GM hires ex-Apple executive Abbott to lead software unit
10 May 2023
DETROIT: General Motors Co has named former Apple Inc executive Mike Abbott to lead a division that will bring together three software functions within the company.
Abbott, whos...
Startup UVeye raises US$100mil to use AI to detect tyre pres...
10 May 2023
SAN FRANCISCO: UVeye, a company that uses artificial intelligence for vehicle inspections, has raised US$100 million (RM445mil) from investors including General Motors Co. and CarM...
Fisker's debut SUV delayed by lingering software woes
10 May 2023
LOS ANGELES: Fisker Inc. is facing delays on delivering its debut electric SUV to customers because of problems integrating software into the vehicles, according to people familiar...
Volvo to unveil EX30 electric SUV on June 7
10 May 2023
GOTHENBURG: Volvo announced on Tuesday that its smallest electric SUV - the EX30 - will have its world premiere on June 7.
On the same date, it will also become available to ord...
Bentley production chief to lead Volkswagen's software overh...
09 May 2023
Bosch will head Cariad from June 1.
HAMBURG: Volkswagen has appointed Bentley production chief Peter Bosch to lead its software subsidiary Cariad, dismissing all but one of the ...
China poses greatest risk to Europe's carmakers, Allianz Tra...
09 May 2023
LONDON: Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) pose the greatest risk to Europe's carmakers and could cost them 7 billion euros (RM34bil) a year in lost profits by 2030 unless policy...
Mitsubishi Motors says sticking with China despite poor sale...
09 May 2023
TOKYO: Mitsubishi Motors Corp. has refuted reports that it plans to bow out of China as competition among automakers there continues to intensify.
"No decisions have been made a...
UMW Toyota Motor en route to year-end target despite a slowe...
09 May 2023
SHAH ALAM: UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) is confident in its overall performance, projecting a positive increase of 9% in year-to-date sales registered for April 2023 compared to April 2...
BYD distributor says it now has three 3S dealerships
08 May 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: BYD distributor Sime Darby Beyond Auto now has three 3S centres in the Klang Valley.
Located in Ara Damansara, Glenmarie and Cheras, the centres aim to provide acc...
CIMB launches financial solutions to drive EV adoption
08 May 2023
From left: CIMB head of consumer banking Daniel Cheong, singer Datuk Zainal Abidin, and CIMB group consumer and digital banking chief executive officer Effendy Shahul Hamid.
KUALA...
Battle for China's electric SUV market heats up at home and ...
08 May 2023
SHANGHAI: China is ground zero for the price war in electric vehicles and the battleground is shifting to SUV-styled EVs, the largest segment of the market, dominated by Tesla Inc ...
New 10-year driving licence renewal won't impede JPJ's enfor...
08 May 2023
A man showing his driving licence, which he has renewed for 10 years.
SEREMBAN: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) has its own ways to ensure motorists whose driving licences are...
BYD to make EVs in Vietnam
08 May 2023
HANOI: Chinese automaker BYD Co. plans to expand into electric vehicles manufacturing and assembly in Vietnam, according to a Vietnamese government statement citing the company's c...
Combustion engine cars still rule the roost, says RHB IB
08 May 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: RHB Investment Bank Bhd (RHB IB) says feedback from the ground showed that Malaysians still preferred to buy cars with internal combustion engines than electric vehic...
Sarawak Skills to start training centre on electric, hydroge...
08 May 2023
KUCHING: Sarawak Skills Group of Learning Institutions (Sarawak Skills) plans to set up a training centre offering Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) and Electric Vehicle (EV) programme...
Malaysia can become regional automotive industry leader, say...
07 May 2023
Anwar and Geely chairman Eric Li pointing to the Proton logo of the newly launched X90. With them on stage are government ministers, Proton officials and other dignitaries.
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Proton X90 launched, four variants from RM124K to RM153K
07 May 2023
PETALING JAYA: Proton today launched the much awaited 3-row seating X90 - the big brother to the X70 and X50 SUV.
The X90 is offered in four variants, starting with the base Sta...
Ford to open orders on F-150 trucks amid production snags
07 May 2023
DETROIT: Ford Motor Co said on Friday that it will open orders for its popular F-150 Lightning truck next week as part of its plan to scale to annual production of 150,000 units.
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Proton sales in April up 6.5% year-on-year
06 May 2023
PETALING JAYA: Proton says sales in April totalled 9,415 units which took its total sales for the first four months of the year to 49,702 units.
April sales grew by 6.5% year-on...
China's Hozon to produce Neta EV series in Thailand for Sout...
06 May 2023
BANGKOK: China's Hozon New Energy Automobile will make electric vehicles in Thailand for the Southeast Asian market, a Thai official said today, as it follows others in building fa...
Free & Easy Media Test: Latest Proton X50 Flagship to Kuanta...
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