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Chevron Malaysia aims to grow ShopeePay tie-up
22 April 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Chevron Malaysia Limited says it will continue to partner ShopeePay after it saw average daily ShopeePay transactions grew by five times within a month during its RM1...
Huge global disparities in electric car ownership, says Germ...
22 April 2021
MUNICH: Europe and China dominate the world market for electric cars, but there are still very few electrified vehicles on the roads in large markets like Russia, South America and...
Facelifted Porsche Panamera arrives, price starts from RM1.0...
22 April 2021
PETALING JAYA: The second-generation Porsche Panamera has undergone a refresh and it's now available in Malaysia. Pricing for the new Panamera starts from RM1,026,735 with SST e...
Taiwan's Gogoro to enter India scooter market with Hero tie-...
22 April 2021
An instrument panel showing batteries residual quantity in a Gogoro's electric scooter in Taipei. — Reuters TAIPEI: Taiwanese electric scooter maker Gogoro has partnered with Indi...
Digital Girls’ Day at Audi
22 April 2021
SINGAPORE: The world of technology is open to everyone. This is the message Audi wants to convey on its first digital Girls’ Day today. More than 150 schoolgirls from the Ingols...
Toyota to develop hydrogen engine through racing
22 April 2021
TOYOTA CITY: Toyota announced today that it is developing a hydrogen engine as part of its goal to acheive a carbon-neutral mobility society. It has installed the prototype engi...
GM tries to reboot Cadillac with US$60,000 electric Lyriq SU...
22 April 2021
DETROIT: General Motors Co. has promised to recast the Cadillac brand with electric drive, and it’s in a hurry to do it: The Cadillac Lyriq EV will go into production almost a year...
Carsome Academy gets government accreditation
22 April 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Carsome Academy, the education arm of Southeast Asia’s largest integrated car e-commerce platform Carsome, was recently appointed as an accredited Recognition for Pri...
New Mercedes-Benz Concept EQT to be unveiled on May 10
21 April 2021
STUTTGART: Mercedes-Benz Vans is unveiling the new Concept EQT in an extensive Media Special on the Mercedes me media platform at 5pm Malaysian time on May 10. This concept vehi...
Hyundai and BTS message for Earth Day
21 April 2021
SEOUL: Hyundai Motor Company today released a video themed 'For Tomorrow We Won't Wait,' featuring pop icon BTS for Earth Day 2021. The video shows BTS members taking part in si...
Stellantis scraps digital speedometers for Peugeot car in ch...
21 April 2021
PARIS: Stellantis said today it would replace digital speedometers with more old-fashioned analogue ones in one of its Peugeot models, in a fallout from a global shortage of semico...
April 22-28: RON97 petrol up 4 sen
21 April 2021
PETALING JAYA: The price of RON97 petrol will increase by four sen from April 22 to April 28, says the Finance Ministry. It said that the retail price for RON97 petrol will incr...
Malaysia needs to shift focus to EV perks — fast
21 April 2021
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s low carbon mobility blueprint, which has sparked interest in the country’s vehicle electrification ambitions, might not be forward-looking enough to drive...
Britain's driverless car ambitions hit speed bump with insur...
21 April 2021
LONDON: Britain's goal to be a leader in adopting self-driving cars could backfire unless automakers and government regulators spell out the current limitations of the technology, ...
MARii seeks to advance vehicle development via WEC 2021
21 April 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii) plans to facilitate technology transfer for local vehicle development via the FIA World Endurance Champion...
12 US states urge Biden to back phasing out petrol-powered v...
21 April 2021
WASHINGTON: The governors of a dozen US states including California, New York, Massachusetts and North Carolina called on President Joe Biden today to back ending sales of new petr...
China tech stampede into electric cars sparks auto sector bu...
21 April 2021
SHANGHAI: Cars are the next major prize in the battle for digital territory, industry insiders say, and the deep pockets and data muscle of big Chinese tech firms will fuel even fa...
Volkswagen ID.4 EV named 'World Car of the Year 2021'
21 April 2021
WOLFSBURG/NEW YORK: The Volkswagen ID.4 has been named “World Car of the Year 2021,” prevailing over strong global competition. This is the fifth World Car of the Year award for...
Tesla drives on Autopilot through a regulatory grey zone
21 April 2021
A Tesla Model S is shown in Autopilot mode in San Francisco. — Reuters WASHINGTON: The fatal crash of a Tesla with no one apparently behind the wheel has cast a new light on the s...
Sony testing an electric car guided by 5G
21 April 2021
LONDON: Back in January 2020, Sony surprised many by announcing its automotive ambitions with a concept car bearing the name Vision-S, unveiled at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. ...