Latest Stories (Page 167)

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  Top 20 EV models in Jan 2025 – Proton eMas 7 straight to top, BYD Sealion 7 in second, Tesla falls off the list

  12 February 2025 / 11 comments

  In the opening month of its first full year of sales, the Proton eMas 7 has emerged as the best-selling electric vehicle (EV) in January 2025. The carmaker’s first EV was launched here in December […]

   

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  MoT clarifies new vehicle inspection appointments – chosen based on financial stability, not age/experience

  12 February 2025 / 9 comments

  The ministry of transport’s (MoT) appointment of three new non-Puspakom vehicle inspection companies on Friday led to lots of speculation on why those specific firms – which apparently had either only been recently incorporated or […]

   

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  PLUS to start pilot testing of its own gateless gantry toll system in April; system to be linked to JPJ – report

  12 February 2025 / 9 comments

  This has been talked about for a very long time, but are we finally going to see something soon? Astro Awani writes, citing a report by The Edge, that several highway concessionaires are taking it […]

   

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  Omoda C9 PHEV sighted in Malaysia – petrol-electric version of D-segment SUV to be launched soon?

  12 February 2025 / 2 comments

  Launched in Malaysia last December with a 2.0 litre turbocharged petrol powertrain, the Omoda C9 has been sighted in Malaysia as a plug-in hybrid variant, courtesy of an image shared to the paultan.org Automotive/Car Discussion […]

   

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  Gov’t denies up to 30% price hike for CKD cars, bikes in 2026 – OMV/402 excise revision still being reviewed

  12 February 2025 / 13 comments

  Click to enlarge The government has responded to the open market value (OMV) excise duty revision quandary that has the local car and motorcycle industry up in arms. The finance ministry (MoF), together with the […]

   

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  Wawasan Bintang, Pakatan Petroleum, Beriman Gold – who are these new alternatives to Puspakom?

  12 February 2025 / 9 comments

  Last Friday, the transport ministry (MoT) announced the appointment of three new motor vehicle inspection services (PPKM) besides Puspakom. Transport minister Anthony Loke said that these appointments were made in line with the results of […]

   

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  Togg T10X EV SUV is Turkish president’s gift to Anwar

  12 February 2025 / 7 comments

  The Togg electric vehicle (EV) that Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has gifted Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as a symbol of the two countries’ friendship is a white T10X SUV, Bernama reports. […]

   

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  Up to 20% price increase on kapchais in 2026 will burden B40 – MMSDA urges review of OMV/402 issue

  10 February 2025 / 10 comments

  In January, it was confirmed by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) that government had provided a deferment for the implementation of the Excise (Determination of Value of Locally Manufactured Goods for the Purpose of Levying […]

   

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  Melaka JPJ to focus on heavy vehicle overloading

  10 February 2025 / 3 comments

  The Melaka state road transport department (JPJ) will be intensifying enforcement on heavy vehicle overloading, as the offence of overloading vehicles has been identified as one of the most common offences, Bernama has reported. Vehicle […]

   

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  Proton hands over S70 patrol car to Muallim police

  10 February 2025 / 4 comments

  Proton has handed over a S70 to the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) for use by the Muallim district police as a patrol car. The handover ceremony took place following the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction […]

   

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  JPJ eBid: JXT and QDC number plates up for bidding

  10 February 2025 / 0 comments

  JPJ has announced that JXT and QDC are the next number plate series to go up for bidding on its online auction platform, JPJ eBid. Johor’s latest running number series is ‘JXT’, and it will […]

   

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  Use of dummy seatbelt buckles a worrying trend – JPJ

  10 February 2025 / 24 comments

  Despite the dangers of using dummy seatbelt buckles, there are still those that continue to do so. As reported by Bernama, Negeri Sembilan road transport department (JPJ) director Hanif Yusabra Yusuf said this is a […]

   

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  Anwar receives Togg EV as gift from Turkish president

  10 February 2025 / 9 comments

  Prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has received a Togg electric vehicle (EV) as a gift from Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to Harian Metro. “I can use (the car) as long as I […]

   

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  PLUS supports highway peak hour lorry ban – signs on the North-South Highway, NKVE and Elite are up

  10 February 2025 / 6 comments

  Click to enlarge PLUS is supporting the government’s move to ban big lorries on highways to and from Kuala Lumpur during peak hours, starting from February 19. “PLUS supports the government’s initiative to implement the […]

   

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  Dynamic AI proposed for tackling of traffic congestion

  10 February 2025 / 5 comments

  A dynamic artificial intelligence (AI) system has been proposed to facilitate road usage restrictions which adapt to real-time traffic conditions with the aim of resolving peak-hour traffic congestion, New Straits Times has reported. “What if […]

   

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