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Honda launches CB-F concept bike online
30 March 2020
TOKYO: Honda has launched its CB-F concept bike online. Initially, the bike was supposed to make an appearance at the 36th Osaka Motorcycle Show 2020 and the 47th Tokyo Motorcyc...
Discover the Mercedes-Benz Museum at home
30 March 2020
STUTTGART: You can't go out but you can still admire Mercedes-Benz vehicles and its rich history from afar at the Mercedes-Benz Museum which houses 160 vehicles and a total of 1,50...
Goodwood Festival of Speed postponed
30 March 2020
LONDON: Following the developments in the past week regarding the coronavirus and the advice received from the UK Government and the Public Health England, Goodwood has taken the d...
BMW's Art of Leadership short films
30 March 2020
MUNICH: Here's one way to kill time during the MCO period. The BMW Group and CNN International Commercial (CNNIC) have teamed up to portray the stories and attitude of some of the ...
Mitsubishi Motors North America announces new head
30 March 2020
TOKYO: Mitsubishi Motors North American (MMNA) has announced a new head for the company with Yoichi Yokozawa as its new president and chief executive officer. Replacing Fred Dia...
Toyota improves automotive cybersecurity with Tencent Keen S...
30 March 2020
TOYOTA CITY: Toyota's engagement with Keen Security Lab (Keen Lab), a globally renowned cybersecurity research lab of Tencent, has led to discovery of certain vulnerabilities in so...
BMW 330e and xDrive variants expand 3 Series offerings in US
30 March 2020
WASHINGTON: BMW in the US has announced that it will be expanding its range of BMW 3 Series offerings with the addition of the plug-in-hybrid 330e and the all-wheel-driven 330e xDr...
All-new Genesis G80 luxury sedan launched
30 March 2020
SEOUL: Despite an ongoing pandemic, Genesis went ahead to introduce the G80 in a digital world premiere. The third-generation executive luxury sedan.goes on sale in South Korea ...
Geely warns of virus headwind after 35% 2019 profit drop
30 March 2020
BEIJING: China’s Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd said today 2020 may be “amongst the most difficult years” in its history, as pressure stemming from the coronavirus pandemic on produ...
Mawar hospital offers drive-thru Covid-19 testing for RM550
30 March 2020
Dr Ong taking an oropharyngeal swab from Lee earlier today. SEREMBAN: The Mawar Medical Centre here has become the first private hospital in Negri Sembilan to provide drive-thru C...
F1 team and British university fast-track new breathing aid ...
30 March 2020
LONDON: Engineers from a Mercedes Formula 1 team and University College London have helped to develop a new breathing aid for coronavirus patients. Put together by a group from ...
Trump's attack on GM over ventilators quickly turns to prais...
30 March 2020
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump, who excoriated General Motors Co on Friday and invoked emergency powers to compel the production of badly needed ventilators to tackle the co...
Market turmoil helps rich Koreans cement their succession pl...
30 March 2020
SEOUL: Plunging markets have resulted in big losses for the world’s wealthiest, but rich families in South Korea have found a silver lining. In a country where succession planni...
China may issue new policies to stimulate auto demand, says ...
30 March 2020
Vehicles zooming past a traffic policeman on the Second Ring Road in Beijing in this 2014 file pic. — Reuters BEIJING: China may issue new policies to stimulate demand for automob...
Alternative PJ routes amid road closures
29 March 2020
Traffic heading to Jalan Gasing from the Federal Highway being diverted to an alternative route in Petaling Jaya. PETALING JAYA: The public can use several alternative routes fo...
Detroit auto show cancelled, to resume in June 2021
29 March 2020
WASHINGTON:  Organisers cancelled the Detroit auto show on Saturday citing the coronavirus pandemic, with the Federal Emergency Management Agency set to tap the convention centre v...
Porsche trials cars that drive themselves around the worksho...
29 March 2020
STUTTGART: Porsche is working on a new system that will enable cars to drive themselves into the repair shop and park up afterwards in readiness for customer collection. The pot...
Polish priest offers drive-thru confessions to beat virus
29 March 2020
WARSAW: A parish priest in western Poland is offering his flock the possibility of Easter confessions from the comfort of their own car as social distancing to fight the coronaviru...
China's auto industry wastes no time coaxing drivers back to...
28 March 2020
File pic of people walking near the showrooms of Chinese and foreign car dealerships in Beijing in October, 2018. — Reuters BEIJING: China’s auto industry has gone from zero to si...
VW burning through €2 billion a week, says CEO
28 March 2020
Diess said Volkswagen is not ringing up any sales outside China and needs to rethink production. — Reuters FRANKFURT: Volkswagen may have to cut jobs if the coronavirus pandemic i...