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EU told 1 million public EV charging stations needed by 2024
12 February 2021
FRANKFURT: The European Union should set binding targets for one million public charging points for electric vehicles by 2024, and three million by 2029, to give consumers the conf...
Transport Ministry says it has achieved target to reduce dea...
12 February 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: The Transport Ministry's target of reducing the death index due to road accidents yearly through the Malaysia Road Safety Plan 2014-2020 has been achieved.
Based o...
Expected lah: Why CNY traffic volume less than half of norma...
12 February 2021
PETALING JAYA: Traffic volume on the North-South Expressway saw a significant drop during this year’s Chinese New Year holidays compared to last year’s pre-Covid-19 times, says PLU...
Ford CEO calls for settlement between LG Chem, SK Innovation
12 February 2021
WASHINGTON: Ford Motor Co’s chief executive, Jim Farley, on Thursday publicly encouraged South Korea’s chemicals and electric vehicle (EV) battery maker LG Chem Ltd and SK Innovati...
Mildef unveils Malaysian-made armoured vehicle
12 February 2021
The locally made armoured vehicle. — Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: Mildef International Technologies Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian company providing automotive services to the defence industry in ...
Coming soon: The Michelin facility taking tyre recycling tow...
11 February 2021
PARIS: Michelin has announced the construction of its first tyre recycling plant. The facility will be based near Antofagasta in Chile and should be able to recycle around 30,000 t...
Police to thoroughly vet applications for cross-border trave...
11 February 2021
IPOH: The police will conduct thorough checks to ensure that applicants are truthful when applying for permission to cross borders, says Comm Datuk Kasuahdi Ali.
The Bukit Aman ...
PLUS says food court dining areas on highways reopened, subj...
11 February 2021
PETALING JAYA: PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PLUS) has reopened its food court dining areas along the highways it operates.
In a statement Thursday (Feb 11), the highway concessionair s...
Audi's new flagship electric is the e-tron GT
11 February 2021
INGOLSTADT: The e-tron SUV and its coupe-like sister model, the e-tron Sportback, are currently rolling off the Audi production line in purely electric form.
In the second q...
Manufacturer for hire: China's Geely sets out to become a fo...
11 February 2021
HANGZHOU: Like many others in his industry, Geely chairman Li Shifu has been irked by skyrocketing valuations for electric car manufacturers such as Tesla Inc and Nio Inc, sources ...
Toyota president disappointed by Tokyo 2020 chief Mori's com...
11 February 2021
Toyota president Akio Toyoda.
TOKYO: The head of the world’s largest automaker joined other high-profile Tokyo Olympics sponsors on Wednesday in publicly criticising the head of t...
BMW F 850 GS '40 Years GS Edition' launched at RM85,500
10 February 2021
CYBERJAYA: BMW Motorrad Malaysia has introduced the new BMW F 850 GS “40 Years GS Edition” – paying tribute to the model’s 40 years of premium riding enjoyment on every terrain.
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Buy a car with bitcoin? Some US car dealers were years ahead...
10 February 2021
It takes several minutes to turn bitcoin into US dollars on a payment platform, which occasionally leads to losses averaging US$300 to US$400 on each transaction due to price movem...
Hyundai, Kia say Apple car deal now off, see US$8.5bil wiped...
09 February 2021
SEOUL: South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co said on Monday it is not now in talks with Apple Inc on autonomous electric cars, just a month after it confirmed early-stage talks with the t...
Tesla announces US$1.5bil bitcoin bet, makes payments pledge
09 February 2021
PALO ALTO (California): Tesla Inc said on Monday it had invested around US$1.5bil in bitcoin and expected to begin accepting payment for its cars and other products with it in the...
VW explores flying cars in China
09 February 2021
Volkswagen is studying whether it's feasible for it to jump into the space Lilium is trying to carve out.
HAMBURG: Volkswagen is conducting a feasibility study in China about flyi...
Porsche to assemble cars in Malaysia, says report
09 February 2021
PETALING JAYA: Porsche is teaming up with Inokom Corp to set up an assembly plant in Malaysia, according to The Edge Weekly report.
This would be the German sports car maker's f...
Mercedes-Benz Malaysia outlines plans for 2021
08 February 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Mercedes-Benz Malaysia has set a comprehensive strategy to further enhance its position in current luxury and performance segment.
Amidst a challenging year ahead,...
Subaru Forester GT Lite Edition introduced at RM163,788
08 February 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: TC Subaru, the exclusive distributor of Subaru vehicles in Malaysia, has introduced the Subaru Forester GT Lite Edition.
The Forester 2.0i-L GT Lite Edition comes ...
Rolls-Royce's Spirit of Ecstasy reaches 110th anniversary mi...
08 February 2021
GOODWOOD (UK): Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrates the 110th anniversary of its official emblem - the Spirit of Ecstasy.
The intellectual property of the design was registered on ...
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