World's rich floor it in post-pandemic luxury car rush
31 May 2021
LONDON: The global rebound from the coronavirus pandemic is revving luxury carmakers' sales to never-before-seen heights, as order books at the likes of Lamborghini, Ferrari and Ro...
IGP: 800 roadblocks in place nationwide from June 1-14
31 May 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Mobile roadblocks will be used in addition to permanent roadblocks to discourage travel during the full lockdown which starts nationwide on Tuesday.
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Russia begins production of high-end sedan promoted by Putin
31 May 2021
An employee works on an assembly line of the Aurus plant in the town of Yelabuga in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia today.— Reuters
MOSCOW: Russia today has begun production of ...
Transport Ministry to issue new approval letters through SMI...
31 May 2021
Trucks ferrying goods in Port Klang. — Bloomberg
PUTRAJAYA: The Transport Ministry will issue new approval letters to allow logistics companies registered under SMILE (Logistics...
Two people per car limit can be increased to three in case o...
30 May 2021
PETALING JAYA: The two-person per car limit can be increased to three people in the case of medical emergencies, seeking healthcare services and medical attention, says Datuk Seri ...
In happiest place on Earth, a startup is targeting car addic...
30 May 2021
HELSINKI: The idea is simple: a transport service that’s so good, you’ll never need a car again.
It’s what Finnish startup MaaS Global Oy has been working towards since 2015. Th...
Carmakers in ‘India’s Detroit’ allowed to operate as workers...
30 May 2021
The Ford plant outside Chennai. — Reuters
CHENNAI: Carmakers in the Indian automobile hub of Chennai will be allowed to keep operating, the state government said on Saturday, amid...
How electric car designers are reimagining iconic grilles
30 May 2021
NEW YORK: When BMW unveiled its next generation of electric vehicles — the i4 and the iX SUV — in March, their faces generated at least as much chatter as their electric guts.
T...
'Black boxes' are coming to cars in Europe, but what are the...
29 May 2021
BRUSSELS: The European Union intends to have all new cars fitted with new data recording systems similar to the famous "black boxes" used on aircraft.
The idea is to gain access...
As China plans new rules, global automakers move to store ca...
28 May 2021
SHANGHAI: BMW, Daimler and Ford have set up facilities in China to store data generated by their cars locally, they told Reuters, as automakers come under growing pressure in the w...
Full lockdown nationwide from June 1-14 as cases soar past 8...
28 May 2021
PETALING JAYA: A nationwide full lockdown will take place from June 1 to 14 and all sectors will not be allowed to operate during this period except the essential economic and serv...
Carmakers forced by chip crisis to rethink just-in-time orde...
28 May 2021
SAN FRANCISCO: A century after automakers showed the world the value of assembly-line manufacturing, a shortage of semiconductors is teaching the industry a painful new lesson in w...
Uber agrees world-first union deal for UK drivers
28 May 2021
Uber conferred official recognition on the union - which counts 620,000 members across various industries - in the wake of a ruling by Britain's Supreme Court in February. — AFP
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Russia's Sberbank unit unveils self-driving vehicle FLIP
28 May 2021
MOSCOW: SberAutoTech, a subsidiary of Russia's largest lender Sberbank, has developed a fully self-driving vehicle, FLIP, which the company on Thursday described as a "taxi of the ...
US consumers borrow more for longer to drive trucks and SUVs
28 May 2021
NEW YORK: US consumers borrowed more for longer in the first quarter of 2021 so they could drive more expensive trucks and sport utility vehicles, according to a new Experian study...
A cinema for drivers: Car control displays becoming ever mor...
27 May 2021
FRANKFURT: More and more car manufacturers are building huge displays into the dashboard of their vehicles - and not only in luxury models. Imposing displays are being crammed into...
Shell loses climate suit, must cut emissions by 45% in decad...
27 May 2021
AMSTERDAM: Oil and gas company Shell has lost a historic climate lawsuit brought by environmental organisations and has been ordered to significantly reduce its carbon dioxide emis...
Would you assemble your car the way you assemble Ikea furnit...
26 May 2021
PARIS: If you like Citroën's Ami, you're going to love Höga. Höga is the work of a young American design student, Ryan Schlotthauer, who imagined what a basic electric car could lo...
WATCH: Mazda3 keyfob teardown and rebuild
26 May 2021
PETALING JAYA: This geeky but intriguing YouTube video about redesigning a key fob streamed into our consciousness today. And we felt it's interesting enough to highlight it to a w...
May 27 - June 2: Fuel prices unchanged
26 May 2021
PETALING JAYA: Fuel prices will remain unchanged from May 27 to June 2, says the Finance Ministry.
In a statement today, it said that the retail price for RON97 and RON95 petrol...
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