Car service tax likely to increase from 6% to 8%
22 December 2023
PETALING JAYA: It could be more expensive to have your car serviced from next year, with the service tax likely seeing an increase from 6% to 8%.
Vehicle repairs and maintenance...
Padu national database registrations open from Jan 2, 2024 t...
21 December 2023
PETALING JAYA: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Costs of Living announced via its X page that the country’s central database (Padu) will be open for user registration from Jan 2 ...
All contra lanes at Johor land checkpoints open for Christma...
21 December 2023
KULAI: All contra lanes at the two land Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) checkpoints in Johor will be activated in anticipation of a high volume of vehicles from Singapore...
Toll-free travel for Christmas on Dec 23 and 26
21 December 2023
PETALING JAYA: Highway users will be exempt from paying tolls on highways nationwide on Dec 23 and 26 in conjunction with Christmas celebrations, say Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan.
Th...
PLUS’ Putri Chatbot provides faster response to highway user...
21 December 2023
PETALING JAYA: PLUS Highway users can now obtain speedier emergency assistance and information on highway general inquiries through the PLUS Texting Realtime Interface (Putri) Chat...
Dutch village Giethoorn is car-free
21 December 2023
THE HAGUE: Cars are a seemingly indispensable part of modern life, so much so that the very idea of a region that is completely car-free is unfathomable.
That said, there exists...
EU agrees on new emission limits for vehicles
20 December 2023
STRASBOURG: Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states agreed on new emission limits for cars, buses and other vehicles, dubbed "Euro 7 standards," on Monday.
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Canada says all cars and trucks must be zero emission by 203...
20 December 2023
OTTAWA: Canada on Tuesday released final regulations mandating that all passenger cars, SUVs, crossovers and light trucks sold by 2035 must be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), part o...
Thailand budgets US$970mil to renew electric vehicle hub pus...
20 December 2023
BANGKOK: Thailand will allocate 34 billion baht (RM4.5bil/US$970mil) through to 2027 to fund its ambition of becoming a major production hub for electric vehicles, renewing a flags...
China pulls punches to keep pricey electric cars flowing to ...
20 December 2023
MUNICH/HONG KONG: When the European Union launched a probe into Chinese support for electric vehicles, the bloc’s carmakers braced for painful retaliation from the increasingly ass...
Dec 21-27: Fuel prices unchanged
20 December 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: The retail prices of RON97 and RON95 petrol and diesel will remain unchanged for the period from Dec 21-27.
The Finance Ministry, in a statement today, said that R...
Forget that fancy limousine, today's luxury cars are vans
20 December 2023
SHANGHAI/TOKYO: On a typical Friday evening in Shanghai, Seoul or Tokyo dark vans buzz through the city, ferrying their night owl customers to restaurants, clubs, concert halls or ...
Announcement on Xmas toll waiver soon, extra 100 EV chargers...
19 December 2023
KAJANG: The government, through the Finance Ministry and Works Ministry, is expected to announce the exemption of toll fees in conjunction with the Christmas celebration on Friday ...
TomTom creates AI-based conversational assistant for vehicle...
19 December 2023
AMSTERDAM: Digital mapping specialist TomTom said today it has partnered with tech giant Microsoft to create an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered conversational assistant for ve...
Canada to announce 2035 all-EV sales mandate, say reports
19 December 2023
TORONTO: The Canadian government is poised to pass rules requiring all new vehicles sold in the country to be zero-emissions by 2035, according to news reports.
The federal gove...
Mercedes-Benz to carry out L3 autonomous driving tests in Be...
19 December 2023
SHANGHAI: Mercedes-Benz said on Monday it would carry out level 3 autonomous driving tests on designated highways in Beijing, without giving an exact time frame.
The German auto...
Forvia aims to halve its R&D costs by 2028 thanks to AI, say...
19 December 2023
PARIS: French car parts maker Forvia wants to cut its research and development (R&D) costs by half by 2028, thanks mainly to generative artificial intelligence (AI) to keep up ...
Man charged with DUI in Biden motorcade crash, president unh...
19 December 2023
Biden was leaving a dinner with staff at campaign headquarters at the time of the collision. — Reuters
WILMINGTON (USA): The driver of a car that collided with a vehicle in Joe Bi...
Touch ‘n Go expands NFC-enabled product range
18 December 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: Touch ‘n Go has released two new products for year-end holiday gifting - its Christmas Edition Charm and Touch ‘n Go LUXE Card – Titan Edition.
The Touch ‘n Go Ch...
Asia's largest cross country rally returns to Malaysia for 2...
18 December 2023
From left: Vector co-organiser Daniel Ng, funatiko Pte Ltd chief executive officer and AXCR global promoter Remus Xin Hao Hua, Karamjit, ISC International director Jannie White, Sa...
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