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In SUVs and on planes, richest 1% drive climate-heating emis...

21 September 2020

LONDON: Prone to frequent flying, a passion for SUVs and big spending, the richest 1% of the world’s population produced twice as many planet-heating emissions as the poorest half ...

Electric scooter braking tips: Stand back and use the rear b...

21 September 2020

BERLIN: Whether it's your own or just a rental, riding and braking on an electric scooter can be tricky - but the following tips should make it safer and easier. The best way to...

Diesel exhaust fluid or Adblue: Towards cleaner air

21 September 2020

HAMBURG: In a bid for cleaner air and to reduce levels of nitrogen oxide (NOx), carmakers developed a technology for diesel cars that had long been in place for commercial vehicles...

Turn your car into a WiFi hotspot

20 September 2020

One way to network the car is with a mobile LTE hotspot via the cigarette lighter port. — spa HAMBURG: There are plenty of reasons to be connected to the Internet while in the car...

Prolintas suspends work at highway site where slab fell onto...

20 September 2020

The badly-damaged car after the concrete slab fell onto it, crushing in the roof. — Images from Facebook.com/Info Roadblock JPJ/Polis KUALA LUMPUR: Projek Lintasan Kota Holdings S...

Bringing forward 2040 ban would help to meet net zero target...

20 September 2020

LONDON: The UK government must bring forward by a decade its ban on the sale of the most polluting cars if it wants to even come close to its climate change goals, new analysis sho...

Employee accidentally crashes car into bank

19 September 2020

KUANTAN: A bank employee crashed her car into her workplace in an accident today. Kuantan OCPD Asst Comm Mohamad Noor Yusof Ali said the 53-year-old woman arrived at the bank on...

Vehicle sales 3% higher in August, says MAA

18 September 2020

KUALA LUMPUR: Vehicle sales in Malaysia was marginally higher in August 2020, rising by 3.0 per cent to 52,800 units from 51,148 units in the same month last year. In a statemen...

Do not cycle on highways and expressways or you will be RM1,...

18 September 2020

KUALA LUMPUR: Cycling along highways or expressways is prohibited, and will result in the cyclist being RM1,000 poorer. The police on its official Facebook page on Thursday (Sep...

China lagging in EV parts competitiveness, think tank warns

18 September 2020

NANJING: China’s carmakers risk falling behind global rivals because the country trails in the production of advanced components like chips and software that are crucial for modern...

Sept 19-25: Fuel prices trend lower

18 September 2020

LG Chem plans to separate battery business as electric cars ...

17 September 2020

SEOUL: South Korea’s LG Chem, an electric car battery supplier for Tesla Inc and GM said today it plans to separate its battery business into a new company as the electric vehicle ...

Invention captures harmful car tyre dust, wins UK award

17 September 2020

LONDON: A group of students in Britain have invented a way of capturing tyre dust — a major contributor to air and water pollution — as a car drives along, winning them this year’s...

Is zero-emission truck maker Nikola the new Tesla, or just h...

16 September 2020

NEW YORK: With its electric and hydrogen-fuelled trucks, the firm Nikola aims to revolutionise the future of the transportation sector. But with one investor claiming the group is ...

‘Cloned’ car turns out to be stolen

16 September 2020

One of the Mazda sedan with the same number plate as the other had been reported stolen in Pahang.— Image from Facebook KAJANG: A social media post has gone viral claiming that th...

Nikola, CNH building electric truck prototypes for 2021 end ...

15 September 2020

CNH said it aims to start testing the Nikola Tre semi-truck later this year and hopes to launch the vehicles commercially by the fourth quarter of 2021. — All pix by Reuters PHOEN...

China’s biggest carmaker to accelerate push into hydrogen ve...

14 September 2020

SHANGHAI: China’s biggest vehicle maker is accelerating a push into alternative energy, targeting a lead in hydrogen cars as it moves beyond gasoline and electric autos. SAIC Mo...

JPJ can't bar cyclists from highways

14 September 2020

IPOH: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) says it will work with other enforcement agencies over incidents involving cyclists on highways. Its director-general, Datuk Seri Shaha...

Man in dangerous motorcycle stunt surrenders himself to poli...

14 September 2020

KUALA LUMPUR: A man who was caught on a viral video riding a motorcycle with his feet on the handlebar and a packet of drinks in his hand in Jalan Kuching here recently is now in r...

Sturgis Motorcyle Rally linked to more than 265,000 cases of...

14 September 2020

NEW YORK: The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally might be rolling into the record books as the largest known coronavirus super-spreader event in the US to date. A new study that analysed ...