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  2025 Honda P7 launched in China – sister EV to S7; up to 476 PS, 650 km CLTC EV range; priced from RM120k

  16 April 2025 / 1 comment

  The Honda P7 has been launched in China and is part of the Ye series of electric vehicles (EVs) announced last year. A product of the GAC Honda joint venture, the P7 has a sister […]

   

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  Next-gen Lexus ES teased ahead of Shanghai debut on April 23 – new sedan to come with PHEV, EV tech?

  16 April 2025 / 1 comment

  Lexus has announced it will unveil the all-new ES on April 23, 2025 at the upcoming Auto Shanghai. The current ES, which is in its seventh generation, made its debut in 2018 at Auto China […]

   

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  Trump might temporarily exempt auto industry from tariffs imposed to give automakers time to adjust

  16 April 2025 / 2 comments

  United States president Donald Trump has said he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector to provide automakers time to adjust their supply chains, reports Associated Press. “I’m […]

   

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  Mitsubishi pauses US shipments due to Trump’s tariffs

  16 April 2025 / 2 comments

  Mitsubishi has temporarily paused shipping cars to dealers in the United States as a result of president Donald Trump’s 25% auto tariffs, Automotive News reports. “We are holding vehicles at the port until we have […]

   

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  China to increase tariffs on US goods to 125% from 84% beginning April 12 in response to Trump’s tariffs

  11 April 2025 / 5 comments

  After United States president Donald Trump raised tariffs imposed on China to 145% on Thursday (April 10, 2025), which includes the previous fentanyl-based 20% tariff, China has now said it will increase tariffs on US […]

   

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  European Union and China looking to set minimum prices for China-made EVs instead of charging tariffs

  11 April 2025 / 8 comments

  According to a report by Reuters, the European Union (EU) and China have agreed to look into setting minimum prices for Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) instead of tariffs. Last October, the EU increased tariffs on […]

   

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  Top 20 brands in March 2025 – Perodua on top, Proton second; Mercedes-Benz ahead of BMW; Jaecoo fifth

  11 April 2025 / 11 comments

  Perodua leads the pack in terms of the number of vehicles registered for the month of March 2025 with 30,464 units, according to data released by the road transport department (JPJ) recently. This isn’t really […]

   

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  White House clarifies Trump’s tariff on most goods imported into the US from China is 145%, not 125%

  11 April 2025 / 5 comments

  On Thursday (April 10, 2025), the White House clarified that the overall tariff imposed on most goods imported into the United States from China is actually 145%, reports The New York Times. This comes after […]

   

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  2025 Volvo XC90 facelift launched in Malaysia – B5 MHEV at RM418,888, T8 PHEV RM434,888; Ultra spec

  10 April 2025 / 2 comments

  Alongside the EX90, Volvo Car Malaysia (VCM) also launched the facelifted XC90 today. Still retaining the original SPA platform, the three-row SUV received a substantial update last September and is now available in two Ultra […]

   

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  2025 Volvo EX90 launched in Malaysia – 623 km WLTP EV range; RM442,888; RM8k more than XC90 PHEV

  10 April 2025 / 4 comments

  It took a while but Volvo Car Malaysia (VCM) has finally launched the EX90 here. First revealed to the world back in November 2022, getting the electric SUV to dealerships has been a challenge globally, […]

   

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  Trump further raises tariffs on Chinese goods by 21% to 125% – over 75 countries get 10% for 90 days

  10 April 2025 / 14 comments

  Well, that didn’t take long. Mere hours after China announced it would raise tariffs on good imported from the US from 34% to 84%, United States president Donald Trump has hit back by slapping China […]

   

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  China responds to Trump’s threat of additional 50% tariff by raising its tariff on US goods from 34% to 84%

  9 April 2025 / 7 comments

  China responded to United States president Donald Trump’s threat of an additional 50% tariff on Monday (April 7, 2025) by announced it is increasing its levies on goods imported from the US to 84% from […]

   

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  Audi stops all vehicle exports to the US due to tariffs

  9 April 2025 / 1 comment

  Audi has joined Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and other brands in temporarily suspending shipment of cars to the United States due to the 25% tariff announced by president Donald Trump that came into effect on […]

   

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  Proton Group sold 13,918 units in March 2025 – 23.9% up from Feb; 35,068 units YTD; Q1 market share 18.9%

  9 April 2025 / 7 comments

  Proton has announced it delivered – as a group – 13,918 vehicles in the month of March 2025, which is a 23.9% increase from the 11,232 units reported for February 2025. The March 2025 figure […]

   

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