2021 New York auto show postponed to August
21 October 2020
At the 2014 New York auto show.
NEW YORK: Covid-19 has turned the world upside down. For auto show organisers as well, most of whom are forced to cancel or postpone their events.
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Only roadblocks, no road closures in PJ, say cops
21 October 2020
PETALING JAYA: Police have denied that all roads leading in and out of the district have been closed.
Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal said the message that r...
VW gauges interest in Ducati brand as prelude to potential s...
21 October 2020
LONDON/FRANKFURT: Volkswagen Group is hosting preliminary talks with potential bidders for its Ducati brand to gauge potential interest in the motorcycle maker ahead of a November ...
Less carbon, more electric vehicles: automakers prepare for ...
21 October 2020
Every vote counts. Biden (seen here) and Trump both need the votes of auto workers in Midwestern swing states. — Reuters
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Automakers are gearing up for tough n...
Avis Malaysia launches 'Rent and Win' contest
20 October 2020
SHAH ALAM: Car rental company Avis Malaysia has launched its "Rent and Win" contest with attractive prizes including the latest smartphone and their share of 100,000 Air Asia BIG p...
SSC’s Tuatara is now the world's fastest car
20 October 2020
NEW YORK: The world has a new fastest car.
On Oct 10, the reptilian SSC Tuatara hypercar posted an average speed of 508.73kph (316.11mph) while driving on a 11.27km stretch of t...
Swiss electric car maker Piëch Automotive hires former VW CE...
20 October 2020
FRANKFURT: Swiss electric car start-up Piëch Automotive AG appointed Matthias Mueller (pic), the former chief executive of Porsche and Volkswagen, as its new chairman, the company ...
Duo arrested after HK$3.7mil Lamborghini slams into side of ...
19 October 2020
HONG KONG: Hong Kong police have detained a man and woman on suspicion of perverting the course of justice after their HK$3.7 million (RM2.2mil) sports car slammed into the side of...
Light green shade for cars to dominate in Asia Pacific come ...
18 October 2020
FRANKFURT: A muted shade of green is expected to be the top colour choice for cars sold in the Asia Pacific in 2021, according to German automotive coatings maker BASF.
Asia Pac...
Why electric cars are rarely suited to towing
18 October 2020
BERLIN: Electric cars, for all their advantages with cleaner mobility, come with one major drawback: They're not very good at towing.
In fact, few electric cars are at all suite...
Pirelli reboots its R&D to stay on track through the pandemi...
18 October 2020
MILAN: When the coronavirus pandemic forced Italian tyremaker Pirelli to temporarily shut its factories in March, R&D chief Pierangelo Misani needed a rapid rethink.
With a ...
Heat is now on EV makers, after battery fires
17 October 2020
NEW YORK: First, Hyundai Motor Co made headlines about its electric cars catching fire. Five days later, it was General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co. The next day, it was BMW AG.
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Oct 17-23: Petrol prices up 1 sen, diesel up 5 sen
16 October 2020
PETALING JAYA: The retail prices of both RON97 and RON95 petrol will increase by one sen to RM1.98 per litre and RM1.68 per litre respectively for the period between Oct 17 and Oct...
Apple assembler Foxconn aims to supply to about 3 million EV...
16 October 2020
A scooter rider passing by a Foxconn office building in Taipei. — Reuters
TAIPEI: Foxconn aims to provide components or services to 10% of the world's electric vehicles (EVs) by b...
Japan aims to set up commercial hydrogen fuel supply chain b...
15 October 2020
TOKYO: Japan will seek to create a commercial hydrogen fuel supply chain by around 2030 to support reducing carbon emissions, Industry Minister Hiroshi Kajiyama said during a virtu...
Driving while high: Six years' jail, RM11K fine for woman wh...
15 October 2020
JOHOR BARU: A 23-year-old woman was sentenced to six years and seven months in prison and fined RM11,300 at a magistrate's court here for driving under the influence of drugs and c...
Eight more roadblocks set up at PLUS toll plazas, 10km limit...
15 October 2020
PETALING JAYA: An additional eight roadblocks have been set up on PLUS highway toll plazas on the second day of the conditional movement control order (MCO) in Selangor, Kuala Lump...
Kenyan couple set off to ride around the world - but run int...
15 October 2020
NAIROBI: Kenyan couple Dos and Wamuyu Kariuki loved adventure almost as much as they loved each other. So two months after they got married, they quit their jobs and set off in 201...
How walkable is your city? London, Hong Kong put pedestrians...
15 October 2020
London is among the most walkable in the world, according to the US-based Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. — Reuters
BANGKOK: Urban planners and local authorit...
From iPhones to e-axles: how Nidec is pushing into EVs
14 October 2020
TOKYO: The miniature motors that make iPhones buzz on silent helped power Japan's Nidec to become a 1.5-trillion-yen (US$14 billion) company.
In recent years, Nidec’s founder Sh...
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