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Allianz General ready for fast flood claims settlement ahead...
04 October 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: As Malaysia and the region heads into the monsoon season, a topical response comes from Allianz General Insurance Company (Malaysia) Bhd  that will hook public attent...
GM to boost EV Chevrolet Bolt production
04 October 2022
WASHINGTON: General Motors Co said Monday it is ramping up its electric vehicle assembly plans, hiking production of the EV Chevrolet Bolt and other vehicles. GM reported its hi...
Ferrari says internal documents online, but no evidence of c...
04 October 2022
MILAN: Ferrari said on Monday some internal documents had been posted online and the luxury sports carmaker was working to identify how this had happened. It will implement all ...
Maserati unveils its world's first new store concept
03 October 2022
MILAN: Maserati has recently unveiled its new global retail store concept, debuting with the opening of a new space in the heart of Milan’s historic Magenta district. Intended t...
American Scott Blazey heads BMW Clubs International Council
03 October 2022
MUNICH: BMW Clubs and community management of the BMW Group Classic said the BMW Clubs International Council has a new chairman. Scott E. Blazey, 71, from the United States, has...
Petrol stations: running out of road?
02 October 2022
PARIS: A vintage pump in the Vietnamese hills; a Madrid petrol station topped with a giant sombrero; a multi-coloured futuristic fuel outlet in Dubai — whatever its form the humble...
Mercedes launching its luxury EQS electric as an SUV
02 October 2022
BERLIN: Mercedes has announced plans to expand its luxury electric EQS saloon into a tougher, taller and pricier SUV under the same name in December. Prices for the EQS-badged S...
Geely's latest buy: A stake in Aston Martin
01 October 2022
LONDON: Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. has acquired a stake in British luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc, expanding tycoon Li Shufu’s rea...
Renault brings back cult 1980s R5 Turbo as electric hot hatc...
01 October 2022
PARIS: Renault is paying tribute to one of the most cherished small cars of all time, the R5, and on the occasion of its 50th birthday, the French manufacturer is reviving the turb...
SkyDrive unveils SD-05 flying car design, aiming to begin ai...
01 October 2022
TOKYO: Japanese flying car startup SkyDrive Inc. has unveiled the design of its commercial model flying car — the SkyDrive SD-05. SkyDrive is planning to use the SD-05, currentl...
Tesla previews humanoid robot, but Musk cautions it is not r...
01 October 2022
SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Friday the electric vehicle maker's eagerly anticipated humanoid robot "Optimus" would cost under US$20,000 (around RM93,000) and caution...
Mercedes says trade deal with EU could make India an export ...
01 October 2022
NEW DELHI: A comprehensive trade deal between India and the European Union could pave the way for Mercedes-Benz to produce more cars in the South Asian nation, potentially making i...
Toyota boss calls meeting California zero-emissions requirem...
30 September 2022
LAS VEGAS: Toyota Motor Corp president Akio Toyoda said California's new zero-emission requirements that seek to end sales of new gasoline-only vehicles by 2035 will be "difficult"...
India pushes back six-airbag rule by a year to October 2023
30 September 2022
NEW DELHI: India will require all passenger cars to have a minimum of six airbags from Oct 1, 2023, a year later than originally planned, the road transport minister said on Thursd...
Over RM8.8mil claimed in child car seat rebates, says Miros
30 September 2022
JOHOR BARU: A total of 61,957 recipients from the B40 group have claimed rebates totalling RM8.8mil under the Malaysian Family Child Restraint System Purchase Subsidy programme (My...
India's Hero MotoCorp to invest US$60m in Zero Motorcycles
30 September 2022
BENGALURU: Indian bikemaker Hero MotoCorp said on Thursday it will invest US$60 million (RM278mil) in California-based Zero Motorcycles to jointly develop electric motorcycles, as ...
2.3 million summonses worth RM340m issued in Johor
30 September 2022
JOHOR BARU: A total of 2.3 million outstanding summonses with an estimated value of RM340 million were recorded by the Johor police from 2014 to date. Johor police chief Datuk K...
Harley-Davidson defends LiveWire spinoff after stock decline
30 September 2022
NEW YORK: Jochen Zeitz, the chief executive officer of Harley-Davidson Inc., shrugged off the lacklustre debut of the company’s electric motorcycle division via a blank-check merge...
JPJ dismisses ads offering free driving licence
30 September 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) says advertisements claiming that free driving licence assistance is being offered to all groups are fake. The ads have seen go...
Citroën invents cardboard car for resourceless world
30 September 2022
PARIS: Imagine a future world starved of resources where carmakers have to resort to replacing the metal in your car's roof and hood with cardboard. That's what Citroën has done...