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Five motorists sentenced under stiffer Road Transport Act
03 November 2020
Logeswwaran,  Tan, Chua, Sin  (first from right, dark blue shirt) and Khoo being led out of court after they were sentenced for drunk driving at a magistrate's court in George Town...
Prolintas uses smart system to monitor its highways
03 November 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: The Prolintas Group of Companies has launched the Prolintas Smart Surveillance System (S3) Highway Monitoring System, which uses artificial intelligence and machine l...
Japan's Nidec plans US$2bil EV motor factory in Europe, says...
02 November 2020
TOKYO: Nidec Corp will spend 200 billion yen (RM7.9bil) on a new plant in Serbia to build motors for electric vehicles as it seeks to win more business from automakers turning away...
Japan's GLM shows off its take of electric scooter for senio...
02 November 2020
KYOTO: Japanese EV maker GLM Co Ltd has released a spherical electric scooter concept designed for senior drivers that promises freedom of mobility. It is expected to go into se...
West Coast Expressway to be completed by 2024
02 November 2020
The West Coast Expressway passes through Tanjong Karang.— Bernama SHAH ALAM: The Selangor State Legislative Assembly was today told the route of the West Coast Expressway (WCE) in...
Build more segregated motorcycle lanes and cut speed limit, ...
02 November 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Build segregated motorcycle lanes like those along the Federal Highway and lower the speed limit for motorcyclists. These were among the suggestions social activis...
Mercedes boss Wolff dismisses Hamilton 'quit' talk
02 November 2020
With Wolff (centre) are drivers Hamilton (right) and Valtteri Bottas. IMOLA (Italy): Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff has dismissed the possibility that Lewis Hamilton is poised to ...
F1 fears lockdowns may hit end of season races
01 November 2020
IMOLA: Formula One fears that further Covid-19 lockdowns across Europe could hit the sport as Lewis Hamilton heads towards a record-equalling seventh world title, his Mercedes team...
Starting with spare parts, 3D printing poised to transform c...
01 November 2020
BERLIN: A broken plastic lever or worn-out cog for the windscreen wiper motor: Certain spare parts are either hard to find or not available at all. The only thing that helps is a c...
PAL-V flying car is now street legal
31 October 2020
ROTTERDAM: Dutch flying car PAL-V Liberty has been approved for use on public roads — at least in EU member countries. However, further tests are still required of the prototype...
Qualcomm, FedEx, auto executives to propose transport polici...
31 October 2020
WASHINGTON: A group of business leaders and public policy experts is launching a new body to grapple with thorny questions surrounding the future of transportation including self-d...
Continental CEO Degenhart to resign, citing health reasons
30 October 2020
Degenhart. — Reuters FRANKFURT: Continental AG said chief executive officer Elmar Degenhart will step down today, citing health reasons, amid a push by the German company to overh...
Oct 31-Nov 6: Fuel prices unchanged
30 October 2020
PETALING JAYA: Fuel prices remain the same as last week, according to the Ministry of Finance. To recap, the retail price of RON97 petrol is RM1.94 per litre and RON95 petrol is...
China must commit to battery recycling in electric vehicle b...
30 October 2020
Batteries for electric vehicles are manufactured at a factory in Dongguan, China. — Reuters SHANGHAI: China needs to step up the recycling and repurposing of batteries for electr...
US and Brazil see room for global ethanol growth before tran...
30 October 2020
A researcher taking samples for a biofuel experiment. — Image from US National Renewable Energy Laboratory NEW YORK: The United States and Brazil, the two leading ethanol produc...
US agencies question FCC plan to shift auto spectrum to Wi-F...
30 October 2020
WASHINGTON: The US Transportation and Treasury departments raised strong objections to a plan proposed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to shift much of a key spectru...
Tesla Autopilot 'a distant second' to GM's Super Cruise in h...
29 October 2020
DETROIT: General Motors Co's Super Cruise once again edged Tesla's Autopilot in an evaluation of 17 vehicles equipped with active driving assistance systems (ADAS) by Consumer Repo...
Used car exports drive pollution to developing world, says U...
29 October 2020
PARIS: Getting rid of old cars is helping clean the skies over developed nations, but many clunkers are ending up in developing countries where they are add significantly to air po...
Europe must expand chargers to catch up with electric car sa...
29 October 2020
BRUSSELS : Europe’s rollout of vehicle charging points is not keeping up with the strong growth in electric car sales, an industry group said on Wednesday, warning that a lack of i...
Motorcycle lanes in Putrajaya to be converted into cycling l...
29 October 2020
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Territories Ministry plans to convert the motorcycle lanes here into bikeways in line with a proposal to make the administrative region a cycling-friendly ci...