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Tesla rival sets out to banish 160-year-old lead tech from c...
24 February 2020
TALLINN: Your sleek new Tesla Model S or electronic BMW has a distinctly 19th century feature that you may not be aware of, among its batteries. A company in Estonia wants to chang...
Czinger Vehicles reveals 21C hypercar
24 February 2020
LOS ANGELES: Czinger Vehicles has revealed the full specifications of its groundbreaking 21C hypercar, of which just 80 will be built. The reveal includes an in-depth look a...
VW teases 'high-tech' eighth-gen Golf GTI designed for the d...
24 February 2020
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen announced that the eighth-generation Golf GTI will be making its world premiere in a few weeks at the Geneva Motor Show. With just a few weeks to go until ...
Honda price hike not a result of current govt policy, says m...
24 February 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Finance said on Sunday that the National Automotive Policy (NAP) 2020 did not result in last week's increase in the price of three Honda models. It...
Self-driving car companies complain California test data may...
24 February 2020
LOS ANGELES: Developers of self-driving cars are amping up criticism of a California reporting requirement on test data, saying the data could mislead, as the state prepares to rel...
Retiree wins BMW Z4 in Quill Auto contest
23 February 2020
PETALING JAYA: Retiree Wong Ngai Chee was picked as the grand prize winner of the Quill Automobiles’ X Marks The Future Contest, driving home a shiny new BMW Z4 sDrive30i M Sport. ...
Every Volvo 90 and 60 Series model now available as a mild h...
23 February 2020
GOTHENBURG: Volvo says its entire "90" and "60" lineups, along with the XC40, are now available as mild hybrids, which come with a 48-volt mild hybrid powertrain. The announceme...
Upcoming Apex concept model's AR display can 'gamify' racetr...
23 February 2020
HONG KONG: In just a few weeks at the Geneva Motor Show, Apex Motors will be unveiling its latest high-tech, high-performance concept car: the AP-0. Though the model will be equ...
Honda's Philippine unit to close plant
23 February 2020
MANILA: The Philippine unit of Honda Motor Co Ltd said on Saturday its production facility will shut down next month, as the Japanese automaker struggles to shore up global automob...
NAP 2020 to focus on growing automotive industry, support B3...
21 February 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Automotive Policy 2020 (NAP 2020) has set highly ambitious targets including expanding the economic contribution of the local automotive industry to RM10...
Third national car project still awaiting investors, says PM
21 February 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Investment by the private sector is being sought for the third national car project, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed during the launch of the National Aut...
More clarity and incentives needed in NAP 2020, say auto mak...
21 February 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Automotive Policy 2020 (NAP 2020) needs to provide more clarity on incentives for investors and support for energy efficient vehicles such as hybrids, sa...
Feb 22-28: RON95 and RON97 petrol prices up 2 sen
21 February 2020
Modenas to debut re-badged Kawasaki Ninja 250
21 February 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Motosikal dan Enjin Nasional (Modenas) has officially partnered with Kawasaki to debut a new motorcycle based on the Ninja 250 that is also sold in Japan as well as N...
MINI Countryman Blackheath Edition introduced
21 February 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: MINI, the compact premium automotive brand, has introduced the new MINI Countryman Blackheath Edition in Malaysia priced at RM253,888 (on-the-road without insurance)....
Motorsports-themed hotel launched in Port Dickson
21 February 2020
PORT DICKSON: If regular hotels have become too run-off-the mill for your liking, try out Hype Motorsports Hotel in Teluk Kemang, Port Dickson that gives a motor racing theme. T...
BMW 330e gets Touring variant
21 February 2020
MUNICH: BMW's 330e Saloon plugin-hybrid will no longer be lonely in the coming months. The German automaker based in Munich will soon be welcoming a Touring (wagon) variant to t...
Hyundai and Kia create predictive, connected, automatically ...
21 February 2020
SEOUL: When a slew of car components like the infotainment system and driver assist tools can be powered by smart tech, why not the gear shift, too? On Monday, Hyundai Motor Gro...
B20 biodiesel rollout: Fleet operators lament added costs
21 February 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: The impending rollout of the national B20 biodiesel programme in the transportation sector will lead to higher costs, which is coming at a critical time for the logis...
Daimler slims down Mercedes management in efficiency drive
21 February 2020
FRANKFURT: German cars and trucks maker Daimler said it would revamp the management of its finance, production and development portfolios to remove duplicate layers between Mercede...