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Ford demands US salaried employees disclose Covid-19 vaccina...
29 September 2021
DETROIT: Ford Motor Co on Tuesday became the second Detroit automaker to ask US salaried employees to reveal their vaccination status against Covid-19 in a bid to comply with wider...
Elon Musk overtakes Jeff Bezos to become world’s richest per...
29 September 2021
Musk is world's richest for now. But don't take such rankings too seriously. Fortunes ebb and flow with gyrations in share prices. — Reuters CHICAGO: Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk, with a...
PCCS to start hire purchase business this month
29 September 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: PCCS Group Bhd, which is starting its hire purchase business this month with a RM5mil loan book, expects the division to start contributing in the current financial y...
Ford and SK ramp up EV investments
28 September 2021
DETROIT/SEOUL: Ford Motor Co and its Korean battery partner SK Innovation will invest US$11.4 billion to build an electric F-150 assembly plant and three battery plants in the Unit...
Geely moves into smartphones with chairman's new venture
28 September 2021
SHANGHAI: Zhejiang Geely Holding said today its founder, Li Shufu, has launched a new company dedicated to making smartphones. The announcement marks yet another foray beyond au...
RHB offers financing for electrified and electric cars in 'g...
28 September 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: RHB Banking Group has launched the RHB sustainability financing programme (SFP) with a target of RM1bil in new financing by 2025, including personal financing for ret...
Electric car interest soars as Britons confront fuel shortag...
28 September 2021
LONDON: Britain’s fuel shortage has intensified interest in electric vehicles, based on the record level of inquiries at one online auto marketplace. Auto Trader Group Plc said ...
Wrong-way drivers caused 807 accidents since January, says W...
28 September 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Based on Home Ministry data, there were 807 accidents involving vehicles going against the flow of traffic since January this year, Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong told th...
'Crazy': Britain puts army on standby as panic buying leaves...
28 September 2021
Queues of drivers snaking back from those petrol stations that are still serving in major cities. — Reuters LONDON: British drivers expressed frustration today as they hunted fo...
Three-month extension for Ducatis with warranty expiring bet...
28 September 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Ducati Malaysia says Malaysian Ducati owners, whose warranty periods are ending between August 2021 and September 2021 will get a three-month warranty extension upon ...
Legendary cars reinvented in floating form
28 September 2021
PARIS: The Floating Motors startup presents an ambitious project that involves reinventing some of the car world's automotive icons as floating vehicles. This innovative concept...
Route 77 Harley-Davidson of Kuala Lumpur creates Covid-19 re...
28 September 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Route 77 Harley-Davidson of Kuala Lumpur, a local authorised Harley-Davidson motorcycles dealer, has started a community initiative to aim victims of the Covid-19 pan...
Busted: Scam syndicate with stash of RM1mil in auto parts
28 September 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Police here have stopped scammers who had been cheating car parts sellers after the syndicate was crippled through several raids following a report lodged on Sept 21....
Shift to EVs means huge 'reskilling' job for Europe, says re...
28 September 2021
LONDON: The shift to electric vehicles will force huge changes in the auto industry and require EU backing for "reskilling" programmes to help workers prepare for a zero-emission f...
The Rolls-Royce electrification prediction from a century ag...
28 September 2021
LONDON: While Rolls-Royce never made any production electric cars, the brand's founders fascination with electricity and electrified vehicles go way back before the company's estab...
Ferrari Portofino M launched from RM998K
27 September 2021
PETALING JAYA: The Ferrari Portofino M is launched today in Malaysia at a base price of RM998,000 (before duties, options, taxes and insurance). Highlights are the redesigned po...
Ferrari, parent Exor clinch alliance with former Apple desig...
27 September 2021
Ive (left) with Apple CEO Tim Cook at the September 2018 launch of iPhone XR. MILAN: Italian luxury car maker Ferrari and its parent company Exor, the holding vehicle of the Agnel...
Toyota ready to introduce new hybrids to Malaysia
27 September 2021
SHAH ALAM: Nope, no car launch today. Just more build-up from UMW Toyota Motor about the brand's shift to car electrification. Recall our last post on the matter last Monday tha...
Leonardo DiCaprio-backed Polestar valued at US$20b in SPAC d...
27 September 2021
LONDON: Polestar, the electric-vehicle maker backed by Volvo Car Group and actor Leonardo DiCaprio, agreed to go public through a merger with a blank-check company at a roughly US$...
Energy-efficient vehicle manufacturing gets priority in 12MP
27 September 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob says the government will give priority to the development of an energy-efficient vehicle manufacturing industry to suppo...