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New Peugeot 408 transformed into SUV coupe
31 May 2022
PARIS: Peugeot is getting ready to introduce the 408 as a SUV fastback or coupe by the end of June. It released a teaser photo today showing the grille of the car and the model ...
Back to the future with DeLorean's new gullwing electric fla...
31 May 2022
HOUSTON: The DMC DeLorean is one of the world's most famous cars next to James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 and now it's back on the block as a gullwing battery-electric sportster calle...
Researchers are working on EV batteries that could last for ...
31 May 2022
PARIS: Tesla's Canada-based battery research group, in partnership with Dalhousie University, recently published a paper in a scientific journal on the development of a high-energy...
Mercedes-AMG E 63 S 4MATIC+ Final Edition debuts
31 May 2022
AFFALTERBACH (Germany): The W/S 213 performance model series is bowing out with Mercedes-AMG introducing the E 63 S 4MATIC+ Final Edition as saloon and estate. Only 999 units wo...
Polestar referral programme focuses on customer recognition
31 May 2022
GOTHENBURG: Polestar has launched a new customer referral programme in Europe, South Korea and the United States, and applies to all new vehicle purchase methods. With the rewar...
Syndicate selling subsidised fuel busted in Perlis
31 May 2022
KANGAR: The operator of a petrol station in Kangar who sold subsidised RON95 petrol and diesel to a third party to be marketed to foreign vehicle owners has been caught red-handed ...
Pickup truck driver and bodyguard fined RM2,000 each for hig...
31 May 2022
KULAI: Remember the case of the supercar blockade in March after a pick-up truck crashed into a Lamborghini on the PLUS expressway? The case made news again today when the 28-ye...
EVs not the only way to meet CO2 targets, says Italy car lob...
31 May 2022
MILAN: Electric vehicles (EVs) are not the only effective route to reducing carbon emissions produced by the car industry, the head of Italy's automotive lobby said today. Other...
Foxconn predicts more stable supply chain in the second half...
31 May 2022
TAIPEI: Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, said today that the second half of the year is heading "in a better direction" as Shanghai's Covid-19 lock...
Cyclists in car frames protest 'absurdity' of vehicles hoggi...
31 May 2022
LONDON: Cyclists wearing frames shaped like cars are taking to the streets of London to demonstrate that vehicles are "hogging" roads. Micromobility firm Dott is carrying out th...
Toyota already leads VW by over 1 million vehicles in global...
31 May 2022
LONDON: Toyota Motor Corp looks poised to repeat as the world’s largest automaker for a third straight year, having outsold Volkswagen AG by more than 1 million vehicles through Ap...
Cult Mini Moke returns as electric runabout
31 May 2022
LONDON: The Mini Moke, the doorless and canvas-topped runabout which had its heyday in the late 1960s, has been revived as an electric runabout and the first cars have just rolled ...
Stellantis and Toyota to expand partnership with large comme...
30 May 2022
PARIS: Stellantis said today it would expand its partnership with Toyota Motor Europe with a new large commercial van, including an electric version. Stellantis will supply TME,...
How a cheap component could help kill off combustion cars
30 May 2022
CelLink's flat and easy-to-install 'flex harness'. LONDON/BERLIN: The humble wire harness, a cheap component that bundles cables together, has become an unlikely scourge of the ...
JPJ collects almost RM6mil from public auctions of 636 seize...
30 May 2022
Bidders at the auction earlier today. — Photo from JPJ Terengganu KUALA TERENGGANU: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) collected RM5.9 million from the public auctions of 636 veh...
Traffic jams just a maths problem, says AI firm
30 May 2022
TEL AVIV: Israel’s traffic congestion ranks near the worst among developed economies but an algorithm can help, says one of the country’s IT firms engaged in the auto and mobility ...
Man found dead inside rented McLaren outside nightclub
30 May 2022
Police said initial checks revealed the man did not have any visible sign of injury on his body. — Photo from Bomba KL KUALA LUMPUR: A man was found dead in a car parked in front ...
‘King of the Road’ Perodua Myvi gets creative tribute
29 May 2022
PETALING JAYA: Inspired by the Perodua Myvi, which has been dubbed Malaysia’s “King of the Road”, a company here spent two months assembling 1.27 million plastic bricks to create a...
Genesis is official manufacturer partner of Gran Turismo Wor...
29 May 2022
LOS ANGELES: Genesis was last week announced as an official manufacturer partner of the Gran Turismo World Series, an online global motorsport championship. As an official partn...
Jaguar Land Rover makes it easier now to own, subscribe or r...
29 May 2022
LONDON: Jaguar Land Rover has overhauled its online website and now offers three ways for customers to use its vehicles: own, subscribe or rent. Launched in early 2019, the onli...