Banks to remain cautious on loan approvals
03 May 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Banks will remain cautious on loan approvals as approval rates fell to 40.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 compared to 44.1 per cent in the same period in 2020...
Baidu rolls out paid driverless taxi service in Beijing
03 May 2021
A Baidu Apollo Robotaxi moving past a steel plant at the Shougang Park in Beijing. — AP
BEIJING: Chinese tech giant Baidu rolled out its paid driverless taxi service on Sunday, ma...
Your car is about to be a software platform, subscriptions a...
03 May 2021
NEW YORK: Yes, the Porsche Taycan is flying out of dealerships. And yes, it charges faster than a knife fight in a phone booth. But you may not have heard much about the most vangu...
Chip shortage will persist for ‘couple of years’, says Intel...
03 May 2021
An employee soldering a component onto a printed circuit board at CSI Electronic Manufacturing Services Ltd in Witham, UK. — Bloomberg
NEW YORK: The global semiconductor shortage ...
Part of busy Bangsar road in KL off-limits to traffic for 2 ...
03 May 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Repair works along Jalan Maarof, Bangsar in Kuala Lumpur will likely take two weeks after part of the road caved in following a downpour on May 1.
Kuala Lumpur Cit...
Putting off toll hike to cost govt over RM2bil in 2021, says...
01 May 2021
PETALING JAYA: The postponement of toll hikes this year will extend to 20 highways and two bridges - including the SMART Tunnel - and will cost the government over RM2bil, says the...
Tesla camera concerns spur China to review car data regulati...
01 May 2021
BEIJING: China is considering new regulations that would require data collected by intelligent cars to be stored in the country, a move triggered by recent concerns that cameras in...
New UK labelling for tyres seeks to highlight efficiency and...
01 May 2021
LONDON: UK motorists will benefit from the introduction of a new label and innovative system from today to help them understand how well tyres perform, especially for fuel efficien...
Used car sales expected to power ahead
30 April 2021
PETALING JAYA: Sales of used cars, which have remained solid in the first quarter of this year, are expected to maintain its steady momentum at least until the first half of 2021, ...
Daimler, Volvo seek huge cuts in hydrogen fuel cell costs by...
30 April 2021
STUTTGART: Daimler Trucks and Volvo AB said on Thursday they aim jointly to cut the costs of hydrogen fuel cells by a factor of five or six by 2027 as they seek to make the zero-em...
Ride-hailing giant Gojek to shift to electric vehicles by 20...
30 April 2021
Operators scanning a Gojek taxi rider's battery barcode to charge it at a charging station in Jakarta.
JAKARTA: Indonesian ride-hailing startup Gojek plans to make every car and m...
No upper age limit on e-hailing drivers set by Transport Min...
30 April 2021
PETALING JAYA: There is no maximum age limit fixed for e-hailing drivers under the Transport Ministry, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.
The minister said neither the ministry no...
Electric vans — do the advantages outweigh the drawbacks?
30 April 2021
COLOGNE: Amid the growing electro-mobility wave, vans are now also increasingly going electric.
Numerous electric vans are coming out in 2021, including the Citroën e-Jumpy, the...
Music, podcasts, conversations: How to listen while driving ...
30 April 2021
COLOGNE: Listening to music or podcasts in the car can help alleviate the boredom of a journey but it's important not to become distracted.
"The situations in which drivers can ...
Huawei deepens dive into EVs, seeks control of small automak...
29 April 2021
The Cyrus Huawei Smart Selection SF5 electric vehicle. — AFP
HONG KONG: China's Huawei Technologies is in talks to take control of a small domestic automaker's electric vehicle un...
Global chip shortage hits Apple, BMW, Ford as crisis worsens
29 April 2021
SYDNEY: The global chip shortage is going from bad to worse with automakers on three continents joining tech giants Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. in flagging production cu...
UK okays self-driving cars on highways
29 April 2021
LONDON: Self-driving cars enabling drivers to take their eyes off the road and their hands off the wheel could be permitted on UK highways later this year.
The Department for Tr...
Zenvo Automotive of Denmark starts global expansion with Ger...
29 April 2021
COPENHAGEN: Denmark's Zenvo Automotive has appointed the MOHR GROUP as its official dealer in Germany, marking a first step towards the brand's world-wide dealer and service networ...
The Tamiya Wild One is making a comeback in 2022
28 April 2021
LONDON/SHIZUOKA: Ask any child of the 1980s what names like the Hornet, Lunchbox, Sand Scorcher & Avante meant to them, and they will likely reminisce about the joys of buildin...
April 29-May 5: Fuel prices unchanged
28 April 2021
PETALING JAYA: The prices of RON97 and RON95 petrol will remain unchanged from April 29 to May 5, says the Finance Ministry.
It said that the retail price for RON97 petrol will ...
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