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Puspakom resumes full service from May 11
09 May 2020
PETALING JAYA: Puspakom, the computerised vehicle inspection company, will be fully operational beginning Monday, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. The Transport Minister said th...
Indonesia delays B40 biodiesel introduction
09 May 2020
JAKARTA: Indonesia is likely to delay plans to raise bio-content in palm oil-based biodiesel to 40%, and keep going with an already ambitious 30% content, a senior official said, a...
Tesla loses another Europe chief in midst of Berlin factory ...
09 May 2020
AMSTERDAM: Another head of Tesla Inc.’s European operations has left the job in the midst of the electric-car maker’s efforts to build its first assembly plant on the continent. ...
Alfa Romeo slaps Giulia and Stelvio with Quadrifoglio high-p...
08 May 2020
ROME: Italian carmaker, Alfa Romeo, has added the Quadrifoglio ("four-leaf clover" in Italian) badge to the Giulia four-door sedan and Stelvio sports utility vehicle (SUV) to indic...
JPJ reopens 13 more services, but only for commercial vehicl...
08 May 2020
PETALING JAYA: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) is making available 13 more services related to commercial vehicles beginning May 11. However, services related to private veh...
Socar expands B2B business via new partnerships
08 May 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Socar Malaysia is expanding its B2B business via new partnerships with e-commerce delivery partners Teleport, MrSpeedy, Lalamove and Pickupp. For those keen on bec...
Traffic smooth on highways on second day of interstate trave...
08 May 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Traffic on major expressways is smooth on the second day of permitted interstate travel as people from Perak, Johor and Kelantan make the journey to their respective ...
Ford uses artificial bird poop in paintwork tests
08 May 2020
DETROIT: Ford uses artificial bird poop to test the durability of paintwork. The laboratory-developed synthetic droppings are so realistic that they can accurately reflect the d...
Lamborghini Huracán EVO Spyder revealed
08 May 2020
BOLOGNA: The new Lamborghini Huracán EVO rear wheel drive Spyder has a V10 aspirated power plant, delivering the same 610 hp (449 kW) and 560Nm of torque as the coupé version. T...
Kia Sorento eliminates driver’s blind spots
08 May 2020
LONDON: The new Kia Sorento gets cutting-edge Blind-Spot View Monitor (BVM) technology, which eliminates a driver’s left- and right-side blind spots. The Sorento is the first Ki...
Iconic Lotus Elise liveries live again
08 May 2020
HETHEL: Lotus has launched four new limited-edition versions of the Elise, officially called the Elise Classic Heritage Editions, each with a vibrant and distinctive colour palette...
W Series starts ladies-only eSports racing league
08 May 2020
W Series driver Chadwick at home in London on her W Series Esports League set-up, including hardware from Logitech. LONDON: W Series, the international single-seater motor racin...
May 9-15: No movement in fuel prices
08 May 2020
PETALING JAYA: No changes in fuel pricing from May 9-15. RON95 petrol remains at RM1.25 a litre; RON97 petrol at RM1.55; and diesel at RM1.40. The weekly fuel pricing mechani...
Trevo offers up to RM100 savings during CMCO travel
08 May 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Trevo, Malaysia's people-to-people car-sharing platform, announced the launch of its Gerak Safely campaign with up to RM100 in savings. The campaign, from now unti...
Drive-in cinemas regaining popularity across US
08 May 2020
NEW YORK: The team behind the Tribeca Film Festival is organising a summer film series across the United States at drive-in theatres, which are experiencing a renaissance thanks to...
Take a tour of Audi's design laboratory
08 May 2020
INGOLSTADT: Use your smartphone, tablet or PC to explore design processes at Audi with the new “Insight Audi Design” live stream as the interactive discovery tour has now been adde...
Video game developers roped in for autonomous tech
08 May 2020
LONDON: Oxbotica, a global leader in autonomous vehicle software, is employing world-leading video game developers who have worked on some of the highest-rated titles of the last d...
BMW i high-voltage batteries: Modular design, modular swap
08 May 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: A key concern for electrified vehicle ownership is the repair and replacement of the battery cells. The BMW high-voltage battery presents solutions to concerns aro...
Tesla's Musk delays release of Roadster, global plant shutdo...
08 May 2020
SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk said in a podcast interview released on Thursday that the company’s planned Roadster sports car would take a backseat to the development of o...
Banks could face modification loss of RM4.4b on HP instalmen...
08 May 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Maybank Investment Bank Research estimates the one-off “Day One” provision, or modification loss under MFRS 9, following the banks’ decision not to charge additional ...