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MyJPJ app users can now pay via online banking for driver’s ...
05 June 2024
PETALING JAYA: MyJPJ users can now make direct payments using online banking (FPX) for transactions in the app following an update. This includes transactions such as driving li...
EV owners to get special number plates
05 June 2024
PUTRAJAYA: Electric vehicle (EV) owners will soon have their own special plates to differentiate their cars from regular internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, says Anthony Lok...
'Address other facets of EV landscape as well'
05 June 2024
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia takes another step forward in promoting electric cars after the recent announcement from Transport Minister Anthony Loke which saw an 85% reduction in road ...
Tyre and textile industries contributing to microplastic cri...
05 June 2024
PETALING JAYA: The tyre and textile industries are among the major contributors of microplastics in the environment, says an academic. Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Applied Microb...
Great Wall Motor shuts European HQ and cuts jobs
05 June 2024
HONG KONG: Chinese carmaker Great Wall Motor Co Ltd. plans to shutter its European headquarters in Munich in August and lay off about 100 workers. The company, one of the larges...
New EV road tax will be 85% lower than current calculation
04 June 2024
PUTRAJAYA: New road tax fees for electric vehicles (EVs) will come into force once the exemption on road tax fees on zero emission vehicles ends on Dec 31 next year. The news ra...
Putrajaya may roll out 'lemon law' for defective vehicles in...
04 June 2024
PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living is aiming to introduce a “lemon law” or amend existing Acts related to defective vehicles in March next year for better...
Malaysian EV sales expected to move up a gear
04 June 2024
PETALING JAYA: The rationalisation of diesel and petrol subsidies may increase the appeal of electric vehicles (EVs) compared with the internal combustion engine (ICE). With ong...
Old diesel luxury vehicles can be considered for Budi Madani...
04 June 2024
KUALA LUMPUR: Luxury diesel vehicles that are 10 years and older will be considered for the Budi Madani subsidy assistance programme, says Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamza...
Bridgestone Premium store comes to Bandar Sunway
03 June 2024
PETALING JAYA: Bridgestone Tyre Sales (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd has expanded into Bandar Sunway, Selangor. It recently announced the opening of its Bridgestone Premium store in Sunway,...
Red Bull marks sponsorship of race teams with new drink prod...
03 June 2024
SEPANG: Red Bull Malaysia has announced its sponsorship of the Petronas Sprinta Yamaha Racing Teams at the Sepang International Circuit. The contract-signing ceremony included t...
Geneva's annual motor show to end after more than a century
01 June 2024
The Geneva show in 2019. GENEVA: The annual motor show in Geneva, Switzerland, is coming to a close after more than a century due to dwindling interest and a tough market environm...
Smooth start for QR code system at Johor Baru land checkpoin...
01 June 2024
JOHOR BARU: Representatives from the Home Ministry and Immigration Department have made special visits to the two land checkpoints here to ensure smooth implementation of the QR co...
EVs and hybrids twice as likely to hit pedestrians as combus...
01 June 2024
LOS ANGELES: Young children are trained to stop, look and listen before they cross the street. In the electric car age, parents might want to put extra emphasis on the word “listen...
Ensuring safe passage on our roads for wildlife
31 May 2024
The viaduct at KM157 on the East-West Highway in the Central Forest Spine. PETALING JAYA: Abdul Jad Ayub was driving along the East–West Highway (JRTB) with his family when they h...
Americans still prefer petrol vehicles over hybrid or EVs, s...
31 May 2024
NEW YORK: Americans still prefer to buy a standard petrol-fuelled vehicle over a hybrid or an electric vehicle even with the same price and features, a KPMG study said on Thursday....
10-fold spike in diesel subsidy cause for govt action
31 May 2024
PUTRAJAYA: The decision to rationalise the diesel subsidy was based on a staggering 10-fold increase in subsidy for the fuel in just five years. With the government paying RM14....
AHTV poised to transform Tanjung Malim into global automotiv...
31 May 2024
TANJUNG MALIM: Once dubbed a ghost town, Tanjung Malim, located in the southern part of Perak and bordering Selangor, and now known as an Education Town, is set to emerge as a glob...
Want to insure against tree-fall damage? Allianz has optiona...
30 May 2024
KUALA LUMPUR: Allianz General Insurance Company (Malaysia) Bhd CEO Sean Wang says adding a special perils cover under a private car comprehensive insurance policy can insure agains...
Diesel subsidy: Choose SKDS 2.0 or Budi Madani, not both, ap...
30 May 2024
PUTRAJAYA: Applicants looking to receive diesel subsidies can only apply for either the Subsidised Diesel Control System 2.0 (SKDS) programme or Budi Madani and not both, says Datu...