Electric car laggard Australia prepares to release the brake
07 September 2022
SYDNEY: An impediment to electric-vehicle sales in one of the world’s biggest laggard markets may finally be on its way out.
The absence of fuel-efficiency standards in Australi...
Honda forms partnership to secure supply of battery metals
06 September 2022
TOKYO: Honda Motor Co has formed a partnership with trading company Hanwa Co to secure stable supply of metals used in batteries for electrified vehicles, the Japanese automaker sa...
End in sight to Putrajaya parking woes
06 September 2022
The multi-storey carpark complex in Persiaran Perdana in Precinct 4 (in the background) is underutilised due to motorists using the vacant plot nearby. — Photos: AZHAR MAHFOF/The S...
Setel app now offers 'One-Tap Fuelling'
05 September 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: Setel is enhancing the refuelling journey for motorists in Malaysia with a new "One-Tap Fuelling" feature.
The feature enables users to activate the pump with one ...
Ducati Streetfighter V4 Lamborghini unveiled
05 September 2022
SAN MARINO: The new Ducati Streetfighter V4 Lamborghini, inspired by the Huracán STO1 super sports car, was unveiled to the public at the San Marino Grand Prix at the Misano World ...
Solar panels on electric cars could offer record range
05 September 2022
PARIS: Two years ago, American startup Aptera Motors caused a sensation when it unveiled a three-wheeled, all-electric prototype vehicle equipped with solar panels for a record ran...
Toyota, Nissan to suspend production in western Japan as typ...
05 September 2022
TOKYO: Japan's Toyota Motor Corp will suspend some evening shifts at three plants in western Japan due to an approaching typhoon, it said today.
Toyota will suspend tonight's sh...
EP Manufacturing gets approval for 2-wheel EVs
05 September 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: EP Manufacturing Bhd (EPMB) has secured approval from the Malaysian government to register and license its first-ever two-wheel electric vehicles (EVs).
In a filin...
When driving, tyres emit pollution, and EVs make the problem...
04 September 2022
NEW YORK: The Tyre Collective does not yet have a name for its device.
Hanson Cheng, one of the London-based startup’s three co-founders, calls it a "box.”
Built to attach be...
Toyota unit Hino to freeze truck production for two models f...
04 September 2022
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp's truck and bus unit Hino Motors will halt production of some medium and heavy-duty trucks for at least another year after a widespread data falsification ...
Apple’s Car is beloved before it even exists
04 September 2022
SAN FRANCISCO: If semiconductor shortages, recession risks and the once-a-century shift in propulsion weren’t enough to keep auto executives up at night, here’s one more sleep disr...
Former Tata Sons chair Cyrus Mistry dies in road accident
04 September 2022
Mistry was the sixth chairman of the Tata group. — Reuters
MUMBAI: Cyrus Mistry, the 54-year-old former chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata Sons, died in a road accident near f...
TomTom to power Hyundai group with maps and traffic
04 September 2022
FRANKFURT: TomTom has announced that its maps and real-time traffic data have been chosen by Hyundai Motor Group to support its entire vehicle line-up in Europe.
Over the coming...
Thai Red Bull heir still at large a decade on from fatal Fer...
03 September 2022
This file frame grab from video footage taken on Sept 3, 2012 and received from Thai PBS via AFPTV on Sept 3, 2022 shows police inspecting the Ferrari belonging to Red Bull heir Vo...
Self-driving tech firm Aurora mulls sale to Apple or Microso...
03 September 2022
NEW YORK: Aurora Innovation Inc chief executive Chris Urmson recently outlined several options for the self-driving tech firm to combat challenging market conditions, including a p...
President of Japan's Nidec resigns over weak earnings
03 September 2022
Nagamori (main pic). Inset at top is Kobe and Seki.
UPDATE: Seki has since been hired by Taiwan's Foxconn as its chief strategy officer for electric vehicles. He reported for duty...
'Car guy' Biden plans to attend Detroit auto show
03 September 2022
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said on Friday he plans to attend the Detroit auto show later this month as his administration touts a rising number of investments in electric v...
Confusion on first day of two-hour parking limit ruling in S...
02 September 2022
PETALING JAYA: Many motorists were caught unaware on the first day of the two-hour parking limit implementation in areas under Subang Jaya City Council (MBSJ) yesterday.
Some we...
Proton X50 remains king of compact SUVs as sales soar higher
02 September 2022
SUBANG JAYA: Proton continued to hold an unassailable position at the top of the SUV segment despite the recent launch of new direct rivals from other brands.
The X50 continued ...
Chery is first Chinese carmaker to export over 50,000 units ...
02 September 2022
WUHU (China): Chery has become the first Chinese auto brand to export more than 50,000 vehicles in a single month.
The feat was achieved in July when the carmaker sold 50,614 un...
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