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...
Electric vans — do the advantages outweigh the drawbacks?
30 April 2021
COLOGNE: Amid the growing electro-mobility wave, vans are now also increasingly going electric.
Numerous electric vans are coming out in 2021, including the Citroën e-Jumpy, the...
Music, podcasts, conversations: How to listen while driving ...
30 April 2021
COLOGNE: Listening to music or podcasts in the car can help alleviate the boredom of a journey but it's important not to become distracted.
"The situations in which drivers can ...
Massive tech show set to return in person in 2022
29 April 2021
CES would return in physical form from Jan 5-8, 2022. — AFP
WASHINGTON: The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will resume its in-person event in Las Vegas in January after the pa...
VW's top new ID4 electric is an all-wheel-drive GTX with 480...
29 April 2021
BERLIN: VW has announced plans to launch a more muscly top version of its ID4 electric SUV this summer and instead of GTI or GTE, it will bear a new GTX badge and add a second moto...
Huawei deepens dive into EVs, seeks control of small automak...
29 April 2021
The Cyrus Huawei Smart Selection SF5 electric vehicle. — AFP
HONG KONG: China's Huawei Technologies is in talks to take control of a small domestic automaker's electric vehicle un...
Global chip shortage hits Apple, BMW, Ford as crisis worsens
29 April 2021
SYDNEY: The global chip shortage is going from bad to worse with automakers on three continents joining tech giants Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. in flagging production cu...
UK okays self-driving cars on highways
29 April 2021
LONDON: Self-driving cars enabling drivers to take their eyes off the road and their hands off the wheel could be permitted on UK highways later this year.
The Department for Tr...
Tesla fatal crash details revealed in Texas fire marshal rep...
29 April 2021
The remains of the Model S are seen after it crashed near Houston on April 17. — Scott J. Engle via Reuter
HOUSTON: The fiery crash of a Tesla sedan that killed two people in Te...
Toyota to invest in two new electrified SUVs at US plant
29 April 2021
HOUSTON: Toyota plans to spend US$803 million (RM3.3bil) to retool its factory in Indiana to produce two new "electrified” sport-utility vehicles, one of which will be sold by its ...
A fortress on wheels: BMW grants behind the scenes access to...
29 April 2021
LONDON: For 40 years, BMW has set the standard in the design and development of armoured vehicles.
Now, for the first time in its history, the company has granted TV cameras acc...
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Mercedes EQA 250: Urban electric vibes
8.0
Suzuki GSX-S1000GX: Sporty tourer on the go
Michelin Primacy 5 tyre: Meeting demands of ICE and EVs
Porsche Macan EV: Re-energised exhilaration
All-electric Leapmotor C10 SUV ticks all the right boxes
New Kia Sportage: Versatile and stylish
6.6
Triumph Scrambler 1200 X: A good balancing act
8.3
Mercedes-AMG GLA 45 S 4Matic+: Poking the pocket rocket
2025 Proton X50 Facelift Spotted. Major Redesign & New Engin...
2025 Mercedes-Benz CLA: 4th Generation MBUX
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