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Tesla to accept Bitcoin again when greener
14 June 2021
NEW YORK: Elon Musk, CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla, said on Sunday that the US company will accept Bitcoin payments again when the virtual currency is greener.
The America...

Koenigsegg experiments with volcano fuel
14 June 2021
SAN FRANCISCO: Hypercars with US$3 million (RM12mil) price tags aren’t usually synonymous with environmental sustainability.
Christian von Koenigsegg, founder and chief executiv...

Hyundai, GM serious about 'flying car' efforts
14 June 2021
DETROIT: Hyundai Motor Co and General Motors Co said today they are pushing ahead with developing flying cars, with the South Korean company expressing optimism it could have an ai...

G-7 drops aim to shift new car sales away from oil by 2030
14 June 2021
LONDON: Group of Seven nations backed away from plans to set a target for making sure most new cars sold are greener vehicles, instead pledging only speed up efforts to move away f...

Moscow announces car raffle to boost vaccination drive
14 June 2021
A healthcare worker administering a dose of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine to a patient, at a vaccination centre in Moscow. — AFP
MOSCOW: Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Su...

Ferrari's fashions reveal high-performance fabrics with 'cou...
14 June 2021
Models presenting outfits from Ferrari's first internally-designed fashion collection for women and men at its Maranello plant. — All photos by Reuters
MARANELLO: Ferrari on Sunda...

Geely to press on with methanol vehicles
14 June 2021
BEIJING: Chinese automaker Geely will keep working on vehicles powered by methanol even though the effort may fail, chairman Li Shufu said on Sunday.
Zhejiang-based Geely, among...

Indonesia extends luxury tax break on cars with smaller engi...
13 June 2021
A 2017 photo of a traffic jam in Jakarta. Gaikindo reported that Indonesia’s domestic car sales sank by almost half in 2020 compared with the previous year. — AFP
JAKARTA: Indones...

Digital sales helping auto industry ride through pandemic, s...
13 June 2021
PETALING JAYA: Sales of cars have not been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.
He said this was because industry players had a...

ABB PixelPaint wins award for ability to do two-tone sprayin...
13 June 2021
ZURICH: ABB’s PixelPaint robotic non-overspray technology for the automotive industry has won this year’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics & Automation (IERA) Award ...

Jeremy Clarkson bought a farm 11 years ago. Now he has to ru...
13 June 2021
Clarkson as a farmer is like a fish out of water. But he's slowly getting there. — All photos from Amazon Prime Video
LONDON: Under normal circumstances, a 1,000-acre farm in rura...

New Maserati GranTurismo teaser images released
12 June 2021
MODENA: The first prototype of the new Maserati GranTurismo was driven out of the Maserati Innovation Lab and was photographed on the streets of Modena recently.
The new GranTur...

Govt to provide fuel, cooking oil subsidies of up to RM8bil ...
12 June 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: The government is expected to cover fuel and cooking oil subsidies up to RM8bil, which is RM4.22bil more than the initial RM3.78bil allocated for this year.
The go...

James Dean's passion for Porsche
12 June 2021
Dean driving the 550 Spyder nicknamed 'Little Bastard'. With him is his mechanic.
HAMBURG: He was born 90 years ago and made only three movies, yet James Dean is still an icon of ...

All-new Lexus NX makes world premiere
12 June 2021
TOKYO: Lexus today announced the world premiere of the all-new NX, which it says will lead the way in dynamic performance that can be expected on future new models.
The new NX i...

Apple hires ex-BMW executive for its rebooted car project
11 June 2021
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc. has hired Ulrich Kranz, a former senior executive at BMW AG’s electric car division, to help lead its own vehicle efforts, according to people familiar wi...

Hispano Suiza to auction 12 Carmen electric hypercars as NFT...
11 June 2021
BARCELONA: Hispano Suiza says it would create 12 units of the electric hypercar Carmen, which will be auctioned as Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) through the Trillion Collection platfo...

Lockdown expected to be extended as Covid-19 cases still hig...
11 June 2021
UPDATE: The Government has announced that the nationwide lockdown will be extended for another two weeks from June 15-28.
PETALING JAYA: The current two-week lockdown which is...

Ferrari flaunts its latest models on the catwalk
11 June 2021
MARANELLO: Talk about fast fashion. Ferrari is racing through the gears to bring its Prancing Horse brand to the catwalk and fine dining in an attempt to woo wealthy customers beyo...

Elon Musk's China nemesis survived once, but he has a fight ...
11 June 2021
Li (left) mingling and getting to know his customers, which he believes is an essential part of his role in running NIO. — Bloomberg
SHANGHAI: William Li is being mobbed. At a gal...
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