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Lamborghini wants hybrid cars in its range beyond 2030 with ...
01 June 2022
MILAN: Italy's Lamborghini wants to have two hybrid supersports cars in its range beyond 2030 powered by e-fuels, the head of the Volkswagen's brand was quoted as saying in a newsp...
Volkswagen's race with Tesla will be tight, says Diess
01 June 2022
BERLIN: Tesla works at twice the industry pace in many processes but still needs to ramp up highly complex factories and find qualified workers to win the electric vehicle race, Vo...
HSBC offers UK staff chance to lease Teslas with pre-tax pay
01 June 2022
LONDON: HSBC Holdings Plc is offering UK-based employees the chance to lease electric vehicles with their pre-tax paychecks, as the lender introduces a popular way for workers to c...
June 2-8: Fuel prices unchanged
01 June 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: The retail prices of RON97 and RON95 petrol will remain at RM4.70 and RM2.05 per litre, respectively, from June 2 to 8. The Finance Ministry, in a statement today,...
Navigation firm TomTom to cut jobs as it automates mapmaking
01 June 2022
AMSTERDAM: TomTom will slash hundreds of jobs due to improvements it has made in automating its mapmaking activities, the Dutch digital navigation company said today, adding that t...
Japan's Panasonic sees global car output on the mend
01 June 2022
TOKYO: Panasonic Holdings Corp , which makes batteries for Tesla and other automakers, said today it expected global car production to recover this fiscal year, but predicted that ...
Proton returns to S. Africa with shipment of X50, X70 and Sa...
01 June 2022
SUBANG JAYA: Proton has begun shipping its first batch of cars to South Africa, a market it first went into 10 years ago. They comprised the X50, X70 and the Saga. Proton did no...
New Peugeot 408 transformed into SUV coupe
31 May 2022
PARIS: Peugeot is getting ready to introduce the 408 as a SUV fastback or coupe by the end of June. It released a teaser photo today showing the grille of the car and the model ...
Back to the future with DeLorean's new gullwing electric fla...
31 May 2022
HOUSTON: The DMC DeLorean is one of the world's most famous cars next to James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 and now it's back on the block as a gullwing battery-electric sportster calle...
Researchers are working on EV batteries that could last for ...
31 May 2022
PARIS: Tesla's Canada-based battery research group, in partnership with Dalhousie University, recently published a paper in a scientific journal on the development of a high-energy...
Mercedes-AMG E 63 S 4MATIC+ Final Edition debuts
31 May 2022
AFFALTERBACH (Germany): The W/S 213 performance model series is bowing out with Mercedes-AMG introducing the E 63 S 4MATIC+ Final Edition as saloon and estate. Only 999 units wo...
Polestar referral programme focuses on customer recognition
31 May 2022
GOTHENBURG: Polestar has launched a new customer referral programme in Europe, South Korea and the United States, and applies to all new vehicle purchase methods. With the rewar...
Syndicate selling subsidised fuel busted in Perlis
31 May 2022
KANGAR: The operator of a petrol station in Kangar who sold subsidised RON95 petrol and diesel to a third party to be marketed to foreign vehicle owners has been caught red-handed ...
Pickup truck driver and bodyguard fined RM2,000 each for hig...
31 May 2022
KULAI: Remember the case of the supercar blockade in March after a pick-up truck crashed into a Lamborghini on the PLUS expressway? The case made news again today when the 28-ye...
EVs not the only way to meet CO2 targets, says Italy car lob...
31 May 2022
MILAN: Electric vehicles (EVs) are not the only effective route to reducing carbon emissions produced by the car industry, the head of Italy's automotive lobby said today. Other...
Foxconn predicts more stable supply chain in the second half...
31 May 2022
TAIPEI: Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, said today that the second half of the year is heading "in a better direction" as Shanghai's Covid-19 lock...
Cyclists in car frames protest 'absurdity' of vehicles hoggi...
31 May 2022
LONDON: Cyclists wearing frames shaped like cars are taking to the streets of London to demonstrate that vehicles are "hogging" roads. Micromobility firm Dott is carrying out th...
Toyota already leads VW by over 1 million vehicles in global...
31 May 2022
LONDON: Toyota Motor Corp looks poised to repeat as the world’s largest automaker for a third straight year, having outsold Volkswagen AG by more than 1 million vehicles through Ap...
Cult Mini Moke returns as electric runabout
31 May 2022
LONDON: The Mini Moke, the doorless and canvas-topped runabout which had its heyday in the late 1960s, has been revived as an electric runabout and the first cars have just rolled ...
Stellantis and Toyota to expand partnership with large comme...
30 May 2022
PARIS: Stellantis said today it would expand its partnership with Toyota Motor Europe with a new large commercial van, including an electric version. Stellantis will supply TME,...