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Toyota-backed Paris venture targets 10,000 hydrogen taxis by...
20 January 2021
PARIS: A French company plans to persuade 10,000 Paris taxi drivers to switch to hydrogen-powered cars by the time the Olympic Games come to town in three years. HysetCo., a ven...
Stellantis CEO: All our brands get a chance, China options o...
20 January 2021
Tavares. — Bloomberg MILAN: Stellantis, the carmaker forged from the merger of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot-owner PSA, will give all its 14 brands a chance at success and keep all ...
GM works with Microsoft on Cruise self-driving vehicle
20 January 2021
DETROIT: General Motors announced Tuesday it is joining forces with Microsoft on its Cruise autonomous driving venture, with the tech giant coming on board as an investor and techn...
Kia says looking at electric car projects with multiple firm...
20 January 2021
SEOUL: Kia Corp said today it’s reviewing cooperation on self-driving electric cars with multiple foreign firms, making no mention of a report linking it to a project with tech gia...
MINI Malaysia kicks off New Year promo
20 January 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: MINI in Malaysia has introduced a new programme for the MINI Countryman SE along with a range of other MINI models – in conjunction with the extended SST exemption pe...
Part of Kinabalu Park road collapses, landslides in seven ar...
20 January 2021
KOTA KINABALU: Landslides and collapsed roads continue to occur despite the easing of heavy rains in some parts of Sabah following a week of downpour and floods. The latest repo...
Geely teams up with Tencent on smart car tech
20 January 2021
BEIJING/SHANGHAI: China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, which owns Volvo Cars and holds 9.7% of Daimler, said on Tuesday it has signed an agreement with Tencent Holdings Ltd to dev...
US agency orders Ford to recall 3 million vehicles over air ...
20 January 2021
WASHINGTON: Ford Motor Co must recall 3 million vehicles with potentially defective driver-side Takata air bags, the US auto safety regulator said on Tuesday, rejecting a bid by th...
New boss appointed at Stellantis' UK brand Vauxhall
20 January 2021
LONDON: A former Nissan executive, Paul Willcox, will become the new boss of carmaker Stellantis’ British brand Vauxhall, the company said today as an investment decision looms for...
What's in store from BMW M in 2021
19 January 2021
MUNICH: BMW's performance division will have its hands full for 2021. And yes, it has been confirmed that M would be introducing an electrically powered performance car for the ...
New Jaguar F-TYPE Reims Edition for UK only
19 January 2021
LONDON: Jaguar has just released the F-TYPE Reims Edition, finished in an exclusive shade of French Racing Blue. Limited to just 150 cars, and exclusive to the UK, the F-TYPE Re...
Govt move to allow automotive plant activities lauded
19 January 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Kenanga Research has lauded the Ministry of International Trade and Industry’s move to reinstate automotive manufacturing in the approved list of services in economic...
GHL Systems to offer customised vehicle road tax and insuran...
19 January 2021
PETALING JAYA: GHL Systems Bhd has tied up with independent personal finance website Loanstreet to offer customised vehicle road tax and insurance renewal services. The new serv...
Interested in an F1 racing helmet or steering wheel?
19 January 2021
PARIS: Artcurial Motorcars will host a sale of the former collection of Giuseppe Neri, a friend of Enzo Ferrari, at its Automobilia auction on Feb 6. The lots include a large nu...
Carsome survey: More Malaysians planning to get cars
19 January 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: The Carsome Consumer Survey conducted in October 2020 found that 58% of Malaysians plan to buy a car within one to six months, far ahead of other Southeast Asian coun...
Silentium ramps up global rollout of Active Road Noise Cance...
19 January 2021
SHANGHAI: Israel-based Silentium, a tech innovation company specialising in creating personal in-car sound environments, is ramping up global rollout of its Active Road Noise Cance...
Bill Peffer: This name pops up again and this time he's Mase...
19 January 2021
DETROIT: Remember Bill Peffer? The guy who left Kia Motors America after only a week as its chief operating officer. Well, Peffer has moved on to greener pastures, so to speak. ...
Automakers redesign cars for millions of aging drivers in Ja...
19 January 2021
Car companies from Toyota to Nissan are employing smart technology to make cars more user friendly for older people. — Reuters TOKYO: Automakers in Japan, where almost 30% of the ...
Ranger on the rails
19 January 2021
LONDON: Known as "rail buggies", utility vehicles are not new to the railway maintenance industry, but the development of the custom Polaris Rail Ranger presented an opportunity to...
BMW joins Audi, Mercedes-Benz to end its Netflix-For-Cars pr...
18 January 2021
NEW YORK: f you had planned to borrow a BMW M5 for a weekend touring the Grand Ole Opry and Johnny Cash Museum, you’re out of luck. And not just because of Covid-19. BMW has can...