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Contra flow between Sg Besi toll plaza and UPM interchange f...
26 January 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Temporary bound closure and contra flow have been activated at Km 307- Km309 on the North-South Expressway between Sungai Besi Toll Plaza and the UPM Interchange from...
The world is dangerously dependent on Taiwan for semiconduct...
26 January 2021
Taiwan’s grip on the semiconductor business represents a choke point in the global supply chain. — Image from Ambiq Micro via TSMC
TOKYO: As China pushes the world to avoid offici...
Death of diesel looms as carmakers accelerate to electric fu...
26 January 2021
PARIS: The world’s biggest diesel engine factory in Tremery, eastern France, is undergoing a radical overhaul - it’s switching to make electric motors.
From less than 10% of out...
Saudi wealth fund in talks with Lucid for car plant in kingd...
25 January 2021
DUBAI: Lucid Motors Inc is in talks with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund to build an electric vehicle factory in the kingdom, the Financial Times reported, citing an interview...
JD Power: Most American EV users are likely to repurchase an...
25 January 2021
TROY (Michigan): According to the inaugural J.D. Power U.S. Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Ownership Study, some 82% of electric vehicle (EV) owners are likely to consider buyin...
Taiwan ministry says TSMC will prioritise auto chips if poss...
25 January 2021
TAIPEI: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) will prioritise production of auto chips if it is able to further increase capacity, Taiwan’s Economics Ministry told Reute...
Mentally unsound woman taken to hospital after being caught ...
25 January 2021
KOTA KINABALU: A woman, believed to be mentally unsound, has been taken to Hospital Mesra Bukit Padang for treatment and evaluation after she went around attacking vehicles at a co...
Founder of J.D. Power dies at 89
25 January 2021
LOS ANGELES: James David Power III, the founder of the influential car quality survey company, J.D. Power, died on Saturday. He was 89.
Power set up the company with his wife, J...
VinFast global showroom design competition comes with total ...
25 January 2021
HO CHI MINH CITY: Vietnamese car maker VinFast is looking at international talents to design its smart vehicle showrooms to be built globally.
The "VinFast Global Showroom Desig...
EVs to overtake gas guzzlers in India by 2030, says Mahindra
25 January 2021
MUMBAI: Electric-vehicle sales should overtake gas guzzlers in India by the end of the decade as prices become more aligned and infrastructure and technology improves, hopefully wi...
Austria’s car industry at the crossroads as world swings to ...
25 January 2021
VIENNA: The captains of Austria’s automotive industry need to stop making combustion engines now in order to salvage greener electric growth by the end of the decade, according to ...
Wrong steering component fitted to new Mercedes S-Class spar...
24 January 2021
STUTTGART: It's scary news that Mercedes-Benz can do without but the serious defect affecting a small number of the latest S-Class flagship was revealed in a report by Business Ins...
Taiwan says asking chip firms to help ease auto chip shortag...
24 January 2021
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs said today it has received requests through diplomatic channels to help ease a shortage of chips for the auto sector and that it has a...
Taiwan firm claims its HUD tech is superior to what is avail...
24 January 2021
TAIPEI: A Taiwanese automotive electronics design company expects its patented technology for head-up displays (HUDs) to be widely embedded into electric and commercial vehicles by...
WATCH: Wacky Mini-Trac once roamed Antartica
24 January 2021
The Mini-Trac had a brief stint in Antartica in 1965. — Image from BMC Experience via Youtube/Calum G
PETALING JAYA: An Australian engineer and fabricator crossed the Mk 1 Mini an...
Turning point: Volkswagen's profit falls less than feared
23 January 2021
BERLIN/LONDON/FRANKFURT: Volkswagen reported on Friday that its 2020 profit almost halved due to the impact of the pandemic, but a rebound in premium car sales in China and stronge...
As name suggests, DS 7 Crossback Louvre targets art lovers
23 January 2021
LONDON: DS Automobiles has just revealed its new DS 7 Crossback Louvre in Britain, some four months after its world premiere.
It's a limited-edition model created in collaborati...
Peugeot names Linda Jackson as new CEO
22 January 2021
PARIS: Automotive industry veteran Linda Jackson has been appointed the CEO of Peugeot.
She assumes the role from Jan 20.
Jackson, a Briton, graduated with an MBA from the Un...
Production of Ducati SuperSport 950 starts
22 January 2021
BOLOGNA: Series production of the SuperSport 950 has begun at the Ducati factory in Borgo Panigale. The bike will be in dealerships starting in February.
Presented during the 20...
Long road for Tesla in India with infrastructure, supply cha...
22 January 2021
NEW DELHI: Tesla Inc is gearing up for an India launch but the US electric carmaker is likely to remain a niche player for years, catering only to the rich and affluent in the worl...
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