency, Brussels is poised to adopt what could be its most dramatic pro-pedestrian policy yet: an effective ban on non-local, ...
UMW Group vehicle delivery up 4% to 35,130 in October
17 November 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: The UMW Group’s automotive sales improved in October as both UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) and UMW’s associate company, Perodua, delivered 35,130 units that month, four per...
Mazda MX-5 Miata updated for 2023
17 November 2022
LOS ANGELES: Mazda North America Operations today announces updates to the 2023 MX-5 Miata.
On sale this winter, the 2023 MX-5 Miata will give customers a new exterior paint col...
AMD chip to power auto supplier Aisin’s new automated car pa...
17 November 2022
DETROIT: US chip design firm Advanced Micro Devices Inc on Wednesday said Japan’s major automotive supply company Aisin Corp has chosen AMD's micro processor to power a new system ...
Volkswagen's US$2bil Trinity electric vehicle plant in doubt
17 November 2022
HAMBURG: Volkswagen chief executive Oliver Blume is reviewing whether to stick to a plan to build a new plant to assemble its Trinity electric vehicles (EV) or to use its existing ...
'Carchitecture' takes car ownership to the next level
17 November 2022
PARIS: Architecture and automobiles have much more in common than one might first think.
They are connected by a love of lines, fluidity, optimisation of spaces and, sometimes, ...
Traffic builds as Malaysians 'balik kampung' to cast their b...
17 November 2022
PETALING JAYA: Significant traffic congestion has been reported along the roads leading out of the city as folk begin journeying back to their hometowns to vote in conjunction with...
Tesla board member says Elon Musk identified potential succe...
17 November 2022
SAN FRANCISCO: James Murdoch, a Tesla Inc director, testified in court on Wednesday that CEO Elon Musk has in the last few months identified someone as a potential successor to hea...
Japan auto lobby opposes plan to tax mileage of electric veh...
17 November 2022
TOKYO: A Japanese automobile lobbying group "firmly opposes" a plan for mileage tax on electric vehicles (EVs), an official of the group said today, adding that it would slow elect...
Stellantis to buy software developer aiMotive in autonomous ...
17 November 2022
MILAN: Stellantis said today it had agreed to buy aiMotive, a Hungary-based developer of advanced artificial intelligence and autonomous driving software, to advance its technology...
Toyota unveils new Prius, betting hybrids will stick around
16 November 2022
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp. took the wraps off the latest iteration of the Prius, the hybrid vehicle that that paved the way for electric cars more than two decades ago.
The fifth...
Mazda CX-90 to make world premiere in January 2023
16 November 2022
LOS ANGELES: The Mazda CX-90 will make its world debut in January 2023 and replaces the CX-9 as the company's flagship SUV.
Mazda North American Operations has just released a t...
Tesla EVs ranked worst in annual reliability survey by Consu...
16 November 2022
NEW YORK: Electric vehicles (EVs) from Tesla Inc and other brands were among the least reliable vehicles in the United States, Consumer Reports magazine's annual reliability survey...
Jaguar Land Rover CEO Bollore to quit, says Tata Motors
16 November 2022
Bollore's resignation is effective Dec 31. Inset is Mardell.
BENGALURU: Tata Motors-owned luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover said today chief executive officer Thierry Bollore woul...
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