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Toyota-affiliate Daihatsu rigged safety test for 88,000 cars
28 April 2023
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp affiliate Daihatsu rigged part of the door in side-collision safety tests carried out for some 88,000 small cars, most of which were sold under the Toyota ...
China's Vantrue launches its first 4-channel dashcam with re...
28 April 2023
SHENZHEN: In-car video recorders have come a long way in terms of their technical advancement. They have since become an indispensable motoring aid to support insurance claims in t...
Why you shouldn't forget the car boot when spring cleaning
28 April 2023
MUNICH: First head to the car wash, then clean the inside: When carrying out the a deep clean on your car, it's essential you don't forget to take a look at the car boot.
That's...
Daimler launches new electric medium-duty truck brand in US
28 April 2023
SAN FRANCISCO: Commercial vehicle maker Daimler Truck on Thursday launched Rizon, a medium-duty electric truck brand for the US, aiming to take on the likes of Isuzu Motors Ltd and...
Self-parking cars and driverless trucks: The next step in au...
28 April 2023
MUNICH/STUTTGART: A quick tap on a smartphone app and your car is already finding a parking space in car park - and all without you having to sit behind the wheel. It's a dream com...
BMW and MINI service campaign for cars 5 years and older
28 April 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: BMW Group Malaysia is introducing a series of service and repair packages to owners of selected BMW and MINI models under its latest service campaign.
The BMW and ...
Cops looking for motorist who stopped on fast lane of highwa...
28 April 2023
PORT DICKSON: Police are looking for the driver of a car seen stopping and blocking traffic on the fast lane of the Seremban-Port Dickson Highway after a nine-second clip of the in...
GWM to start Brazil plant operations in May 2024
28 April 2023
IRACEMAPOLIS (Brazil): Chinese carmaker Great Wall Motor Co Ltd will start operations of its Iracemapolis plant in Brazil on May 1, 2024, the company announced on Thursday, also di...
Volvo struggles to keep up with EX90 demand, order-taking st...
28 April 2023
GOTHENBURG: Demand has outstripped production capacity for the upcoming flagship all-electric EX90, forcing Volvo Cars to suspend bookings until further notice.
Volvo said the f...
Honda, GS Yuasa to invest US$3bil for battery development, b...
28 April 2023
TOKYO: Honda Motor Co Ltd and battery maker GS Yuasa Corp will invest over 400 billion yen (RM13.3bil/US$3bil) and team up to produce batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and home...
BMW i5 can do automated lane changes via eye activation
27 April 2023
MUNICH: The series production development process for the first-ever all-electric BMW i5 is entering the home straight with the fine-tuning of its suspension control and driver ass...
Defender line-up grows with new offerings
27 April 2023
NEW JERSEY, United States: The new Defender 130 Outbound is introduced to the Defender line up along with the 493hp Defender 130 V8 and a new heritage-inspired County Exterior Pack...
Mazda MX-5 Kizuna special edition model on sale in UK
27 April 2023
LONDON: Mazda UK has announced the sale of the MX-5 Kizuna special edition model.
Limited to 250 units in the UK, the model arrives in dealerships next month.
Based on the 1....
Anticipating heavy traffic, PLUS to activate 'smartlane' zon...
27 April 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: PLUS Malaysia Bhd will be activating the "smartlane" zones for smoother traffic flow in conjunction with the end of the school holidays and the Labour Day holiday fro...
Ops Selamat 20: Two bicycle incidents among 1,618 accidents ...
27 April 2023
PETALING JAYA: A total of 1,618 accidents were recorded on the seventh day of Op Selamat 20.
Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT), in their daily s...
Continental, Aurora to jointly develop self-driving systems ...
27 April 2023
FRANKFURT/PITTSBURGH: German automotive parts company Continental AG and US-based self-driving technology firm Aurora Innovation said today they would jointly design and develop au...
Geely's EV brand Zeekr jumps on the 'gigapress' bandwagon
27 April 2023
SHANGHAI: Geely's EV brand Zeekr is the latest to join a growing list of automakers that have turned to the "gigapress" die casting technique pioneered by Tesla to slash ...
Toyota edges past 9.1 million vehicle output goal, warns chi...
27 April 2023
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp set a global annual output record in the business year ended in March, just edging past its target of 9.1 million vehicles as factory disruption from globa...
Volvo Cars sees no need to cut prices as demand is healthy
27 April 2023
STOCKHOLM: Sweden-based automaker Volvo Cars reaffirmed its outlook today and said it saw no point in cutting prices given healthy demand as its operating earnings beat estimates.
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S. Korean president Yoon meets with Tesla's Elon Musk
27 April 2023
Yoon speaking with Musk in Washington on April 26. — Yonhap via Reuters
SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday in Washington to ca...
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