China's EV graveyard
25 August 2023
BEIJING: A parking lot in Hangzhou is a symbol of the excess waste resulting from China’s rapid EV boom.
The lot — full of abandoned and obsolete battery-powered cars — became a...
Socar offers Merdeka campaign discounts and rebates
25 August 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: Car rental app Socar is offering booking discounts and driving period rebates, applicable to all users and all car models until 3 September 2023 under its "Malaysia K...
Sime Darby offers to take over UMW Holdings
24 August 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Bhd has offered to take over UMW Holdings Bhd, and to eventually delist UMW from Bursa.
In a statement, Sime Darby said it had inked a deal to buy Permo...
Beautician loses RM7,000 in used car scam, gets threats afte...
24 August 2023
Chong said it was likely that the photo used by 'Lee' belonged to another victim. Jong (left) said that scammers had started sending threats to her daughter after she had blocked ...
Xpeng's former autonomous driving head joins Nvidia
24 August 2023
SHANGHAI: The former vice president of autonomous driving at Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng, Wu Xinhou, is joining US artificial intelligence giant Nvidia, he said today.
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Why almost a fifth of UK drivers are ditching car washing se...
24 August 2023
LONDON: Rising inflation and a struggle to make ends meet is not peculiar to Malaysians.
Millions of people around the world are facing the same experience post-pandemic. Other ...
Workshops must now display mechanics' qualifications and mor...
24 August 2023
Foreman Bon Fook Kong, 26, (right) showing his automotive qualification to a customer at his workshop in Subang Jaya.
PETALING JAYA: The one-year grace period for auto repair work...
Certification roadmap would help, say auto workshop groups
24 August 2023
PETALING JAYA: Workshop operator associations have no issues over the requirement that their premises display mechanics' names and qualifications, but have appealed to the governme...
Veteran mechanics return to the classroom
24 August 2023
Foreman Lim Soo Guan, 56, attending to a customer at his workshop in Subang Jaya. He's holding a framed automotive certification from Sijil Kemahiran Malaysia.
PETALING JAYA: It's...
Xiaomi wins state planner nod to make EVs amid glut in autos
23 August 2023
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun (centre) has said the company's foray into EVs will be his last major entrepreneurial project.
HONG KONG: Xiaomi Corp has won the approval of China's state pl...
US approves state auto-repair law after raising hacking conc...
23 August 2023
WASHINGTON: US auto safety regulators said Tuesday automakers can comply with a Massachusetts law requiring them to share vehicle data with independent repair shops, reversing cour...
22 roads to be temporarily closed for National Day 2023
23 August 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: Twenty-two roads leading to the venue of the National Day 2023 celebration in Putrajaya will be temporarily closed to ensure the event on Aug 31 goes smoothly.
Roy...
Aug 24-30: Fuel prices unchanged
23 August 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: The retail prices of RON97 and RON95 petrol and diesel will remain unchanged for the period from Aug 24-30.
The Finance Ministry, in a statement, said that RON97 p...
Why your new electric car won't have a spare tyre
23 August 2023
LOS ANGELES: Ira Newlander of West Los Angeles has been thinking about replacing his 1997 Ford Explorer with a hybrid or fully electric car, but there’s something bugging him about...
India announces car safety rating to cut accident rate
22 August 2023
Traffic in Mumbai. — Reuters
NEW DELHI: India will have a new safety rating system for passenger cars from October based on tests, including crashes from the front and side, to ma...
Setbacks for driverless taxis in San Francisco
22 August 2023
SAN FRANCISCO: Driverless taxi operator Cruise has agreed to cut in half the number of vehicles it operates in San Francisco after one of them collided with a fire truck and anothe...
Police issue 8,718 summonses nationwide in day one of speed ...
22 August 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: Police issued a total of 8,718 summonses throughout the country in a rapid-fire (postal summons) operation for speeding that began on Aug 21.
Bukit Aman Traffic In...
Subang Jaya council to offer RM10 flat rate for some traffic...
22 August 2023
PETALING JAYA: The Subang Jaya City Council (MBSJ) will be running a RM10 flat rate offer for some parking and traffic compounds for three months from October.
"In conjunction w...
As Indonesia pushes EV dream, car shoppers stay cautious
21 August 2023
JAKARTA: Indonesia's government used the Jakarta auto show to double down on plans to drive production and sales of electric vehicles in Southeast Asia's largest auto market, but b...
EV sales in Malaysia to outstrip ICE car sales by 2032, says...
21 August 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: BMI, a Fitch Solutions research company, says demand for electric vehicles (EVs) will far outstrip that of internal combustion engine (ICE) cars within its 2023-2032 ...
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