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Tesla can reopen California plant with new measures, says co...
13 May 2020
SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla Inc. can begin preparing for a restart of its only US car plant as soon as next week, a California county said, a boon for the automaker that had threatened to...
Nissan said to plan RM12bil in cost cuts, book charges
13 May 2020
YOKOHAMA: Nissan Motor Co. is planning to cut about 300 billion yen (RM12bil) in annual fixed costs and book restructuring charges as the coronavirus pandemic further depresses the...
VPCM adopts new logo, Arteon and Passat R-Line to arrive
13 May 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) has formally introduced its new logo and brand design in Malaysia that's representative of its new vision, attitude and abov...
Nissan Malaysia showrooms and service centres open
13 May 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: All Nissan showrooms and service centres in Malaysia are now open with revised operating hours.
In line with the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) standard...
Huawei and carmakers team up for 5G adoption
13 May 2020
SHENZHEN: Huawei, the world’s leading ICT provider, has established an alliance with 18 automakers to build a 5G-enabled automobile ecosphere to accelerate commercial use of 5G tec...
Volkswagen China’s shift to online sales
13 May 2020
A customer gets his car delivered at his home.
BEIJING: The people of China are used to digital payments for years. It’s a country where digital solutions are already very much ...
VW slows output at Wolfsburg plant amid tepid European deman...
13 May 2020
FRANKFURT: Volkswagen AG will reduce output at its largest factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, on four days this month as consumer appetite for new cars remains weak in Europe.
Volks...
187-year-old Jardine struggling in Indonesia
13 May 2020
HONG KONG: After political protests and the coronavirus crisis walloped its businesses in Greater China, Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd., one of Hong Kong’s last remaining British t...
Three more JPJ services reopen to public
13 May 2020
Three more services related to driving licences are now made available. — Bernama
PETALING JAYA: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) will reopen three more services related to dri...
Japan central bank, govt step up to ease funding strains
13 May 2020
TOKYO: The Bank of Japan will do “whatever it can” to mitigate the growing fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday, warning that a collapse ...
Honda has enough cash...for now
12 May 2020
TOKYO: Honda Motor Co posted its lowest operating profit in four years as the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic continues to batter global car demand.
The Japanese carmaker's oper...
BMW to retire V12 M760Li flagship
12 May 2020
MUNICH: BMW will end production of its V12 M760Li flagship sedan by late 2020, according to German automotive site BimmerToday,
The most powerful 7 Series variant is due to wra...
Hyundai to supply free hydrogen for fuel-cell buses at Inche...
12 May 2020
A Hyundai hydrogen-powered bus.
SEOUL: Hyundai Motor Company, in its drive to push hydrogen as the next source of fuel for vehicles, has partnered with Incheon International Airpo...
Audi to receive new MIB 3 infotainment system
12 May 2020
INGOLSTADT: Audi says the latest Modular Infotainment Toolkit (MIB 3) system will be found in its vehicles headed for the US in the second half of this year.
The new system is t...
Proton X70 owners can get new N95 Cabin Filter at RM79
12 May 2020
SHAH ALAM: Current owners of the Proton X70 can upgrade their dust and pollen filter to the new N95 Cabin Filter for RM79, excluding labour charges.
The N95 filter will be fitte...
Ford's Mach-E wants to go playing in the snow
12 May 2020
DETROIT: With the Northeast of the United States expecting record sub-zero temperatures and record snow-fall, according to forecasts, Ford's electric Mustang Mach-E wants in on the...
Toyota Malaysia resumes car assembly
12 May 2020
SHAH ALAM: UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd has resumed manufacturing operations through its subsidiary, Assembly Services Sdn Bhd (ASSB). following a hiatus after the movement control ord...
Toyota sees 80% profit wipeout, slow recovery expected
12 May 2020
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp. warned profit will tumble 80% to a nine-year low and predicted it could take another year before global car sales return to pre-virus levels, the latest s...
Europeans hit the road as traffic jams rise on lockdown easi...
12 May 2020
Traffic jams may overstate the recovery in mobility, says Oliver Rakau, chief German economist at Oxford Economics Ltd. — Bloomberg
FRANKFURT: Europe’s drivers have started to clo...
New racing security measures to follow F2 death
12 May 2020
PARIS: Fresh security measures are being considered after a study into 28 serious and fatal accidents on circuits during 2019, motorsport's governing body said on Monday.
In one...
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