Latest Stories (Page 1721)
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Now in its 41st edition, the legendary Dakar Rally – formerly the Paris-Dakar Rally – flags off in Lima, Peru, this weekend. Event organisers promise the 2019 Dakar Rally will be one of “unequalled intensity” […]
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Jan 2019 week one fuel prices – petrol, diesel down
The government has announced the planned fuel price revision for the first week of January 2019, in line with the planned move back to a weekly float system. Originally slated to begin from January 1, […]
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BMW Individual M850i Night Sky uses real meteorites
BMW Individual is where you turn to when you want to make your BMW a little more special, and to showcase the depth of personalisation options, the company is presenting the new M850i Night Sky. […]
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Nissan to showcase Invisible-to-Visible tech at CES 2019 – see through buildings, weather projection
Nissan will be heading into the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2019) in Las Vegas with its Invisible-to-Visible technology, or I2V which will help drivers ‘see the invisible’, says the company. It plans to do […]
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Norway tops the electric vehicle charts globally, with nearly a third of new car sales in 2018 being pure EVs
Nearly a third of new cars sold in Norway last year were pure electric models, consolidating the Scandinavian country’s lead in electric car sales per capita globally, Reuters reports. According to statistics revealed by the […]
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Works Minister: 10,000 accidents in Malaysia caused by retreaded tyres on heavy vehicles every year
Up to 10,000 road accidents are caused by retreaded tyres used on heavy vehicles and lorries every year, said Minister of Works Baru Bian. “I am shocked that the use of retreaded tyres was the […]
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Polestar 2 gets teased – up to 483 km of range, 400 hp
With development of the Polestar 1 still underway, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Volvo Cars has now teased the arrival of the Polestar 2. Unlike the first model from the company, which is a high-performance PHEV […]
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Porsche Motorsport enters into partnership with Puma
Puma – already the favourite sports brand among car guys thanks to its association with Ferrari, Mercedes-AMG, BMW and Red Bull Racing, among other brands – has added another big carmaker to its roster. Very […]
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E-hailing drivers are not allowed to solicit for rides or wait around for passengers at airports, says JPJ
The road transport department (JPJ) says that all e-hailing drivers are prohibited from waiting or scouting around for passengers at all places, and this includes airports. It said via a statement that the prohibition is […]
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New Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport – Trackday and Competition variants, natural composite materials
We now have a new Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport, three years after the first Cayman GT4 Clubsport surfaced. It’s slightly different this time around, because the mid-engine racer comes in two versions ex-works: the […]
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C118 Mercedes-Benz CLA’s Interior Assistant teased
Mercedes-Benz has released yet another teaser for the upcoming C118 CLA ahead of the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. While the German carmaker is pretty coy about revealing the model’s exterior, it […]
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Toyota Research Institute reveals P4 autonomous driving prototype for CES – based on Lexus LS
Toyota Research Institute (TRI), Toyota’s artificial intelligence division, is returning to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year with a new autonomous driving prototype. The P4, based on the latest Lexus LS 500h, will again […]
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Lamborghini Huracan facelift teased ahead of debut
Lamborghini will soon introduce the facelifted Huracan, with the first teaser images already appearing on the company’s smartphone app. The images highlight some of the revisions that are part of the facelift, with everything else […]
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New fuel price mechanism to be revealed tomorrow
The government has apparently decided on the mechanism for fuel prices and this will be announced tomorrow, January 4, The Star reports. According to domestic trade and consumer affairs minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, […]
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OPINION: Smoking ban at eateries – should engine idling near diners also be viewed as a health hazard?
The government’s blanket move to ban smoking at eateries, coffee shops and restaurants, which came into effect at the start of the year, cannot be argued as anything but a good move from a health […]