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  Service your car from RM188 with fully synthetic oil at myTukar Service Centre for smoother, safer journeys

  20 September 2023 / 0 comments

  Is your car due for an oil change service soon? Or are you due to make a long road trip, perhaps to balik kampung or even go on a short getaway trip? Why not try […]

   

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  DC Handal – new EV chargepoint operator in town? Kempower chargers sighted at UOA Glenmarie

  19 September 2023 / 2 comments

  We sighted these new KemPower DC chargers under construction at UOA Business Park Glenmarie where our office is. These four “satellite” points are located in the middle of the ground floor open air parking area, […]

   

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  Tesla wooed by Saudi Arabia and Turkiye for factory

  18 September 2023 / 9 comments

  Work to build Tesla’s latest confirmed factory in Mexico hasn’t even started yet, but there have been many rumours flying around on where the next Tesla factory site is. Nevermind the constant tug of war […]

   

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  Great Wall Ora R1 – data shows one unit registered in 2022, is the Ora Black Cat coming to Malaysia?

  14 September 2023 / 5 comments

  Here’s something we stumbled upon while trawling through the JPJ registration data on the MAMPU’s data.gov.my portal. It appears there was a single unit of the Great Wall Ora R1 registered sometime in 2022. We’re […]

   

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  Toyota Alphard vs Vellfire – which “face” of this popular luxe MPV do Malaysians buy more?

  14 September 2023 / 46 comments

  The Malaysian T20 group absolutely love their Alphards and Vellfires. Its spaciousness and comfort makes it immensely popular all the way from the lower end of the T20 bracket to the upper end with some […]

   

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  Perodua Alza vs Toyota Veloz – which one sells more?

  13 September 2023 / 30 comments

  We have covered this ‘Alza vs Veloz‘ topic pretty in-depth in Malaysia. Both essentially part of the same family, The single-spec Toyota Veloz is nearly RM20,000 more expensive than the range topping version of its […]

   

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  How many grey import Teslas are there in Malaysia?

  13 September 2023 / 7 comments

  Tesla Malaysia is only expected to put the first officially imported Teslas on the road later this year with the Tesla Model 3 Highland, but there are already a lot of Teslas running around on […]

   

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  data.gov.my now offers JPJ registration data – check out how popular your car is by monthly registration

  13 September 2023 / 31 comments

  MAMPU’s data.gov.my portal now has JPJ registration data by make and model, monthly all the way from the year 2000 to the latest August 2023 data. A few things to note – the data reflects […]

   

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  Grey import Tesla built-in eSIM now works in M’sia?

  10 September 2023 / 3 comments

  It appears that Malaysia has been added to the list of countries where Tesla’s built in M2M eSIM works, as discovered by a parallel import Tesla owner today. A lot of parallel import Teslas have […]

   

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  Peugeot e-3008 EV previewed, to be unveiled Sept 12

  8 September 2023 / 8 comments

  Peugeot has decided to release a few preview photos of the upcoming Peugeot e-3008, an electric version of its 3008 SUV. It will make its public debut in France on September 12 2023. No tech […]

   

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