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Sime Darby Motors and SpareXhub in joint-digital auto part s...
29 December 2020
PETALING JAYA: Sime Darby Motors Malaysia (SDM Malaysia) has teamed up with SpareXhub in an effort to further improve online experience with added avenue for customers to buy genui...
Tesla’s dominant position in China could be threatened in 20...
29 December 2020
The Nio ES6. SHANGHAI: Tesla Inc is coming to the end of its first year selling China-made cars with a commanding position in the world’s biggest electric-vehicle market, but Elon...
Tesla expanding to India in 2021, says daily
29 December 2020
NEW DELHI: Tesla Inc will come to India early next year, country’s transport minister Nitin Gadkari told national daily the Indian Express on Monday. The electric-car maker will...
KL-Karak, East Coast Expressway traffic to see firm recovery...
29 December 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Rating Corporation Bhd (MARC) expects traffic flow along Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway (KL-Karak) and Phase 1 of East Coast Expressway (ECE1) to decline next y...
Khairy moots online complaints portal to tackle potholes in ...
28 December 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: A special online complaints portal should be introduced to tackle the issue of potholes throughout the country, says Khairy Jamaluddin. The Science, Technology and...
Police in patrol cars now wear bullet-proof, stab-proof vest...
28 December 2020
JOHOR BARU: Police multi-purpose vehicle patrolmen nationwide are now provided with a new safety vest to minimise any threat and risk of injury while on duty. Bukit Aman Crime P...
Moto Guzzi makes 'stunning' offer on Malaysia's only Audace ...
28 December 2020
PETALING JAYA: In conjunction with New Year 2021, Moto Guzzi Malaysia is offering the Moto Guzzi Audace at RM89,000. The Audace, originally priced at RM123,000, is the only unit...
New BMW grille reimagined without changing size
28 December 2020
The rendered new grille compared to the original (below). Do you like the tweaked version? — All rendered images by CarScoops PETALING JAYA: Ever since the M3 and M4 went offici...
Conditional MCO in Selangor, KL, Sabah extended until Jan 14
28 December 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: The conditional MCO in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Sabah have been extended until Jan 14, says Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. The Defence Minister ...
After XC40 Recharge, Volvo's second EV to come out in March ...
28 December 2020
GOTHENBURG: Volvo will be rolling out its second electric vehicle on March 2 next year. The as-yet unnamed model will be built based on the Compact Modular Architecture (CMA), t...
Five automakers in S. Korea to recall over 210,000 vehicles
28 December 2020
Passing traffic illuminating a highway in Busan at dusk. — Bloomberg SEOUL: GM Korea, BMW, Audi and two other companies will voluntarily recall over a combined 210,000 vehicles to...
Used car sales hold steady despite pandemic
28 December 2020
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian used car industry, which was severely impacted by the pandemic but saw a resurgence in sales following government incentives, is expected to record fla...
VW CEO sees Apple mounting major challenge with auto push
28 December 2020
Volkswagen's Herbert Diess praised Apple's latest move, saying 'the unbelievable valuation and the practically unlimited access to resources instill a lot of respect in us.' — dpa...
Malaysia's first autonomous vehicle testing route okayed
28 December 2020
A general view of Cyberjaya. CYBERJAYA: Futurise Sdn Bhd (Futurise) — a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cyberview Sdn Bhd — has announced that Malaysia’s first self-driving vehicle te...
French investigators to meet Carlos Ghosn in Beirut on Jan 1...
28 December 2020
Ghosn speaking to reporters in Jounieh, Lebanon, in September. — Bloomberg PARIS: French investigators will arrive in Beirut on Jan 18 to speak with Carlos Ghosn, the former chair...
Aston Martin switch focus to customer racing for 2021
28 December 2020
LONDON: World Endurance GT Champion and 24 Hours of Le Mans double-class winner Aston Martin will switch the focus of its Vantage GT motorsport programme to concentrate on cust...
BMW aims to build 250,000 more electric cars through 2023, s...
28 December 2020
MUNICH: BMW AG plans to produce an additional quarter of a million electric cars in the coming three years, according to the German automaker’s chief executive officer. "We alre...
Why the future of four-wheel drive is electric
27 December 2020
FRANKFURT: The air is foggy with dust, there are sprays of gravel and arcs of mud - it's just business as usual at the offroad park in the German state of Swabia. The only thing...
Driving with a caravan for the first time? Here's what to wa...
26 December 2020
BERLIN: Practice makes perfect. That holds especially true for driving with a trailer attached, with newbies encouraged to precisely plan out their next road trip and to drive with...
Toyota C+pod city car with 150km rolls out to selected users
25 December 2020
TOYOTA CITY: Toyota announced today a limited launch of the "C+pod" ultra-compact battery electric vehicle (BEV) to corporate users, local governments and other organisations that ...