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Long-distance married couples can travel across states from ...

26 January 2021

PUTRAJAYA: Good news for long-distance married couples. They can now do inter state travel starting Jan 27, as the government relaxes the rules to allow them to meet. Senior Min...

Here's what lawyers say in case you are involved in a road a...

26 January 2021

KUALA LUMPUR: Being in a road accident can be a traumatic time as we have to juggle our thoughts between the damage and our next course of action. Do not panic when caught in th...

S. Korea probes adequacy of Hyundai's Kona EV recall after n...

26 January 2021

SEOUL: A Hyundai Motor Kona electric vehicle caught fire last week in the first-ever known case of a recalled Kona catching fire, prompting authorities to investigate the adequacy ...

Biden vows to replace US govt fleet with electric vehicles

26 January 2021

Biden’s 'Buy America' executive order signed on Monday does not direct the purchase of electric vehicles. — Reuters WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Monday vowed to replace t...

Hyundai Motor fourth-quarter profit jumps 57% on demand for ...

26 January 2021

SEOUL: Hyundai Motor Co today posted a 57% jump in quarterly profit on strong demand for high-margin SUVs and its premium Genesis cars, but results came in slightly below expectati...

MCO 2.0 may be lifted after Feb 4

26 January 2021

PUTRAJAYA: The second movement control order, or MCO 2.0, may not be extended from the tentative Feb 4 end date, says the Health Ministry. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noo...

Contra flow between Sg Besi toll plaza and UPM interchange f...

26 January 2021

KUALA LUMPUR: Temporary bound closure and contra flow have been activated at Km 307- Km309 on the North-South Expressway between Sungai Besi Toll Plaza and the UPM Interchange from...

The world is dangerously dependent on Taiwan for semiconduct...

26 January 2021

Taiwan’s grip on the semiconductor business represents a choke point in the global supply chain. — Image from Ambiq Micro via TSMC TOKYO: As China pushes the world to avoid offici...

Death of diesel looms as carmakers accelerate to electric fu...

26 January 2021

PARIS: The world’s biggest diesel engine factory in Tremery, eastern France, is undergoing a radical overhaul - it’s switching to make electric motors. From less than 10% of out...

Saudi wealth fund in talks with Lucid for car plant in kingd...

25 January 2021

DUBAI: Lucid Motors Inc is in talks with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund to build an electric vehicle factory in the kingdom, the Financial Times reported, citing an interview...

JD Power: Most American EV users are likely to repurchase an...

25 January 2021

TROY (Michigan): According to the inaugural J.D. Power U.S. Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Ownership Study, some 82% of electric vehicle (EV) owners are likely to consider buyin...

Taiwan ministry says TSMC will prioritise auto chips if poss...

25 January 2021

TAIPEI: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) will prioritise production of auto chips if it is able to further increase capacity, Taiwan’s Economics Ministry told Reute...

Mentally unsound woman taken to hospital after being caught ...

25 January 2021

KOTA KINABALU: A woman, believed to be mentally unsound, has been taken to Hospital Mesra Bukit Padang for treatment and evaluation after she went around attacking vehicles at a co...

Founder of J.D. Power dies at 89

25 January 2021

LOS ANGELES: James David Power III, the founder of the influential car quality survey company, J.D. Power, died on Saturday. He was 89. Power set up the company with his wife, J...

VinFast global showroom design competition comes with total ...

25 January 2021

HO CHI MINH CITY: Vietnamese car maker VinFast is looking at international talents to design its smart vehicle showrooms to be built globally. The "VinFast Global Showroom Desig...

EVs to overtake gas guzzlers in India by 2030, says Mahindra

25 January 2021

MUMBAI: Electric-vehicle sales should overtake gas guzzlers in India by the end of the decade as prices become more aligned and infrastructure and technology improves, hopefully wi...

Austria’s car industry at the crossroads as world swings to ...

25 January 2021

VIENNA: The captains of Austria’s automotive industry need to stop making combustion engines now in order to salvage greener electric growth by the end of the decade, according to ...

Wrong steering component fitted to new Mercedes S-Class spar...

24 January 2021

STUTTGART: It's scary news that Mercedes-Benz can do without but the serious defect affecting a small number of the latest S-Class flagship was revealed in a report by Business Ins...

Taiwan says asking chip firms to help ease auto chip shortag...

24 January 2021

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs said today it has received requests through diplomatic channels to help ease a shortage of chips for the auto sector and that it has a...

Taiwan firm claims its HUD tech is superior to what is avail...

24 January 2021

TAIPEI: A Taiwanese automotive electronics design company expects its patented technology for head-up displays (HUDs) to be widely embedded into electric and commercial vehicles by...

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