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  2025 Proton X50 facelift – full gallery of Flagship variant with big spoiler, two-tone interior, sunroof

  19 September 2025 / 0 comments

  Launched in July, the 2025 Proton X50 facelift has wasted no time finding buyers. With sales now well over the 5,000-unit mark, the heavily-facelifted model is Malaysia’s most popular SUV at present. And why wouldn’t […]

   

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  Make sure your MyKad chip works, in order to unlock subsidised RON95 petrol at RM1.99 a litre – Saifuddin

  19 September 2025 / 17 comments

  You’ve all seen the recent viral video, so you know that your Malaysian identity card (MyKad) is soon going to be needed if you want to buy subsidised RON 95 petrol at RM1.99 a litre […]

   

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  Four bus passengers fined for not wearing seat belts

  19 September 2025 / 1 comment

  Four express bus passengers were fined for not wearing seat belts during a special crackdown on commercial vehicles by the Kuala Lumpur road transport department (JPJ KL) at the southbound Sungai Besi toll plaza yesterday, […]

   

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  32 imported vehicles seized for warehouse overstay

  18 September 2025 / 10 comments

  Kuala Lumpur Customs (JKDM KL) has seized 32 imported cars for being warehoused beyond the allowed 48 months without import duties fully paid, Bernama reports. JKDM KL director Wan Norizan Wan Daud said the seizure […]

   

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  Nissan to close California, Sao Paulo design studios, downscale London, Japan ops by end-fiscal 2025

  18 September 2025 / 1 comment

  Nissan has announced that it will close its design studios in California and Sao Paulo, and downscale its operations in London and Japan, by the end of fiscal 2025 as part of a realignment of […]

   

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  Ford to cut up to 1,000 jobs at Cologne EV factory

  17 September 2025 / 1 comment

  Ford has announced that from January, its historic Cologne, Germany plant – which now makes only EVs – will downscale from two shifts to one due to low European demand for its EVs, resulting in […]

   

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  100,000 goods, public land transport company vehicles can get RON95 petrol subsidies under SKPS

  17 September 2025 / 3 comments

  An estimated 100,000 goods and public land transport company vehicles nationwide are eligible for RON 95 petrol subsidies under the Subsidised Petrol Control System (SKPS), based on the integration of SKPS data with the road […]

   

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  Mercedes-Benz C200 AMG Line launched in Malaysia – CKD, 19-inch AMG alloys, 360 camera, RM292,888

  10 September 2025 / 10 comments

  Joining the C200 Avantgarde and C350e AMG Line in the non-AMG W206 C-Class sedan range in Malaysia is the Mercedes-Benz C200 AMG Line. Priced at RM292,888, OTR before insurance for Peninsular Malaysia, the vehicle is […]

   

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  SIB Mili, Sarawak Skills sign MoU on EV, hybrid training – Kuching service centre to be established

  10 September 2025 / 2 comments

  Sapura Industrial Berhad subsidiary SIB Mili has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sarawak Skills Development Centre to advance the state’s EV and hybrid service training. SIB Mili said in a release that under […]

   

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  MITI finalising New Customised Incentive Mechanism

  10 September 2025 / 5 comments

  The investment, trade and industry ministry (MITI) is finalising the New Customised Incentive Mechanism (NCM), Bernama reports. NCM is a vehicle tax and incentive system that’s expected to be fixed, fairer and more transparent than […]

   

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  Euro 5 petrol rollout postponed one year to Sep 2026

  9 September 2025 / 7 comments

  As was reported in November, Malaysia was meant to roll out Euro 5 petrol in September 2025 ahead of full implementation by 2027, but based on a letter from the department of environment (DOE) to […]

   

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  27 EV, hybrid fires reported in Malaysia since 2023

  9 September 2025 / 9 comments

  The Malaysian fire and rescue department (Bomba) has recorded 27 cases of fires involving EVs and hybrids from 2023 to July this year, with an annual average of 10 cases, The Edge reports, citing Bernama. […]

   

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  CATL Shenxing Pro LFP battery unveiled for Europe – up to 758 km WLTP, 830 kW, 1,000,000-km lifespan

  9 September 2025 / 3 comments

  CATL has unveiled its Shenxing Pro LFP EV battery at the ongoing IAA Mobility 2025 in Munich. Equipped with CATL’s proprietary NP (No Propagation) 3.0 tech, the company touts safety, fast charging, long life, long […]

   

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  Malaysia now has over 4,100 EV chargers nationwide

  9 September 2025 / 3 comments

  Malaysia now has at least 4,100 public EV chargers nationwide, deputy prime minister and energy transition and water transformation minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof has said, according to a Bernama report. The national target is […]

   

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  Twelve24 team sets new Malaysia Book of Records entry for longest non-stop drive – 1,660 km in 22 hours

  8 September 2025 / 20 comments

  A four-driver team calling themselves Twelve24 has entered the Malaysia Book of Records for the longest non-stop drive. Armed with an FK8 Honda Civic Type R, a BP Mazda 3, an XE30 Lexus IS300 F […]

   

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