Toyota GR Yaris launched at RM299K
17 December 2020
PETALING JAYA: The Toyota GR Yaris, a competition-built WRC car refined for the road, made its local debut today.
Priced at RM299,000, (excluding road tax and comprehensive insu...
Refreshed Toyota Vios and Yaris arrive
17 December 2020
PETALING JAYA: UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd today launched the facelifted Vios and Yaris.
Both locally assembled models have been well received since their launch in 2019, with more...
Toyota debuts new GR Yaris, Yaris and Vios
17 December 2020
PETALING JAYA: UMW Toyota Motor today launched the new Vios and Yaris.
At the same time, it also rolled out a sports package for the Vios as well as the true-blue performance ha...
Nissan decides against making Ariya EV in UK over Brexit wor...
17 December 2020
YOKOHAMA: Nissan has opted to ship an upcoming electric vehicle to Europe from Japan rather than produce it in the UK, where one of its largest factories faces existential risk fro...
BMW Group once again most popular auto employer
17 December 2020
MUNICH: The BMW Group has remained the most desirable car company in the world to work for, according to Universum, a European employer branding service.
This year marks the nin...
Valeo's e-bike comes with adaptive auto gearbox
17 December 2020
PARIS: Valeo has adapted its 48V motors to bicycles, resulting in the most high-performance electric assistance system for bikes to date.
The Valeo Smart e-Bike System is the fi...
EU court backs broader definition of tools to rig vehicle em...
17 December 2020
BRUSSELS: Technologies used by Volkswagen to rig vehicle emissions tests should be considered illegal, the European Union’s highest court ruled today, even if they contribute to pr...
Batteries for electric cars speed towards a tipping point
17 December 2020
NEW YORK: The price of battery packs for electric vehicles is fast approaching a tipping point.
According to a price survey conducted by BloombergNEF, EV makers soon will be pro...
Global chip shortage threatens production of cars, laptops, ...
17 December 2020
SEOUL/BERLIN/SHENZHEN: Makers of cars and electronic devices from TVs to smartphones are sounding alarm bells about a global shortage of chips, which is causing manufacturing delay...
Thai Motor Expo 2020 closes with 38,699 vehicles sold
17 December 2020
BANGKOK: The 37th Thailand International Motor Expo 2020, held here from Dec 2 to Dec 13, locked in bookings of 33,753 cars – led by small sedans followed by SUVs – and 4,946 motor...
Sime Darby Auto Selection opens service centre to handle pos...
17 December 2020
PETALING JAYA: Sime Darby Auto Selection has opened its first ever service centre for multi-brand vehicles in Glenmarie, Shah Alam.
It is part of the company’s strategy to offer...
Continental trial using cloud service to track tyre tread de...
17 December 2020
HANNOVER: Continental has successfully demonstrated real time tyre tread depth monitoring in a pilot that entailed electric vehicles of carsharing provider SHARE NOW Denmark.
In...
Lamborghini shows one-off SC20 open-top track car
17 December 2020
BOLOGNA: Lamborghini Squadra Corse has unveiled the SC20, an open-top track car type-approved for road use.
The SC20 is the second one-off engineered by the motorsport departmen...
Just how much 'electrosmog' is in our cars?
17 December 2020
BERLIN: "Electrosmog" is the term used to describe the electromagnetic waves in our environment. At high enough levels, these waves can affect human health.
But what about our c...
Continental aims to triple returns with tech-focused CEO
17 December 2020
FRANKFURT: Continental AG seeks to grow faster than its automotive peers and roughly triple profitability as Europe’s second-largest maker of vehicle parts pushes through a deep re...
Kia Sportage gets a JBL Black Edition
16 December 2020
LONDON: Kia is ending the year in style with the launch of its limited-edition Sportage JBL Black Edition that looks and sounds good.
The exterior has been slapped with an all-b...
Polestar x Alexander Stutterheim
16 December 2020
LONDON: Swedish electric performance car brand, Polestar, has announced its collaboration with fashion designer Alexander Stutterheim.
Alexander Stutterheim is the founder of th...
WATCH: Gran Turismo gets new 410kph Jaguar Vision GT SV with...
16 December 2020
LONDON: Meet the Jaguar Vision GT SV all-electric virtual racecar developed for Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo racing simulation video game which has also been built in the real-...
Vayyar develops platform to replace LIDAR and camera-based s...
16 December 2020
TEL AVIV: Vayyar, the Israeli-base global leader in 4D imaging radar technology, has developed a Radar-on-Chip (RoC) platform.
The platform is said to help enable carmakers up i...
Amazon's self-driving robotaxi Zoox can work non-stop for 16...
16 December 2020
SEATTLE: Amazon is showing off its self-driving vehicle ambitions with its Zoox project, named after the startup recently acquired by the US giant.
It is an electric, self-drivi...
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