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GoCar and Shell pitch in for healthcare frontliners
09 April 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: GoCar Malaysia and Shell Malaysia have teamed up to help ease the commute of frontliners in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. From now until April 28 (upda...
China's car market seen rebounding from virus as lockdowns e...
09 April 2020
A carrier trailer transporting newly made cars at a port in Dalian, Liaoning province, last May. — Reuters BEIJING/FRANKFURT: China’s auto market, the world’s biggest, will gradua...
Japan prefecture home to Toyota seeks emergency declaration
09 April 2020
The Aichi prefecture will declare its own emergency from Friday. However, the move will not have a legal basis. — Bloomberg TOYOTA CITY: The governor of the central Japanese prefe...
Automakers push to reopen plants with testing and lots of ma...
09 April 2020
Employees working on the production line of a new medical device called OxyGEN, a respirator to be sent to hospitals, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the SEA...
F1 may hold closed races once season starts
09 April 2020
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Eight races are the minimum necessary for a viable championship. — Reuters LONDON: Formula One is considering holding closed races without spectators, mo...
Honda back to work in China's Wuhan with temperature checks ...
08 April 2020
Honda factory workers resuming work in Wuhan after lockdown measures were eased. — Reuters WUHAN: Temperature checkpoints and posters telling workers to keep more than a metre apa...
Kia Telluride is 2020 World Car of the Year
08 April 2020
TORONTO: The Road to the 2020 World Car Awards ended today with the Kia Telluride SUV winning the 2020 World Car of the Year award. Kia also bagged the World Urban Car with the ...
Winner of 'Join Ducati' gets Hypermotard 950 with custom liv...
08 April 2020
ROME: The winner of the recent "Join Ducati" competition has been named and the lucky guy will be taking delivery of a brand new Hypermotard 950 that bears a special custom livery ...
Proton powers ahead with Iriz seeing stellar growth
08 April 2020
SUBANG JAYA: The Iriz zoomed past other Proton models with a sales growth of 602% that translated to 2009 units sold in the first quarter. Overall, a total of 21,757 units were ...
Maverick online workshop Fixter rolls out sanitisation servi...
08 April 2020
LONDON: The pandemic has resulted in new business opportunities for some. While car sanitisation service have been around for years, it has come into its own with the present cr...
Starting today, MCO offenders must pay RM1,000 fine if caugh...
08 April 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: The police will start issuing compound notices to movement control order (MCO) violators from today, says Comm Datuk Seri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani. "We will start ...
BMW to start producing face masks
08 April 2020
MUNICH: BMW will start producing face masks to help protect its own staff and the public against the spread of the new coronavirus, chief executive Oliver Zipse said today. Zips...
Karma announces first retailer in San Francisco Bay area
08 April 2020
LOS ANGELES: Karma Automotive, the Southern California-based high-tech incubator and creator of luxury electric vehicles, announced today its newest North American retail partner i...
California allows startup Nuro to test driverless delivery v...
08 April 2020
SAN FRANCISCO: California’s Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday authorised autonomous technology startup Nuro to test two driverless delivery vehicles in nine cities, a decisio...
More people leaning towards buying EVs post Covid-19, says s...
08 April 2020
LONDON: Government-enforced lockdowns around the world due to Covid-19 are having a dramatic positive impact on people’s awareness of the benefits to the environment, reports Venso...
Sepang International Circuit gets new boss
08 April 2020
SEPANG: A Petronas veteran has taken over the reins of Sepang International Circuit (SIC), replacing Datuk Razlan Razali, who has led the organisation for the last 11 years. Azh...
Tesla to furlough workers, cut employee salaries
08 April 2020
SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla Inc told employees on Tuesday it would furlough all non-essential workers and implement salary cuts during a shut down of its US production facilities because ...
GM to supply 30,000 ventilators in US$500mil US contract
08 April 2020
DETROIT: The United States today awarded automaker General Motors Co a contract worth US$489.4 million (RM2.1bil) to make ventilators needed to treat severely sick coronavirus pati...
Buffett's Geico offers US$2.5bil credits as coronavirus cuts...
08 April 2020
WASHINGTON: Geico Corp, part of billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc, said on Tuesday it will offer about US$2.5 billion of credits to its 19 million auto and motorc...
French carmaker PSA sets up fund for staff and new health ch...
08 April 2020
PARIS: French carmaker and Peugeot owner PSA announced today the creation of a solidarity fund to help staff affected by the closures of plants due to the Covid-19 outbreak, and ne...