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JPJ dismisses ads offering free driving licence
30 September 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) says advertisements claiming that free driving licence assistance is being offered to all groups are fake. The ads have seen go...
Citroën invents cardboard car for resourceless world
30 September 2022
PARIS: Imagine a future world starved of resources where carmakers have to resort to replacing the metal in your car's roof and hood with cardboard. That's what Citroën has done...
Porsche vows 911 will keep its roaring engine as long as pos...
30 September 2022
FRANKFURT: Porsche AG may be carving out a new future after pulling off Europe’s biggest listing in a decade, but the sports-car maker vowed that one thing will remain the same: Th...
Toyota global vehicle output rises 44.3% in Aug to record fo...
30 September 2022
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp said today its global vehicle production grew at a record pace for the month of August, as the sector recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic and production c...
Amazon's Alexa to provide basis for voice assistant in BMW c...
30 September 2022
WASHINGTON: Voice assistants are growing ever more important in cars, and while Google and Apple are increasing their foothold in automotive industry, Amazon has announced that BMW...
Lamborghini Urus S with more power debuts
29 September 2022
BOLOGNA: Lamborghini has announced a more powerful Urus called Urus S. Prices for EU start at €195,538 (RM887,000) without tax. The Urus S, basically a refreshed version of t...
SP51 is Ferrari's latest one-off based on 812 GTS
29 September 2022
MARANELLO: The latest addition to the Prancing Horse’s One-Off series, the Ferrari SP51, was unveiled on Wednesday. It was built to the specifications of a Taiwan-based client, ...
Mercedes-Benz shows interior of EQE SUV ahead of Oct 16 prem...
29 September 2022
STUTTGART: Mercedes-Benz is whetting public appetite for the new EQE with a photo that offers a first look at the SUV's interior. The SUV would be launched online on Oct 16 on t...
Many more EV charging stations needed
29 September 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in the country is still low, with fewer than 1,000 recorded nationwide, says Deputy Science, Technology and Inno...
BMW M launching its first own car in 40 years
29 September 2022
MUNICH: Some four decades since the M1 became one of the best-known sports cars of the 1970s, BMW's single-lettered subsidiary M is now working on its first original car. But th...
Jaguar Land Rover to train 29,000 workers to handle electric...
29 September 2022
LONDON: Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc said it would teach 60% of its global workforce to develop, manufacture and service electric vehicles as the carmaker tries to set itself u...
Charge EVs during day, not night, to save grid, says US stud...
29 September 2022
LOS ANGELES: To successfully ramp up reliance on electric vehicles over the next decade without overtaxing the power grids, more drivers will need to charge their cars during the d...
Putting hydrogen motorcycles in the starting blocks
29 September 2022
TOKYO: The transition to green energy also concerns motorcycle manufacturers, who must also adapt and find alternatives to fossil fuels. Among the options open to them is hydrogen ...
Hertz ties up with BP for EV charger installations in North ...
29 September 2022
MIAMI: Hertz Global Holdings Inc said on Tuesday it has partnered with a unit of oil giant BP to install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across North America to power its f...
Exicom claims 40% share of EV charger market in Malaysia
29 September 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: Indian EV charger and Li-ion battery maker Exicom says it has become the largest EV charging brand in Malaysia with 40 per cent share in the country. It said it ha...
Sime Darby Motors signs agreement to distribute BYD electric...
28 September 2022
PETALING JAYA: Leading local automotive player, Sime Darby Motors (SDM) Malaysia, today inked a distribution agreement with China's electric car maker BYD. This will mark the en...
Toyota Eco Youth programme returns for 2022/2023
28 September 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: Toyota Eco Youth (TEY) programme is back and open for registration with its new theme, “Championing Mobility”. The TEY sustainability programme is designed with th...
Auto Bavaria adds M Performance Parts to BMW 5 Series
28 September 2022
PETALING JAYA: A BMW dealership is offering its own upgrade to the 5 Series, equipping it with a number of M Performance Parts. Only 30 units are available from Auto Bavaria and...
Lilium aims to build 400 air taxis a year, seek grants
28 September 2022
PARIS: German air taxi developer Lilium Air Mobility plans to set up industrial capacity to make some 400 of its electrically powered Lilium Jet flying shuttles a year, while tappi...
Toyota to start selling small electric sedan in China by yea...
28 September 2022
BEIJING: Toyota Motor Corp plans to start production and sales of a small electric sedan powered by BYD Co Ltd batteries by year-end as part of an ongoing collaboration with the Ch...