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Volkswagen EVs 'can't keep up' in China, CEO tells paper
07 April 2024
BERLIN: Volkswagen wants to avoid setting "utopian" goals for its market share in China, its CEO told German newspaper FAZ on Friday, adding that anything above 10% was "very respe...
Aston Martin opens showroom at luxury hotel in Tokyo
06 April 2024
TOKYO: Aston Martin expands its luxury retail presence with the opening of Aston Martin Ginza, a new showroom located within The Peninsula Tokyo hotel. This marks the brand's co...
Indonesia triples EV charging stations along highways ahead ...
06 April 2024
JAKARTA: Indonesia has more than tripled the number of electric-vehicle charging stations along key highways ahead of its largest temporary human migration over Eid. State elect...
Range Rover Sport gets a dark and dramatic theme with option...
05 April 2024
LONDON: Range Rover has announced a Stealth Pack option for the Range Rover Sport to give it a dark and dramatic theme. Designed to enhance the stealthy exterior, an inky, Carpa...
New Toyota 4Runner with roll-down rear window to be unveiled...
05 April 2024
HOUSTON: Toyota has announced that the sixth-generation 4Runner SUV will debut on April 9 after two weeks of tease-and-show. The upcoming model, which replaces its 15-year-old p...
UMW Toyota sells 23,444 vehicles in Q1
05 April 2024
PETALING JAYA: UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd (UMWT) registered 9,688 vehicle sales in March, taking its first-quarter (1Q24) sales to 23,444 units. The distributor of Toyota and Lexu...
Tesla begins making cars in Germany for export to India this...
05 April 2024
NEW DELHI/BERLIN: Tesla has begun production of right-hand drive cars at its plant in Germany for export to India later this year, three people aware of the company's plans said, a...
Charge+ and ChargeSini collaborate to provide mutual roaming...
05 April 2024
SINGAPORE: Leading electric vehicle (EV) charging operators Charge+ from Singapore and ChargeSini from Malaysia have signed a roaming collaboration agreement that grants EV drivers...
IGP: Op Selamat for Hari Raya to begin April 8
05 April 2024
PETALING JAYA: This year's Hari Raya Op Selamat will begin on April 8. "Op Selamat 22 begins on April 8 and concludes on April 13 will be conducted with the theme 'Safe home, re...
WYZauto secures US$2.25mil funding, partnership with Vynn Ca...
05 April 2024
KUALA LUMPUR: WYZauto, Thailand's leading online tyre marketplace, has secured US$2.25mil in funding and a partnership with Southeast Asian venture capital firm Vynn Capital. In...
Compulsory for express bus on journey exceeding 300km to hav...
05 April 2024
BUTTERWORTH: Express buses travelling on a trip of more than 300km are required to have second drivers for passenger safety. Penang Road Transport (JPJ) director Zulkifly Ismail...
WCE expects 150,000 vehicles on highway daily during 'Balik ...
05 April 2024
KLANG: West Coast Expressway Sdn Bhd (WCE) expects the daily average volume of vehicles on the highway to increase to 150,000 units per day as the "Balik Kampung" rush begins tomor...
Winners and losers of targeted subsidy plan
05 April 2024
PETALING JAYA: The upcoming targeted subsidy scheme is likely to have a positive impact on the downstream oil and gas sector in Malaysia, while the logistics and power utility sect...
Benz Motor-Velocipede back on the road in 2024
05 April 2024
STUTTGART: The 130-year-old Benz Motor-Velocipede, a pioneering vehicle in automotive history, took its first outing of the anniversary year at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfin...
Johor’s land checkpoints gear up for Raya
05 April 2024
JOHOR BARU: Johor’s two land checkpoints will be fully operational starting this weekend to ensure smooth Immigration clearance as Hari Raya draws near. Johor executive councill...
Penang gets a Tesla Supercharging station
04 April 2024
PENANG: Tesla has unveiled its first Supercharging station in Penang, located at Sunway Carnival. The new station which comes with four superchargers, complements the two existi...
Saga a hot seller as Proton maintains sales ranking in March
04 April 2024
KUALA LUMPUR: Proton registered 12,666 vehicle sales in March, wrapping the first quarter of the year with a tally of 39,160 units. According to the national car maker, its mark...
Intuitive Machines wins NASA award to develop moon buggies
04 April 2024
AUSTIN: Three companies won NASA contracts to design and develop vehicles that astronauts may one day drive across the lunar surface, including Intuitive Machines Inc., which recen...
Auto industry must halve EV battery weight over next decade,...
04 April 2024
MILAN: The automotive industry will have to reduce the weight of EV batteries by 50% in the next 10 years to make electrification environmentally meaningful, the head of Stellantis...
Red light, green light, white light: new traffic signal coul...
04 April 2024
RALEIGH: For over a year, researchers at North Carolina State University have been working on a project that consists of using a new type of traffic light on signals at busy inters...