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Tesla launches fast electric car charging in Berlin, says mo...
11 September 2020
The V3 charger allows Tesla Model 3 cars to charge within five minutes, enough to travel 120km.. — Reuters BERLIN: Managers at electric carmaker Tesla Inc on Thursday demonstrated...
New Kia Seltos open for bookings ahead of October launch
11 September 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Naza Kia Malaysia is now taking orders for the all-new Seltos at selected Kia showrooms. The B-segment SUV comes in two variants, the EX and GT Line. Both variants...
Luxury Lucid Air sedan unveiled with up to 800km range
10 September 2020
SAN FRANCISCO: Lucid Motors, which seeks to set new standards for sustainable transportation with its advanced luxury EVs has unveiled production details for the Lucid Air in a glo...
Genesis unveils new G70
10 September 2020
SEOUL: Genesis has revealed the new G70 prior to start of sales which will happen domestically first next month. Launched in 2017, the luxury sports sedan features an athletic d...
Get the light right: Taking the best photos of your motorcyc...
10 September 2020
COLOGNE: You might want to show it off or you might want to sell it — either way amateur photographers equipped with little more than a smartphone can take great motorbike pictures...
Bermaz warns of tough year ahead after weak Q1
10 September 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Bermaz Motors Bhd, the distributor of Mazda cars in Malaysia, sees a challenging year ahead for the company after a steep drop in quarterly profits in the three month...
MC20: This is the Maserati supercar
10 September 2020
MODENA: Maserati has a new supercar — its first in 15 years. The Maserati MC20 is a gullwing-style coupe that follows the insectoid MC12 supercar, which was produced from 2004 to 2...
Proton X70 launched in Brunei
10 September 2020
PETALING JAYA: The 2020 Proton X70 has reached its first overseas market with the official launch in Brunei last Sunday (Sept 6). As with its predecessor, the 2020 Proton X70 wi...
Automakers seek delays, exemptions to India's planned new ru...
10 September 2020
People walking past parked vehicles in a parking lot during a nationwide Covid-19 lockdown in New Delhi in May. — Reuters NEW DELHI: Foreign automakers are seeking delays and exem...
Electric-car startup Lucid to follow Tesla into energy stora...
10 September 2020
LOS ANGELES: Electric-vehicle startup Lucid Motors Inc is following Tesla Inc.’s footsteps into the energy-storage business. The Newark, California-based company is developing h...
UMW Toyota Motor creates short film for Malaysia Day
10 September 2020
SHAH ALAM: In celebration of the upcoming Malaysia Day, UMW Toyota Motor created a short film about what it means to be a true Malaysian. The film speaks of the values of respec...
Mon Ami: Citroen's new 8-hp electric arrives by post in a pa...
10 September 2020
PARIS: Some 70 years after Citroen made mobility affordable with a nifty little car called the 2 CV, the French maker now wants to start another small revolution with a budget two-...
MARii in joint venture to centralise programming expertise f...
10 September 2020
CYBERJAYA: The Malaysia automotive, Robotics and loT Institute (MARii) and Developers Hub Sdn Bhd are working together to form an online hub for the local technology community, whe...
Lucky Caltex customers drive home in new Toyota C-HR
10 September 2020
SHAH ALAM: Two lucky Caltex customers have driven home in their brand new Toyota C-HR after having been selected as the grand prize winners in the recent Caltex Ohayo promotion. ...
F1 champion Hamilton launches Extreme E team
10 September 2020
LONDON: Six-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has announced he was entering a team in the Extreme E competition, a new electric off-road racing series that aims to shed ...
Toyota's research arm to set up US$800mil fund to invest in ...
10 September 2020
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp’s research arm said today that it would create an US$800 million global investment fund. The fund called Woven Capital is to invest in companies in area...
Ex-VW CEO to face charges of organised commercial fraud
10 September 2020
A lawyer for Winterkorn (seen here) said his client denied the charges.— Reuters FRANKFURT: Former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn will face charges of conspiracy to ...
GM's future EVs to debut industry’s first wireless battery m...
10 September 2020
DETROIT: General Motors will be the first automaker to use an almost completely wireless battery management system, or wBMS, for production electric vehicles. This wireless syst...
Bang, flames, chemicals: What happens when electric cars cat...
10 September 2020
GENEVA: It starts with a loud bang. Seconds later, metre-long flames are leaping outwards from the car, sending copious amounts of thick, black soot and smoke everywhere. To see...
Car wheels are set to get bigger, smarter and more sustainab...
10 September 2020
A futuristic wheel on the Citroën 19_19 concept. PARIS: An essential contributor to automobile performance, the humble wheel is increasingly a focus for innovation with parts manu...