Isuzu D-Max X-Terrain: A true game changer
21 December 2023
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When one thinks of pick-up trucks, rattly, smelly and utilitarian functionality usually come to mind.
These trucks are associated with being in the field, where the...
Perodua on Daihatsu safety scandal: Give us time to sort out...
20 December 2023
PETALING JAYA: Perodua says it will announce the outcome of talks with Malaysian authorities following news today from Japan about a growing Daihatsu safety scandal.
"We are doi...
Australia to start sales of all-electric Toyota bZ4X in Febr...
20 December 2023
SYDNEY: Ahead of the fully electric Toyota bZ4X SUV's launch in Australia in February 2024, the Japanese automaker says the latest version of the bZ4X incorporates software changes...
Porsche to stop sales of Macan in EU due to cybersecurity ru...
20 December 2023
STUTTGART: Porsche said it would remove its combustion engine model Macan SUV from the EU market because the changeover to new regulations would be too costly.
The vehicle's pla...
Toyota and Daihatsu suspend shipments: Will Malaysian models...
20 December 2023
TOKYO: Daihatsu has decided today to suspend shipments of all Daihatsu-developed models currently in production, both in Japan and overseas.
Toyota has also decided to temporari...
EU agrees on new emission limits for vehicles
20 December 2023
STRASBOURG: Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states agreed on new emission limits for cars, buses and other vehicles, dubbed "Euro 7 standards," on Monday.
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Toyota and CP accelerate collaboration for carbon neutrality...
20 December 2023
BANGKOK: Charoen Pokphand Group (CP), True Leasing (TLS), Siam Cement Group (SCG), Toyota Motor Corp (TMC), and Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT) have si...
Mitsubishi to produce 2024 Minicab EV in Indonesia
20 December 2023
JAKARTA: Mitsubishi Motors Corp has started production of the new 2024 Minicab EV, a kei-car (microcar) class electric commercial vehicle in Indonesia.
The Minicab EV (or L100 ...
Canada says all cars and trucks must be zero emission by 203...
20 December 2023
OTTAWA: Canada on Tuesday released final regulations mandating that all passenger cars, SUVs, crossovers and light trucks sold by 2035 must be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), part o...
Thailand budgets US$970mil to renew electric vehicle hub pus...
20 December 2023
BANGKOK: Thailand will allocate 34 billion baht (RM4.5bil/US$970mil) through to 2027 to fund its ambition of becoming a major production hub for electric vehicles, renewing a flags...
In the birthplace of Toyota’s Prius, hybrids now reign supre...
20 December 2023
TOKYO: Hybrids are selling better than ever in Japan.
They’re on track to exceed half of domestic passenger vehicle sales for the first time next year, after surpassing the comb...
China pulls punches to keep pricey electric cars flowing to ...
20 December 2023
MUNICH/HONG KONG: When the European Union launched a probe into Chinese support for electric vehicles, the bloc’s carmakers braced for painful retaliation from the increasingly ass...
Toyota's Daihatsu to halt all vehicle shipments, in widening...
20 December 2023
TOKYO: Toyota Motor's Daihatsu unit will halt shipments of all of its vehicles, Japan's biggest automaker said today, after an investigation into a safety scandal found issues at 6...
Dec 21-27: Fuel prices unchanged
20 December 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: The retail prices of RON97 and RON95 petrol and diesel will remain unchanged for the period from Dec 21-27.
The Finance Ministry, in a statement today, said that R...
VW cost-cutting drive includes less staff, faster developmen...
20 December 2023
BERLIN: Volkswagen and worker representatives have agreed to measures for a cost-cutting drive that will yield €10 billion (RM51bil) in gains by 2026, up to €4 billion (RM20.4bil) ...
Man who killed two at Mercedes plant in Germany sentenced to...
20 December 2023
STUTTGART: The man who opened fire and killed two people at a Mercedes-Benz factory in south-western Germany last May was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday.
Two employees o...
Nio ET7 with ultra long range battery completes 1000+km on a...
20 December 2023
SHANGHAI: China's Nio has achieved a feat recently that can only be good for its sales.
Its founder, chairman and CEO William Li managed to drive a Nio ET7 over 1,000km on a sin...
McLaren GTS replaces the GT
20 December 2023
LONDON: McLaren has unveiled its latest addition to the lineup, the GTS, positioned as a replacement for the GT model.
Engineered to cater to drivers seeking both the dynamic ex...
Forget that fancy limousine, today's luxury cars are vans
20 December 2023
SHANGHAI/TOKYO: On a typical Friday evening in Shanghai, Seoul or Tokyo dark vans buzz through the city, ferrying their night owl customers to restaurants, clubs, concert halls or ...
Volvo Cars declares last diesel car will be made in early 20...
19 December 2023
GOTHENBURG, Sweden: Volvo Cars has announced the end of production of all diesel-powered models by early 2024 at Climate Week New York City.
In a few months from now, the last d...
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