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Sept 2-8: Fuel prices unchanged
01 September 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: The retail prices of RON95 and RON97 petrol as well as diesel will remain unchanged at RM2.05, RM2.54 and RM2.15 per litre respectively from Sept 2 to 8.
The Finan...
China's Xiaomi completes business registration of electric v...
01 September 2021
A Xiaomi store in Shanghai. The giant phone maker wants to be an electric car maker next and has formed a new unit called Xiaomi EV Inc. — Bloomberg
SHANGHAI: Chinese smartphone...
German brands are the world's most 'Instagrammed' cars
01 September 2021
LONDON: BMW, Audi and Mercedes are the car manufacturers whose models are the most popular on Instagram.
Photos depicting models from these brands are the most numerous on the n...
Leaded petrol runs out of gas, a century after first warning...
01 September 2021
NAIROBI: Nearly a century after doctors first issued warnings about the toxic effects of leaded petrol, Algeria - the last country to use the fuel - exhausted its supplies last mon...
BMW backs overhaul of China JV partner's parent Huachen
01 September 2021
BEIJING: BMW said it wanted to support the restructuring of Huachen Group, parent of the German premium automaker's Chinese joint venture partner
BMW said in a Tuesday statement...
Survey: US owners frustrated when linking phones to vehicles
01 September 2021
DETROIT: Automobile quality rose last year, but glitches in pairing smartphones with infotainment systems frustrated owners more than anything, according to a large US survey of au...
Mercedes-Benz teams up with SSAB to explore fossil fuel-free...
01 September 2021
STOCKHOLM: Swedish steelmaker SSAB said today it had partnered with Daimler's Mercedes-Benz to introduce fossil fuel-free steel into vehicle production, with prototype parts for bo...
The clothing collection made with recycled airbags
01 September 2021
STUTTGART: American designer Heron Preston has teamed up with Mercedes to create a unique collection that recycles the German carmaker's airbags.
With the help of this device, w...
Lotus gets Nio funding in EV push
31 August 2021
WUHAN: Lotus Technology, which develops electric cars for the Lotus brand globally, has signed an investment pact with a unit of EV upstart Nio Inc, as the iconic British sports an...
Road tax can be renewed at Puspakom outlets starting tomorro...
31 August 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: The renewal of road tax for private vehicles can now be done at a Computerized Vehicle Inspection Centre or Puspakom beginning tomorrow.
The Road Transport Departm...
E-fuels could prop up gas guzzlers in an electric world
31 August 2021
TOKYO: Imagine there’s a virtually carbon-neutral version of gasoline. You could keep running your old gas guzzler for years more, top it up at a regular filling station and still ...
Road in Gaza named 'Malaysia Street'
31 August 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: The Gaza municipality has named a road in the western district of Gaza City as "Malaysia Street" in commemoration of Malaysia's National Day today.
Sharing the ann...
Porsche to partner Sime Darby for first assembly plant outsi...
30 August 2021
PETALING JAYA: Sime Darby Bhd today announced that it will partner Porsche AG to assemble sports cars for the Malaysian market only.
Sime Darby’s motor vehicle production and as...
Kiss goodbye to the VW manual?
30 August 2021
WOLFSBURG: The manual transmission is a device in transition as the movement towards electric cars gain momentum.
Some automakers are already planning to scrap their manuals des...
Aston Martin is delivering something rare these days: good n...
30 August 2021
LONDON: A triple-digit sales increase this year hasn’t managed to bail it out of multimillion-dollar profit losses, but for the first time in a long time, Aston Martin might be on ...
Triumph Rocket 3 R can be yours with great savings
30 August 2021
PETALING JAYA: Triumph Malaysia is offering a special price of RM130,000 for the Rocket 3 R year model 2020 in stock.
Meanwhile, the 2021 Rocket 3 R Roadster model is available ...
Book a Proton online, stand to win RM75,000 worth of TnG e-W...
30 August 2021
PETALING JAYA: In conjunction with the upcoming National Day and Malaysia Day celebrations, Proton is running a "Dear Malaysia 2021" contest where Proton customers can participate ...
Renault's De Meo pushes Dacia brand with new family car
30 August 2021
PARIS: France's Renault will unveil a new family car under its lower cost Dacia brand in September, aiming to replace three existing models as part of chief executive Luca De Meo's...
Toyota to restart self-driving e-Palettes with more safety s...
30 August 2021
TOKYO: Toyota said today it would resume operations of its self-driving e-Palette pods at the Tokyo Paralympic Games village with greater operator control and more safety staff to ...
Ailing SsangYong to open bid for new buyer
30 August 2021
SEOUL: Cash-strapped carmaker SsangYong Motor Co plans to receive acquisition proposals through mid-September, as a two-way race between two local investors is expected, industry s...
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