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Wong Shaw Voon picked as new Miros chairman
05 February 2022
Dr Wong (left) And Dr Wee. — Photo from facebook.com/wksbmenglish PETALING JAYA: Dr Wong Shaw Voon has been appointed as the new chairman of the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety...
Elderly drivers still qualify to renew licence, says ministe...
05 February 2022
JOHOR BARU: Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong is in awe of nonagenarian Yu Choo Nam who still actively travels despite his age. The Ayer Hitam MP said that he met Yu...
Traffic back to Klang Valley builds up as holiday-goers retu...
05 February 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: Southbound traffic on the North-South Expressway in the north started to get congested this morning as people began to return to the Klang Valley with the Chinese New...
Fisker Ocean SUV will make its European debut at Mobile Worl...
05 February 2022
LOS ANGELES: Fisker Inc will debut its Ocean all-electric SUV to the European market at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The five-passenger Fisker Ocean Sport features a rang...
Handsome Jag E-Type lay dormant for 50 years — now up for au...
05 February 2022
LONDON: An example of one of the most handsome sports cars ever made is poised to step back into the limelight after laying dormant in a British barn for nearly five decades. Th...
EU to toughen emissions test for plug-in hybrids, say source...
04 February 2022
BERLIN: The European Union plans to toughen its method for measuring carbon dioxide emissions from plug-in hybrid cars, two sources familiar with the matter said, after criticism t...
Self-driving Toyota Supra successfully drifts in push to nex...
04 February 2022
SAN FRANCISCO: Toyota Research Institute (TRI) has reached a new research milestone in autonomy, providing a glimpse into the future of safer mobility for all. TRI researchers s...
Tesla plans to build cathode building at Texas Gigafactory
04 February 2022
AUSTIN: Tesla Inc on Wednesday applied for a permit to extend its existing Austin-based car factory with a building to produce cathodes for battery manufacturing, according to city...
Hertz wheels in ex-Goldman Sachs CFO as top boss
04 February 2022
MIAMI: Hertz Global Holdings today named former Goldman Sachs finance chief Stephen Scherr as its top boss, replacing interim CEO Mark Fields, sending shares of the car rental firm...
Volvo Cars and Northvolt pick Gothenburg for new battery pla...
04 February 2022
STOCKHOLM: Volvo Cars (and battery manufacturer Northvolt will build their joint battery manufacturing plant in Gothenburg, western Sweden, the two companies said today. The new...
Rolls-Royce Spectre spotted out testing
04 February 2022
LONDON: Rolls-Royce is currently testing its electric coupe called Spectre, and it should be unveiled in late 2023. The Spectre is built on the Architecture of Luxury platform t...
Govt may build SMART tunnel in Shah Alam
04 February 2022
The SMART tunnel in Kuala Lumpur has successfully prevented major flooding in the city. A similar flood-mitigation tunnel is proposed for Shah Alam. PUTRAJAYA: Shah Alam may be ge...
Hit the highways before 9am, PLUS tells road users
04 February 2022
PETALING JAYA: Road users travelling via the North-South Expressway towards the Klang Valley are advised to enter the highways before 9am between Feb 4 and Feb 6, says PLUS Malaysi...
Monk at Penang temple tells off couple in MPV for obstructin...
04 February 2022
GEORGE TOWN: A video showing a monk and a man in a multipurpose vehicle (MPV) shouting at each other at the Kek Lok Si Temple here has gone viral. In the one-minute, 11-second v...
VW able to build 1 million EVs a year in China from 2023, sa...
03 February 2022
BERLIN: Volkswagen will be able to build 1 million electric vehicles a year in China in 2023, CEO of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand Ralf Brandstaetter told Nikkei on Wednesday...
MINI gets new chief
03 February 2022
MUNICH: The BMW Group has appointed Stefanie Wurst to head the MINI brand starting this month. She replaces Bernd Körber, who has moved on to handle product managment in the gro...
Transport Ministry has no plans to punish driving schools fo...
03 February 2022
PETALING JAYA: There are no plans to revoke or cancel the permits of driving schools and their instructors whose former students are involved in traffic accidents, says Transport M...
US safety regulator reviews Tesla driver complaints over fal...
03 February 2022
SAN FRANCISCO: The US safety regulator said on Wednesday that it is reviewing consumer complaints that Tesla vehicles are activating the brakes unnecessarily, in the latest regulat...
Škoda releases sketches of new Fabia Monte Carlo
03 February 2022
PRAGUE: Skoda Auto has released several official design sketches, offering a first glimpse of the new Fabia Monte Carlo. The sporty lifestyle variant made its debut 11 years ago...
Lucid's electric range champ Air to launch in Europe later i...
03 February 2022
BERLIN: In the US, it's currently breaking all range records, and soon it will also make it to Europe: Lucid plans to sell its electric luxury sedan Air in Europe in the second hal...