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  Harsher penalties for harming other road users – IGP

  4 May 2020 / 5 comments

  Inspector-general of police (IGP) Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador hopes that motorists who ignore the safety and cause the death of other road users will face harsher penalties, Bernama reported, following an incident where a […]

   

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  Auto Bavaria operations resume on May 4 – new SOPs

  4 May 2020 / 1 comment

  Auto Bavaria has announced that its business operations will resume on May 4, with stricter standard operating procedures (SOP; in compliance with government’s guidelines) implemented across all its dealerships nationwide. That means its sales and […]

   

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  OPINION: Tech expediency is key to crises response

  4 May 2020 / 1 comment

  When the prime minister said that the Covid-19 pandemic situation has created “new norms” – he was spot on. Over the past few weeks, we experienced that first hand. When the movement control order (MCO) […]

   

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  Proton to resume sales and production from May 5

  4 May 2020 / 2 comments

  Following the announcement of the conditional movement control order (CMCO) on Labour Day, Proton has revealed it will gradually restart operations from May 5, covering both sales and production. Prior to this, the company temporarily […]

   

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  Finance minister asks BNM and banks to reconsider charging interest on HP loans in 6-month moratorium

  2 May 2020 / 48 comments

  Finance minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz has waded into the issue regarding banks charging interest on paused hire purchase (HP) loan payments (or profit from fixed-rate Islamic financing) in the government announced six-month […]

   

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  Mini EV X2 in Malaysia – electric citycar, just RM13.8k?

  1 May 2020 / 80 comments

  This cutesy little car has been going viral in Malaysia’s social media space, even amidst breaking news such as the banks’ U-turn on not charging interest on car loans over the moratorium period, and even […]

   

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  May 2020 week one fuel price – no change in pricing

  1 May 2020 / 19 comments

  It’s Friday, which means it’s time for the regular weekly fuel price update. There is no change in the price of all fuels for the coming May 2-8 week, which is good news for those […]

   

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  Conditional MCO: Almost all economic sectors and businesses will be allowed to resume from May 4 – PM

  1 May 2020 / 26 comments

  The government has announced that it will allow the reopening of almost all economic sectors and business activities from Monday, May 4. Under a new conditional aspect to the movement control order (MCO), which will […]

   

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  MAA reduces TIV forecast for 2020 from 607,000 units to 400,000 units as a result of Covid-19 and the MCO

  1 May 2020 / 19 comments

  In light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) has revised its total industry volume (TIV) forecast for 2020, lowering it from the 607,000 units it projected in January to 400,000 units, […]

   

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  Banks to charge interest on paused HP loan payments in 6-month moratorium – pay it over the rest of tenure

  30 April 2020 / 83 comments

  In an announcement by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), hire purchase loans and fixed-rate Islamic financing will come with additional interest charges after the six-month moratorium that is effective from April 1 to September 30 this […]

   

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  Volvo serves redundancy notices to 1,300 in Sweden

  30 April 2020 / 3 comments

  Volvo is serving notices of redundancy to 1,300 of its staff in white-collar positions at its operations in Sweden, along with a continued review and reduction of consultancy contracts, the Swedish automaker said in a […]

   

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  Thailand auto production could fall by 50% this year

  30 April 2020 / 7 comments

  Thailand’s auto production is expected to take big tumble of 37% to 1.33 million units this year, and according to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) auto club, the drop could be as bad as […]

   

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  Cycle & Carriage Bintang’s Mercedes-Benz Star Mobile service available to customers during MCO period

  30 April 2020 / 2 comments

  Cycle & Carriage Bintang (C&C) is offering customers in the Klang Valley a more convenient way to have their Mercedes-Benz vehicles serviced right at their doorstep during the movement control order (MCO) with the Mercedes-Benz […]

   

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  Volvo Ara Damansara service centre reopens for business – contactless drop-off, appointments only

  30 April 2020 / 2 comments

  Sime Darby Swedish Auto’s Volvo 3S centre in Ara Damansara is reopening for business after temporarily shutting its doors to comply with the movement control order (MCO). The company has now received approval from the […]

   

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  2020 MotoGP: CEO Ezpeleta plans July – Nov season

  30 April 2020 / 0 comments

  Having had racing schedules for 2020 thrown awry by the spread of Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdowns and prohibition on mass public gatherings, Dorna chief executive officer Carmelo Ezpeleta announced the cancellation of three Grands […]

   

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