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Porsche Taycan Experience: Electric rush
19 May 2021
Call it good timing or luck. Porsche in Malaysia managed to show off the Taycan and its capabilities in Sepang before the country slipped back into the third movement control or...
Pacific & Orient Insurance introduces online campaign to pro...
19 May 2021
KUALA LUUMPUR: Pacific & Orient Insurance Co Bhd (POI), recently launched its interactive online game ‘Shortcut by PrOmilej’, with the aim to drive home the message ‘drive less...
Kia tests US demand for EVs with EV6 SUV
19 May 2021
LOS ANGELES: Hyundai Motor Group’s Kia brand debuted the first of 11 all-electric vehicles to be made over the next five years on a dedicated battery-powered car platform: a crosso...
Iconic Opel Manta recreated as all-electric Manta GSe Elektr...
19 May 2021
FRANKFURT: Vauxhall’s sister brand Opel has brought back the iconic Manta as a one-off all-electric special to celebrate the coupé’s 50th anniversary. The new Opel Manta GSe Ele...
Opel's new Vivaro fuel-cell van offers a cleaner delivery op...
19 May 2021
FRANKFURT: With diesel delivery vans still filling many city streets, it is good news to hear that Opel has launched the cleanest-ever version of its Vivaro van, which combines ele...
Mobileye and ZF team on advanced safety systems for Toyota
19 May 2021
STUTTGART: Intel Corp’s Mobileye and German supplier ZF said Tuesday they will jointly develop advanced safety systems for future Toyota Motor Corp vehicles. Mobileye will provi...
DS 9 to launch in September with French luxury and optional ...
19 May 2021
PARIS: Since the demise of the Renault Vel Satis, Citroen XM and Peugeot 605, French carmakers have not had much to offer in the upper middle class. But now DS is lining up the DS ...
Biden to pitch his US$174bil EV plan in Michigan
18 May 2021
Biden fielding questions from the media on Monday, with vice-president Kamala Harris in the background. He is pushing for new battery production facilities, which are key to rampin...
Lexus tells the world: Yeah, we are proud to have sold 2 mil...
18 May 2021
TOKYO: Lexus announced today that it has sold 2 million electrified cars globally. The milestone was reached at the end of April 2021. It launched its first hybrid car - the ...
Traffic noise making birds worse at singing, new research fi...
18 May 2021
MUNICH: We've known for decades just how damaging diesel and petrol fumes are for the environment and human health, but the impact of traffic noise pollution on birds is only now e...
Pebble Beach is back on, but not all automakers are on board
18 May 2021
SAN FRANCISCO: For many car enthusiasts, attending the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is a bucket-list occasion. Since 1950, the annual event in Carmel, Calif., has hosted the wo...
New BMW 2 Series Coupé enters last leg of testing, includes ...
17 May 2021
MUNICH: The development of the new BMW 2 Series Coupé is almost completed following dynamic testing and tuning of its drive and suspension systems under racetrack conditions. Se...
Peter Fonda's motorcycle from 'Easy Rider' is heading to auc...
17 May 2021
SAN ANTONIO (Texas, USA): The iconic "Captain America," the motorcycle that Peter Fonda rode in the movie "Easy Rider," will be auctioned off in Texas on June 5, 2021. Famous fo...
European climate group says EU needs far tougher van CO2 tar...
17 May 2021
BRUSSELS: The European Union needs to dramatically toughen weak CO2 targets for commercial vans to spur a shift to electric models and phase out fossil-fuel sales entirely by 2035,...
Hyundai to invest US$7.4bil in US by 2025, with EVs in focus
15 May 2021
SEOUL: Hyundai Motor Group said it planned to invest US$7.4 billion in the United States by 2025 to produce electric vehicles, upgrade production facilities and further its investm...
Chip shortage to hit about 100,000 Mazda vehicles in 2021
15 May 2021
HIROSHIMA: Mazda Motor Corp said it expects a semiconductor crunch to affect around 100,000 of the Japanese automaker's vehicles globally during the fiscal year. However, Mazda ...
Paris plans to ban through traffic in city centre from 2022
14 May 2021
PARIS: Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo’s latest effort to rein in car use and fight pollution would prevent non-residents from driving across the French capital's historic heart in 2022. ...
Fisker finalises deal with Foxconn to make EVs in US from 20...
14 May 2021
LOS ANGELES: Electric car maker Fisker Inc has finalised its vehicle-assembly deal with Foxconn Technology Co Ltd, including plans to open a US plant in 2023, the companies said on...
Plenty to like in refreshed VW Tiguan Allspace
13 May 2021
WOLFSBURG: The Tiguan was given an update back in autumn 2020 and now it is the turn of the long-wheelbase version: revised design, new control and assist systems, new premium feat...
Police focus on Covid-19 SOP compliance on first day of Raya
13 May 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Police personnel were hard at work on the first day of Hari Raya Aidilfitri as they focused on Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP) compliance. Federal Inte...