SHAH ALAM: UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has unveiled the Toyota Yaris G Limited that is enhanced with sportier looks and performance. Limited to 600 units and drawing inspiration from Toyotas extensive history in motorsports, the G Limited variant comes with on-the-road without insurance price of RM99,600. The G Limited variants performance add-ons over the standard [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: BMW Malaysia today unveiled the new BMW iX3 Final Edition, now with additional M Performance equipment complementing the M Sport package, further enhancing the athletic appearance of the SUV. It is priced at RM299,800 for a 2-year unlimited mileage manufacturer warranty. The optional 5-year extended warranty and service package will add RM 19,800 [...]

BEIJING: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has locked in 75,723 orders for its sporty SU7 electric sedan as of April 24, and aims to deliver over 10,000 units in June, founder Lei Jun said today. The delivery target sets a record for an electric vehicle (EV) startup, Lei said during an event on the first media [...]

BEIJING: Chinese electric vehicle (EV) battery maker CATL today unveiled a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery with a driving range of more than 1,000km on a single charge. The Shenxing Plus is the worlds first LFP battery boasting such a range, chief technology officer Gao Huan of CATLs e-car division said on the first media [...]

BEIJING: Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker XPeng today said its software and artificial intelligence training upgrades will enter a super fast cycle from May, and that it hopes use of its platform will expand to other Asian countries and Europe. He Xiaopeng, founder and CEO of the automaker backed by Germanys Volkswagen, said software will [...]

BEIJING: Nissan Motor and Mazda Motor unveiled new cars tailored for Chinese drivers today, signalling a fresh push by Japanese automakers to regain ground in the worlds largest auto market. The models, including some concept cars, were introduced at the Beijing auto show and mark an attempt to better respond to demand from Chinese consumers [...]

LONDON: Mercedes has revealed its latest addition to the EV market with the EQG ??? an electric version of the firm???s iconic G-Class. The electric version will come with a 116kWh lithium-ion battery pack and will give a claimed range of 294 miles on a single charge. The vehicle uses 200kW DC charging, too, enabling [...]

BEIJING: Mercedes Benzs China chief said today the company would continue to invest in tie-ups with Chinese partners like Internet firm Baidu, noting China was crucial to its global strategy. China was the most dynamic new energy vehicle market, Hubertus Troska said at a press conference on the opening day of the Beijing autoshow that [...]

JAECOO Malaysia recently put its upcoming J7 premium sports utility vehicle (SUV) to the test at the Malaysia 4WD Training and Experience Centre (M4TREC) in Semenyih where members of the media experienced its off-roading prowess. To recap, what is known so far about the J7 is that it will come in both front- and all-wheel-drive [...]

After having driven and tested a swarm of SUVs, it???s good to be sitting a few pegs lower to the asphalt in the next test car. The Hyundai Ioniq 6 sedan answered that call. The fully imported Ioniq 6 rolled into Malaysia in July 2023 with two top variants. Less than two month later, Hyundai [...]

An image of the Denza Z9GT model, released by Chinas Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). BEIJING: Chinese EV maker BYD will showcase its premium brands first sedan at the Beijing auto show from today, in a challenge to the likes of Germanys Mercedes-Benz which three years ago pulled out of the brands development [...]

BEIJING: Volkswagen AG will start sales of a new electric-vehicle brand in China kitted out with gadgets like an in-car avatar to help win back young buyers it has lost to the likes of BYD Co. The ID.UX sub-brand will include features that Chinese customers have come to expect, according to the VW brand???s China [...]

TOKYO: Scandal-hit Toyota Motor subsidiary Daihatsu aims to fully resume developing vehicles by as early as the end of this year, the president of the compact carmaker told reporters, adding that he saw opportunities in South America and Africa. Daihatsu last year said it had rigged safety tests for some 88,000 small cars, most of [...]

BEIJING: Lamborghini SpA unveiled a hybrid version of its bestselling Urus SUV on April 24, in a bid to diversify its range without going fully electric. The 2025 Lamborghini Urus SE pairs a twin-turbo V8 engine with an electric motor for a total of 789hp and 952Nm of torque to blast down the highway. It???s [...]

CYBERJAYA: Teslas latest Model 3 Performance is launched globally today and available for order on Tesla Malaysia official website. Priced from RM242,000, the Model 3 Performance joins the existing Model 3 line-up of Rear-Wheel Drive and Long Range variants priced from RM189,000 and RM218,000 respectively in Malaysia. Vehicle delivery is estimated at the second quarter [...]

AUSTIN: Tesla said on Tuesday it would introduce new models by early 2025 using its current platforms and production lines as it retreated from more ambitious plans to produce an all-new model that had been expected to cost US$25,000 (RM120,000). The talk of new offerings on a faster timeline sent Tesla shares soaring in after-hours [...]

PETALING JAYA: The Yamaha NVX is now available in four new colours: Blue & Bronze for the standard version, and Cyan Sky & Premium Navy for the ABS version. The scooter in the new colour selection will be available at all authorised Yamaha dealers nationwide starting from today, with a recommended retail price of RM9,998 [...]

LONDON: MG Motor has confirmed that Jozef Kaban has joined the company, accepting the role of Vice President at the company???s Global Design Centre. Kaban is tasked to develop MG???s global design language and joins the company at an exciting time, with MG celebrating its 100th anniversary and the arrival of the high-performance Cyberster EV [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: The retail prices of RON97 and RON95 petrol and diesel will remain unchanged for the period from April 25-May 1. The Finance Ministry, in a statement today, said that RON97 petrol remains at RM3.47 per litre, RON95 (RM2.05) and diesel (RM2.15). The weekly retail prices of the products were set based on the [...]

BENGALURU: Teslas humanoid robot is still in the lab, but it may be ready to sell as soon as the end of next year, chief executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday. Several companies have been betting on humanoid robots to meet potential labor shortages and perform repetitive tasks that could be dangerous or tedious in [...]

ALOR SETAR: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) slapped summonses on three express bus drivers for making video calls and live TikTok videos while driving. Kedah JPJ deputy director Shahrul Azhar Mat Dali said the three drivers, aged between 52 and 54, were caught committing the offences by personnel going undercover as passengers on April 1 [...]

Singapore rolled out a similar system for cars passing through Singapore???s Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints in March. ??? The Straits Times/ANN SINGAPORE: Factory workers commuting to Singapore from across the Causeway may soon enjoy shorter commutes when the pilot of a new immigration clearance system is launched in June. The system, which will be managed [...]

BEIJING: Xiaomi has secured locked-in orders for more than 70,000 of its SU7 electric cars as of Saturday and the company intends to keep its automotive business 100% focused on the Chinese market for the next three years, founder Lei Jun said on Tuesday. The smartphone maker is targeting more than 100,000 deliveries for the [...]

GENEVA: China is sending another new radical electric SUV into the European fray in the shape of the brawny MHero 1 from Dongfeng. Standing at at just under five metres long, the new off-roader is not only one of the biggest of its kind, but also stands out from the crowd with its martial design. [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Leveraging more than a decade of partnership, Continental Tyres and Brabus teamed up to test the limits of the newly-launched, made-for-APAC (Asia-Pacific) sporty tyres, MaxContact MC7, at Continental???s world-renown testing facility Contidrom. Using the legendary Brabus 750 Bodo Buschmann Edition 1 of 25, the test showcases the tyres??? prowess in maximum control and [...]

LONDON: Aston Martin remains committed to physical controls in its cars following customer feedback, one of the firm???s development bosses has stated. Neil Hughes, head of product management at Aston Martin, says that it was hard to put craftsmanship on a touchscreen and that he thought the car industry had reached peak touchscreen. I think [...]

BANGKOK: Chery Automobile, an electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer from China, was recently granted promotional privileges to establish a production facility in Thailand by the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI). Chery is the 8th EV maker from China to be approved following BYD, MG, Great Wall Motor, Changan Automobile, GAC Aion, NETA and Foton, Narit Therdsteerasukdi, [...]

FRANKFURT: China is set to change the map of global automaking by stepping up electric-car exports that will intensify mass-market competition, according to the International Energy Agency. Companies like BYD Co. and SAIC Motor Corp.-owned MG produced more than half of all electric cars sold last year, the IEA said in its annual electric vehicle [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia???s new vehicle sales slid 10% to 71,052 units in March 2024 from 78,881 units in March 2023, according to the latest Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) statistics. Sales in March last year hit a record high, due to the fulfilment of bookings made during a sales exemption period that expired on March 31, [...]

LONDON: Electric car sales will rise strongly in 2024 despite economic headwinds in some markets, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast today, but affordability and charging infrastructure will be key to future growth. Electric car sales will hit 17 million this year, compared to 14 million in 2023, with more than one in five cars [...]

BEIJING: The Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, set for April 25, will feature the debut of Jaecoos new plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), the J7 and J8. This marks Jaecoos entry into the new energy market. Jaecoo, which launched globally last April, has successfully entered over a dozen international markets, including Eastern Europe, Mexico, South Africa, [...]

SEOUL: Hyundai has announced the launch of what it claims as the world???s first Nano Cooling Film, a vehicle window tint designed to enhance interior cooling efficiency significantly over traditional tint films. This product uses a nanostructure that optimises heat dissipation, making it particularly effective in hot, dry climates. The film is most effective at [...]

PRAGUE: ??koda Auto has launched its own brand of sustainable coffee, named Curiosity Fuel, across its Czech plants, promoting environmentally responsible practices. The coffee is sourced from family farms in India and Tanzania, adhering to Rainforest Alliance principles, which ensure fair wages, ecological responsibility, and local biodiversity preservation. The initiative is part of ??kodas broader [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: smart Malaysia unveiled the upcoming smart #3 electric vehicle (EV) at KL Car-Free Morning Programme, held at Dataran DBKL coinciding with World Earth Day on Sunday. The collaboration between smart Malaysia and Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) through the??KL Car-Free Morning Programme represents the EV distributors ongoing efforts to enhance urban mobility. In [...]

SHANGHAI: Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD said today its electrified pickup truck will be called Shark and will feature a plug-in hybrid system called Dual Mode Off-Road (DMO), which it developed for improving off-road driving experiences. BYD made the statement on its Weibo account but did not disclose the price for the truck. The announcement [...]

LONDON: Aston Martin has introduced a revised version of its DBX707 performance SUV, bringing a newly designed infotainment system to its range-topping model. Crucially, Aston Martin has also removed the standard DBX from its range, leaving the 707 as the single option in the brand???s SUV range. It retains the 4.0-litre turbocharged V8 engine of [...]

PETALING JAYA: Honda Malaysia will launch the New City Hatchback which gets new upgrades in its overall looks and appearance in the second quarter of this year. The facelifted model will have a more dynamic design with the e:HEV RS variant boasting a shar

STUTTGART: Porsche AG has announced the addition of two new models to its Cayenne line-up, the Cayenne GTS and Cayenne GTS Coup??, finalising the range that underwent significant revisions in 2023. These latest iterations highlight a blend of heightened performance and everyday usability, with a focus on delivering a more dynamic driving experience. At the [...]

SYDNEY: Tesla Inc.???s weekend move to slash prices across its range in China risks triggering a new round in the nation???s bruising price war, with Li Auto Inc. immediately responding with discounts and cash rebates on new models. Li Auto announced today price cuts of about 6-7% across its lineup, with the L7 five-seat sport [...]

LONDON: Automakers from General Motors to Volvo Cars, alongside utilities and charging app operators are calculating their financial cut as EVs that allow their owners to sell power back to grids become a more realistic prospect. Bidirectional, or vehicle-to-grid (V2G), charging lets EV owners charge at overnight off-peak rates then sell power back to grids [...]