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Europe’s first homegrown battery plant Northvolt begins ship...
18 May 2022
STOCKHOLM: Swedish battery-maker Northvolt AB became the first European firm to start commercial shipments to a carmaker last week, giving shape to the continent’s five-year push t...
Russia lowers car production safety standards after sanction...
18 May 2022
MOSCOW: Russia has eased safety standards for cars produced on its territory — such as dropping the requirement for airbags — after Western sanctions over Ukraine caused a shortage...
E-scooter operator Beam held free safety course for 50 rider...
18 May 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: Singapore-based e-scooter operator Beam held its first local training course on how to use the vehicle last Sunday at the 1 Utama Shopping Centre in Petaling Jaya. ...
UK firm launches new chemical fingerprint tyre database
18 May 2022
HANNOVER: Did you know that tyres are polluting the environment just as internal combustion engines are? Scientists say the microplastics they generate have become a far more se...
Mercedes-Benz to use energy-dense silicon battery for G-Clas...
17 May 2022
Mercedes-Benz CTO Markus Schäfer (left) with Sila Co-founder and CEO Gene Berdichevsky. BERLIN: Mercedes-Benz will incorporate a new, highly energy-dense battery in its upcoming e...
Crazy Brabus Crawler is a hardcore toy for big boys
17 May 2022
BERLIN: Big boys with €900,000 (RM4.2mil) to spare might like to get their hands on the madly-pimped G-Class Mercedes off-road Brabus Crawler, only 15 of which are being built by t...
CTOS Digital launches CTOS Car Insurance
17 May 2022
CTOS Digital group CEO Hamburger. KUALA LUMPUR: CTOS Digital Bhd through its subsidiary, CTOS IDS Sdn Bhd has launched CTOS Car Insurance, an online platform for car insurance and...
BMW Malaysia in quest for the oldest M models in every model...
17 May 2022
PETALING JAYA: BMW Group Malaysia is celebrating the 50th anniversary of M on May 24 in its own way with a search for the oldest M model in every model series in Malaysia. If yo...
Not a single car was sold in Shanghai last month
17 May 2022
SHANGHAI: For evidence of just how tight Shanghai’s lockdown has been, consider this: not a single car was sold in the city last month. The majority of the city’s 25 million res...
Tesla stops taking orders for Cybertruck outside N. America
17 May 2022
SHANGHAI: Tesla Inc has stopped taking orders for its upcoming Cybertruck pickup truck outside of North America, according to its official website. The automaker is only taking ...
Need to terminate your Touch ‘n Go RFID tag? You can now do ...
17 May 2022
PETALING JAYA: Touch ‘n Go Malaysia has announced that users can now terminate their RFID tag via its dedicated portal. In an announcement on Facebook, the company said users on...
Hacker shows off a way to unlock Tesla models, start cars
17 May 2022
LONDON: Tesla Inc customers might love the carmakers’ nifty keyless entry system, but one cybersecurity researcher has demonstrated how the same technology could allow thieves to d...
ABB and Shell to launch first network of world’s fastest EV ...
17 May 2022
ZURICH: ABB and Shell have announce plans to launch the first nationwide network of Terra 360’s, the world’s fastest all-in-one electric car charger.fastest EV charger across Germa...
New Mercedes-Benz GLC teased ahead of June 1 online world de...
16 May 2022
STUTTGART: Mercedes-Benz will unveil the new GLC on June 1, 2022 in a digital world premiere. The German carmaker issued a teaser photo of the rear view of the new GLC in making...
From copycat to global player: How China's auto industry tra...
16 May 2022
LONDON: They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But not when it is about car design where breaches of intellectual property rights are frowned upon and come with puni...
Perak receives proposal for new highway that bypasses Menora...
16 May 2022
IPOH: The Perak government has received a proposal for the construction of a highway from Gopeng to Kuala Kangsar which bypasses the Menora Tunnel on the North-South Expressway whi...
Return of the Moskvich: Russia to revive 'legendary' Soviet-...
16 May 2022
A 1951 Moskvitch 400-420. — Photo from RM Sotheby's MOSCOW: A Soviet-era car brand the "Moskvich" could make a surprise comeback in Russia, as Moscow takes over assets belonging t...
Renault sells stake in Russia's Avtovaz, with buyback option
16 May 2022
PARIS: Renault will sell its majority stake in carmaker Avtovaz to a Russian science institute, the French carmaker said today, adding that the deal included a six-year option to b...
Detroit Three automakers reinstate mask mandate at some faci...
16 May 2022
DETROIT: General Motors Co, Ford Motor Co and Chrysler parent Stellantis NV said on Sunday they are reinstating a requirement that employees wear masks in south-eastern Michigan wh...
Policeman fined for using phone while driving
16 May 2022
PETALING JAYA: A policeman seen on video using his mobile phone while driving, has been issued a summons. Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohamad Fakhrudin Abdul Hamid said police ...