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Light up in the haze, Miros tells motorists
20 September 2019
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) has advised the public to be more careful when driving to avoid road accidents during the haze. Its directo...
New Toyota Corolla sedan, wagon and hatch go on sale in Japa...
20 September 2019
TOYOTA CITY: Toyota has recently announced the launch of its completely redesigned Corolla sedan and Corolla Touring wagon in Japan as well as the improved Corolla Sport hatchback....
Honda's refreshed CR-V SUV with hybrid powertrain destined f...
20 September 2019
LOS ANGELES: Honda USA has announced that the 2020 CR-V, a refreshed version of the company's best selling crossover, will be available as a hybrid for the first time. The hybri...
Lexus heads for the seas with first luxury yacht
20 September 2019
NEW YORK: No longer content with being just in driveways, Lexus is coming for the docks of the super rich. The Toyota division debuted the LY 650 on Thursday, its first yacht. T...
Cause for celebration as over 10 million Toyota Land Cruiser...
20 September 2019
Land Cruiser 40 Series cars continue to be used today, more than 50 years after they were made. TOYOTA CITY: Toyota has announced that cumulative global sales of its Land Cruise...
Amazon vows to be carbon neutral by 2040, buying 100,000 ele...
20 September 2019
Bezos speaking at a press conference in Washington ahead of the upcoming Climate Week in New York. On the left screen is an image of the Rivian electric van Amazon has ordered. W...
Sept 21-27: RON97 petrol up 14 sen to RM2.67
20 September 2019
PETALING JAYA: The fuel prices of RON97 will increase by 14 sen per litre while RON95 and diesel will remain the same for the following week. The Finance Ministry said the price...
New Proton 3S Centre opens in Kota Kinabalu
20 September 2019
KOTA KINABALU: Harapan Maju Sdn Bhd has officially opened its new Proton 3S centre here today. It is the second dealer outlet to be opened in Kota Kinabalu which carries the com...
Mobile coverage promised on Pan Borneo Highway
20 September 2019
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission chairman, Al-Ishsal Ishak, said his team will ensure that there will be mobile coverage on the Pan Borneo Highway,...
Hyundai unveils new compact and light central airbag
19 September 2019
SEOUL: Hyundai has just published the first images of its research on a new airbag that opens between the driver and front-seat passenger in order to prevent collisions between the...
Used car platform myTukar gets US$30 million from Carro
19 September 2019
KUALA LUMPUR: Carro, Southeast Asia’s largest automotive online marketplace, has invested US$30 million into Malaysia-based online car bidding platform myTukar to digitise the loca...
Haze muddles up plans for MYPerodua Nation
19 September 2019
RAWANG: Perodua has decided to postpone the MYPerodua Nation carnival until further notice, in light of the worsening haze situation nationwide. The carnival was supposed to tak...
Germany gambles on green with carbon cap plan
19 September 2019
Cars stuck on the highway A8 between Salzburg and Munich near Irschenberg, southern Germany. — Reuters BERLIN: The German government is set to present a new climate-change policy ...
Tesla takes on Porsche with battle on Germany's toughest cir...
19 September 2019
FRANKFURT: Tesla wants to steal Porsche’s bragging rights by testing its Model S on the northern loop of Germany’s Nuerburgring circuit, using a marketing tool that German carmaker...
Singapore Grand Prix organisers stock up on anti-smog masks
19 September 2019
A view of the Singapore F1 Grand Prix night race Marina Bay street circuit shrouded by haze in Singapore on Wednesday. — Reuters SINGAPORE: Singapore Grand Prix organisers are sto...
Tesla's Model 3 earns insurance industry's top safety rating
19 September 2019
SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla Inc’s Model 3 electric sedan has earned the top safety rating from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS), becoming the first Tesla to do so. The ...
BMW loses its only female board member as head of HR steps d...
19 September 2019
MUNICH: BMW AG said human resources head Milagros Caina-Andree (pic), the only woman on the German carmaker’s management board, has stepped down for personal reasons. The superv...
Trump and California go to war over clean cars
19 September 2019
Highway traffic heading into Los Angeles, California. — Reuters WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and the state of California went to war on Wednesday over who should set the ...
Ferrari's revolutionary SUV to be more powerful than the com...
19 September 2019
MARANELLO: Back in early 2018, Ferrari made an official announcement about developing its first SUV, which was originally supposed to be launched in 2020, but has been pushed back ...
Porsche Taycan: Looking to the future
19 September 2019
It has to come sooner or later, the fully electric sports car, and Porsche has delivered with its Taycan and with two "Turbo" variants to boot in a global premiere recently. We ...