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Your car is about to be a software platform, subscriptions a...
03 May 2021
NEW YORK: Yes, the Porsche Taycan is flying out of dealerships. And yes, it charges faster than a knife fight in a phone booth. But you may not have heard much about the most vangu...
Chip shortage will persist for ‘couple of years’, says Intel...
03 May 2021
An employee soldering a component onto a printed circuit board at CSI Electronic Manufacturing Services Ltd in Witham, UK. — Bloomberg NEW YORK: The global semiconductor shortage ...
Tesla’s German plant delayed until next year, says weekly
03 May 2021
The site of the Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide near Berlin as seen on April 27. — AP FRANKFURT: Tesla Inc.’s factory outside Berlin won’t start production befor...
All-new Isuzu D-Max: Still tough but more refined and smarte...
03 May 2021
PETALING JAYA: Known for its rugged-build quality, robust dependability and fuel efficiency, Isuzu's D-Max 4X4 pick-up truck series is back in the latest all-new third-generation w...
Part of busy Bangsar road in KL off-limits to traffic for 2 ...
03 May 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Repair works along Jalan Maarof, Bangsar in Kuala Lumpur will likely take two weeks after part of the road caved in following a downpour on May 1. Kuala Lumpur Cit...
Porsche is electrifying its managers
02 May 2021
STUTTGART: The management of Porsche is setting a good example: with immediate effect, managers who are entitled to a company car are consciously switching to the all-electric Tayc...
VW Golf GTI Clubsport 45 celebrates iconic Golf GTI
02 May 2021
LONDON: Volkswagen has issued a special Golf GTI to mark 45 years of the GTI badge. Order bookings in Europe have already started for the Golf GTI Clubsport 45. The GTI Clubs...
Putting off toll hike to cost govt over RM2bil in 2021, says...
01 May 2021
PETALING JAYA: The postponement of toll hikes this year will extend to 20 highways and two bridges - including the SMART Tunnel - and will cost the government over RM2bil, says the...
On top of zero-emission vehicles, GM looks to clean up its o...
01 May 2021
DETROIT: General Motors Co is targeting not only the elimination of tailpipe emissions by 2035 on all light vehicles it sells, but the largest US automaker also is looking to clean...
Tesla camera concerns spur China to review car data regulati...
01 May 2021
BEIJING: China is considering new regulations that would require data collected by intelligent cars to be stored in the country, a move triggered by recent concerns that cameras in...
Looking good, Skoda Fabia
01 May 2021
PRAGUE: Skoda is revealing further details of the new Fabia and gives a first impression of the interior of the fourth generation in an official design sketch. Based on the Volk...
New UK labelling for tyres seeks to highlight efficiency and...
01 May 2021
LONDON: UK motorists will benefit from the introduction of a new label and innovative system from today to help them understand how well tyres perform, especially for fuel efficien...
Vinfast: Vietnam’s answer to Tesla has US in its electric si...
30 April 2021
HAI PHONG CITY: Move over Tesla, how about a VinFast? That's the proposition being offered by the automobile arm of Vietnam's largest conglomerate, Vingroup. It's betting big...
Used car sales expected to power ahead
30 April 2021
PETALING JAYA: Sales of used cars, which have remained solid in the first quarter of this year, are expected to maintain its steady momentum at least until the first half of 2021, ...
VW may find itself in trouble over ‘Voltswagen’ marketing st...
30 April 2021
WASHINGTON: The US Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an inquiry into the US unit of Volkswagen’s AG over a marketing stunt in which it falsely said it was changing its ...
Daimler, Volvo seek huge cuts in hydrogen fuel cell costs by...
30 April 2021
STUTTGART: Daimler Trucks and Volvo AB said on Thursday they aim jointly to cut the costs of hydrogen fuel cells by a factor of five or six by 2027 as they seek to make the zero-em...
Ride-hailing giant Gojek to shift to electric vehicles by 20...
30 April 2021
Operators scanning a Gojek taxi rider's battery barcode to charge it at a charging station in Jakarta. JAKARTA: Indonesian ride-hailing startup Gojek plans to make every car and m...
VW CEO Diess rumoured to be stepping aside at Skoda, SEAT
30 April 2021
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess is stepping down as head of the supervisory boards at subsidiaries SEAT and Skoda to focus on building up a stronger software-development t...
One-off Rolls-Royce Phantom Oribe unveiled
30 April 2021
LONDON: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has co-created a bespoke Phantom in a  collaboration with Hermès. Designed and handcrafted by a combined team of bespoke specialists at the Home o...
No upper age limit on e-hailing drivers set by Transport Min...
30 April 2021
PETALING JAYA: There is no maximum age limit fixed for e-hailing drivers under the Transport Ministry, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. The minister said neither the ministry no...