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  ECRL now 78.5% complete – Phase One testing, certification to begin Jun 2026, operational Jan 2027

  5 February 2025 / 2 comments

  The East Coast Rail Link‘s (ECRL) overall progress has reached 78.5% as of last month, second finance minister Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan has said, according to a Bernama report. For the first phase (Kota […]

   

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  Petrol station caught with modified pump to dispense less fuel than displayed; check sticker – Perak KPDN

  5 February 2025 / 10 comments

  @kpdn_perak ISI MINYAK BETUL KE DAPAT NILAI SAMA DENGAN YANG KITA BAYAR? #PETROL #diesel #timbang #gas #kpdnperak #kitagempur #unitmedia_kpdnperak #fendyscreative ♬ original sound – KPDN PERAK It’s something a lot of us take for granted, […]

   

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  Negeri Sembilan JPJ hauls up over 400 goods vehicles

  5 February 2025 / 1 comment

  The Negeri Sembilan road transport department (JPJ) has hauled up 405 goods vehicles for various violations in a four-day exercise targeting commercial vehicles as part of the department’s Chinese New Year special operation, Bernama reports. […]

   

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  Norway nears 100% EV goal, could be first in the world

  4 February 2025 / 9 comments

  Almost 96% of new cars registered in Norway in January were fully-electric (EV), reports AFP. According to the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV), 8,954 of the 9,343 new cars sold last month were zero-emission vehicles, and […]

   

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  GWM to launch new luxury brand – Confidence Auto

  4 February 2025 / 3 comments

  Everybody wants to go upmarket, it seems, likely pushed there by intensifying competition in the volume segments and the ensuing price war. Now Great Wall Motor (GWM) wants a piece of that caviar pie too, […]

   

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  Penang KPDN seizes 27,000 litres of smuggled diesel

  4 February 2025 / 6 comments

  The domestic trade and cost of living ministry‘s (KPDN) Penang chapter has raided a diesel smuggling syndicate’s illegal warehouse beside Sungai Perai in Sungai Lokan, seizing 27,000 litres of subsidised diesel expected to be sold […]

   

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  Proton Satria rendered – eMas 3 EV with fewer doors

  3 February 2025 / 9 comments

  Yup. Not that it’s likely to see the light of day (or will you prove us wrong, Proton?), but that hasn’t stopped rendering guru Theophilus Chin from imagining (or should we say re-imagining) a Proton […]

   

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  Proton eMas 7 EV to launch in Nepal in third week of March – Light and Max variants, RM190k-222k?

  3 February 2025 / 3 comments

  Is Nepal going to be the first stamp on the Proton eMas 7‘s passport? The above photo was recently posted on Proton Cars Nepal’s Facebook page, and TechLekh reports that the EV is expected to […]

   

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  Penang JPJ fines 14 buses without second driver

  3 February 2025 / 2 comments

  During a special operation on public service vehicles (PSV) at the Juru toll plaza last night, the Penang road transport department (JPJ) issued saman to 14 express and tour buses for not having a second […]

   

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  CIMB Securities revises up 2025 TIV forecast to 760k

  31 January 2025 / 0 comments

  Previously it foresaw 755,000 units; now CIMB Securities has revised its 2025 total industry volume (TIV) forecast slightly upwards to 760,000 units, Bernama reports. For the record, RHB Investment Bank predicts 730,000, Maybank Investment Bank […]

   

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  Fine foreign cars buying RON95, why fine us? – PDAM

  31 January 2025 / 53 comments

  Presently, if a non-Malaysian buys subsidised fuel (RON 95 petrol) at a Malaysian petrol station, the dealer can be fined up to RM1 million or jailed for three years – but the foreigner gets away […]

   

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  Nissan offering buyouts, cutting shifts at 3 US plants

  31 January 2025 / 2 comments

  In a bid to cut US$2.6 billion (RM11.5 billion) in global costs, Nissan is offering buyouts to workers and cutting back shifts at its Smyrna, Tennessee, and Canton, Mississippi vehicle assembly plants, plus its Decherd, […]

   

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  Kenanga IB maintains 805k-unit TIV forecast for 2025 amidst OMV deferment, Perodua likely to benefit most

  28 January 2025 / 0 comments

  The government has deferred to January 2026 the implementation of the Excise (Determination of Value of Locally Manufactured Goods for the Purpose of Levying Excise Duty) Regulations 2019, or for brevity’s sake, OMV/402. Full explanation […]

   

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  RHB Vehicle Financing-i (Variable Rate) Flexi Redraw – pay extra to save more, withdraw when you need to

  28 January 2025 / 0 comments

  Conventionally, the bank loan you take to finance a car purchase is a fixed-rate loan. This is pretty straightforward – your interest/profit is calculated upfront based on an unchanged rate of the amount you’re borrowing, […]

   

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  KINETA Malaysia & HK recognised for infrastructure excellence at the 4th Asia Automotive Awards

  28 January 2025 / 0 comments

  The 4th Asia Automotive Awards (AAA) has bestowed upon KINETA Malaysia & Hong Kong the ‘Automotive Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Excellence Award’ 2024 for contributions to advancing end-to-end EV charging solutions and infrastructure, and in […]

   

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