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Lewis Hamilton down with Covid-19, out of Bahrain races

01 December 2020

LONDON: Lewis Hamilton will be out of action at this weekend’s Sakhir GP in Bahrain as he has tested positive for Covid-19. A statement from the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team sa...

Daimler awards €1,000 to German employees for Covid-19 hards...

01 December 2020

FRANKFURT: Daimler said today it will pay German employees a €1,000 (RM4,880) “corona bonus” to help compensate for personal and economic burdens such as having to wear a mask and ...

Ford urges other automakers to follow California clean air r...

01 December 2020

DETROIT: Ford Motor Co. is prodding other automakers to embrace more stringent automotive clean air standards set by California in another blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts ...

Electric Skoda Enyaq iV heralds its presence with unique aco...

01 December 2020

LONDON: Škoda has revealed details of the new Enyaq iV’s acoustic signature – a specially composed harmonic sound that forms the car’s Acoustic Vehicle Alert System (AVAS). Deve...

Audi to leave Formula E and focus on Dakar, Le Mans

01 December 2020

INGOLSTADT: Audi will withdraw from the all-electric Formula E series as a works team at the end of next year to focus on the Dakar Rally and endurance racing including an eventual...

Bentley introduces tweed trim interior

01 December 2020

CREWE: Bentley Mulliner - Bentley’s bespoke commissioning division - is now offering an elegant and sophisticated door trim option in tweed for the Flying Spur, Continental GT ...

Police cripples ring targeting car exhausts, nabs 15 men

01 December 2020

KUALA LUMPUR: Fifteen male suspects including two Bangladeshis, who were suspected to be active in stealing vehicle exhausts, were nabbed at three separate locations last Friday. ...

Calling all uni graduates for the Audi Global Graduate Progr...

01 December 2020

SINGAPORE: Audi is calling on university graduates who want to kickstart their career in the automotive industry to apply for the new Audi Global Graduate Program from Dec 4. Pa...

JPJ issues 1,268 summonses in Johor ops

01 December 2020

JOHOR BARU: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) issued 1,268 summonses through Ops Topi Keledar from Nov 17 to Nov 19, with most being issued using the "invisible enforcement” meth...

Toyota launches new Mirai, promising better performance and ...

01 December 2020

UPDATE: The new Toyota Mirai was launched in Japan on Dec 9, 2020. BRUSSELS: A year after presenting its prototype at the Tokyo Autoshow, Toyota is launching its new-generation...

VW panel set to discuss CEO's future, say sources

01 December 2020

HAMBURG: Volkswagen Group’s executive committee is convening today to discuss chief executive Herbert Diess’ demand for a contract extension, three sources familiar with the matter...

GM and Nikola announce reworked deal

01 December 2020

DETROIT: General Motors Co and Nikola Corp on Monday announced a reworked agreement on a fuel-cell partnership that eliminates an equity stake in the startup for the Detroit automa...

VPCM's Volkswagen Cares mobile app hits 30,000 downloads.

30 November 2020

KUALA LUMPUR: Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia's (VPCM) mobile app - Volkswagen Cares, has managed to garner 30,000 downloads thus far. The app (a locally developed and manag...

Bentley's new Bentayga now available in Asia-Pacific region

30 November 2020

KUALA LUMPUR: Bentley Motors has officially introduced its latest Bentayga sports utility vehicle (SUV) in the Asia-Pacific region, and a first-ever interactive virtual experience ...

BMW and MINI i-Renewal digital service introduced in Malaysi...

30 November 2020

PETALING JAYA: BMW Group Financial Services Malaysia has introduced the i-Renewal digital service for the BMW and MINI Comprehensive Motor Insurance Programme to simplify renewal p...

Goodbye Volkswagen Passat and Arteon?

30 November 2020

BERLIN: Here's a gloomy report from Automotive News Europe which claims Volkswagen has decided to discontinue production of the Passat sedan as early as 2023 and the Arteon will al...

Tesla gets China nod to start selling Shanghai-made Model Y ...

30 November 2020

SHANGHAI: Tesla Inc has obtained permission to start selling its Shanghai-made Model Y sports utility vehicle in China. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology publi...

Carsome celebrates 100,000th seller

30 November 2020

Cheng (L) with 100,000th seller Mizran Nahar. KUALA LUMPUR: Carsome, Southeast Asia’s largest online used car trading platform, is celebrating the arrival of its 100,000th used ca...

Plug-in cars come under fire for emitting more carbon emissi...

29 November 2020

FRANKFURT: Plug-in hybrid cars put out far more CO2 in real-world driving than in tests that determine emissions compliance and ratings advertised to consumers, according to a grou...

BASF invents new material to protect car sensors and radars

29 November 2020

FRANKFURT: German chemistry giant BASF has developed a new way to protect car sensors. This new material withstands extreme weather conditions but also electromagnetic waves coming...

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