Geneva motor show organisers to help Qatar set up own show f...
27 August 2021
DOHA/GENEVA: There's a new international motor show coming up and it's set to open in Doha in 2023.
It's getting a big helping hand from the organisers of the Geneva Motor Show....
Xiaomi revs up to enter EV space
27 August 2021
Lei Jun (centre) and his management team.
BEIJING: Xiaomi Corp will buy autonomous driving technology startup Deepmotion for about US$77.4mil (RM324.34mil), sealing a deal to help...
Alphabet's Waymo to stop selling lidar self-driving car sens...
27 August 2021
SAN FRANCISCO: Alphabet Inc's self-driving unit Waymo said on Thursday that it has ended a two-year effort to sell light detection and ranging (lidar) sensors to other companies.
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Lordstown Motors new CEO focused on electric truck launch
27 August 2021
DETROIT: Lordstown Motors Corp's new chief executive said on Thursday his focus will be on making sure the electric vehicle maker successfully rolls out its pickup truck in the fac...
VW and Daimler going electric overwhelms German auto supplie...
26 August 2021
BERLIN: Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler are pushing hard to electrify their offerings, but Germany's US$94 billion car-parts industry is struggling with the once-in-a-generation shift....
This may just be the most affordable electric 'car' in the w...
26 August 2021
HANGZHOU: A relatively basic electric car is on sale in China on Alibaba.
Produced by electricKar, the K5 is presented as an electric quadricycle that can accommodate two people...
Lordstown Motors appoints auto sector veteran Daniel Ninivag...
26 August 2021
DETROIT: Lordstown Motors Corp appointed Daniel Ninivaggi as CEO today, handing over the reins of the electric-truck maker to the former employee of investor Carl Icahn at a time i...
UK car output falls to lowest July level since 1950s
26 August 2021
LONDON: British car output fell to its lowest July level since 1956 as a global shortage of semi-conductor chips and staff having to self-isolate due to Covi-19 hit the sector, a t...
Two lanes merge: What drivers need to know about the 'zipper...
26 August 2021
BERLIN: Two lanes of traffic are headed in the same direction, then one lane ends. What happens next?
The drivers all politely merge into one lane? Not always, as anyone who's e...
US lets Huawei buy auto chips, say sources
25 August 2021
WASHINGTON: US officials have approved licence applications worth hundreds of millions of dollars for China's blacklisted telecom company Huawei to buy chips for its growing auto c...
Denso readies war chest to become world's top car part suppl...
25 August 2021
TOKYO: Japan's Denso Corp is gunning for the title of top-selling automotive parts supplier by stoking its electrification push with a bond sale and setting aside hundreds of billi...
Mercedes' Citan panel van to become electric in second gener...
25 August 2021
STUTTGART: Mercedes plans to start selling the second generation of its small panel van in the coming months, with the new Citan reaching the first customers before the end of the ...
Now, like Waze, Google Maps can determine the cheapest route...
25 August 2021
SAN FRANCISCO: Google Maps will soon integrate the price of tolls in its display and will even be able to suggest the cheapest routes for long-distance driving, whether you're goin...
Aug 26-Sept 1: RON97 petrol down 2 sen, rest unchanged
25 August 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: The retail price of RON97 petrol will go down by two sen per litre while prices for RON95 petrol and diesel remain unchanged.
RON97 will now retail at RM2.72 per l...
Auto division drive Sime Darby’s RM44bil record revenue
25 August 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Bhd’s automotive division’s performance in most markets underpinned its stellar performance as it posted a new high in revenue of RM44.48bil in the financi...
AirAsia introduces ride-hailing service
24 August 2021
PETALING JAYA: AirAsia Group Bhd has launched its very own ride-hailing services dubbed as AirAsia ride as the airline industry continues to struggle with the Covid-19 pandemic and...
As real as it gets: Grown-up kids playing real life cops and...
24 August 2021
LONDON: Grown-up kids are playing real life cops and robbers by driving in simulated "police pursuits" that are as real as possible to those seen on popular police chase TV shows a...
VinFast pulling out all the stops to secure top battery tech
24 August 2021
HANOI: What's up with VinFast these days? Well, it wants to make electric cars and to do that, it's seeking to strike deals with leading battery makers from around the world.
Vi...
Vehicle sales to pick up momentum this month
24 August 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian vehicle sales are expected to start picking up from this month, driven by easing economic activity restrictions in key states like Selangor and Kuala Lumpur...
Russia aims to have at least 25,000 EVs by 2024
24 August 2021
MOSCOW: Russia, one of the world’s biggest oil and gas producers, has a plan to bring more electric vehicles to its roads over the next three years and to build a market for batter...
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