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  2025 Kawasaki Z900RS new colours for Europe

  15 August 2024 / 4 comments

  2025 Kawasaki Z900RS Ino Red Getting new colours in Europe for next year is the 2025 Kawasaki Z900RS, Kawasaki’s modern classic motorcycle. Something of a sales success for the previous distributor of Kawasaki in Malaysia, […]

   

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  KL autonomous rapid transit (ART) being considered; expanded BRT, more bus lanes also planned

  15 August 2024 / 3 comments

  Kuala Lumpur could get an autonomous rapid transit (ART) system as part of efforts to improve public transport in the Klang Valley, according to Malay Mail. These self-driving trackless trams have already undergone pilot testing […]

   

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  MyZEVA releases video guide on EV fire blanket usage

  15 August 2024 / 4 comments

  Fires involving battery-electric vehicles present different factors and therefore, risks compared to those of internal combustion engined-vehicles. One type of equipment that is aimed at handling fires of this nature is the EV fire blanket, […]

   

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  Tesla Cybertruck loses base RWD variant in the US – up to 25% price hike for other variants; now fr RM444k

  15 August 2024 / 1 comment

  When the Tesla Cybertruck was first announced back in 2019, company CEO Elon Musk said it would have a starting price of USD39,900 (about RM177k). Fast forward a couple of years to the Cybertruck’s launch […]

   

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  South Korea urges automakers to reveal sources of batteries used in EVs following series of fires

  15 August 2024 / 10 comments

  According to a report by Reuters, the South Korean government will urge automakers operating in the country to identify batteries used in their electric vehicles (EVs). This comes after a series of fires involving EVs […]

   

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  Is the Honda City still the best B-segment sedan in Malaysia? We evaluate it from a family car POV

  15 August 2024 / Comments are Disabled

  Always put yourself in the shoes of the car’s target market, and not just see it from your own point of view. That was what my former editor told me when I was learning the […]

   

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  Thailand, Indonesia still waiting on Tesla on confirmation of possible factory cancellations

  14 August 2024 / 6 comments

  A week after news broke that Tesla might be scrapping its plans to build a factory in Thailand, Malaysia or Indonesia, the respective countries are still waiting on the pre-eminent electric vehicle maker to confirm […]

   

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  Malaysian fuel prices August 2024 week three – diesel drops another 5 sen to RM3.25/litre; petrol unchanged

  14 August 2024 / 1 comment

  Here’s the weekly fuel price update in Malaysia, as the ministry of finance has announced the retail prices of fuels for the coming week of the coming week of August 15 to 21, 2024. A […]

   

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  Don’t raise the age limit for a motorcycle licence in Malaysia – it would be “discriminatory,” says PIMA

  14 August 2024 / 34 comments

  The Malaysian Driving Institute Association (PIMA) has voiced its opposition to a proposal made by a road safety expert that the government should increase the minimum age to obtain a motorcycle licence to 19. According […]

   

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  RHB variable rate financing offers you savings and flexibility to pay off car financing ahead of schedule

  14 August 2024 / Comments are Disabled

  Car buyers should be familiar with the usual auto financing products offered in the market, and most of them will take up fixed rate auto financing, which is traditionally offered by all banks. But did […]

   

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  Prasarana to get 300 vans for Demand Responsive Transit to improve first-mile, last-mile connectivity

  14 August 2024 / 7 comments

  Prasarana Malaysia will be procuring 300 new vans for its Demand Responsive Transit (DRT) service to further improve first- and last-mile connectivity for its public transport network, The Star has reported. “The decision to increase […]

   

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  Honda CR-V leads C-segment SUV sales in Malaysia from Jan-July 2024 ahead of Mazda CX-5, Proton X70

  14 August 2024 / 33 comments

  The Honda CR-V led the C-segment SUV market in terms of sales last month with a total of 980 units registered, according to data from the road transport department (JPJ). Coming in after the CR-V […]

   

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  Proton, Perodua sales expected to increase when civil service salary hike is made, says Aminvestment Bank

  14 August 2024 / 18 comments

  AmInvestment Bank expects demand in the automotive sector to increase this year once the salary hike adjustments for civil servants, announced by the government in May, is made. It said this is because 1.5 million […]

   

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  Selangor wants Tesla to invest in R&D centre as part of plans to expand in Asia – MB Amirudin Shari

  14 August 2024 / 14 comments

  Selangor chief minister Amirudin Shari said the state welcomes Tesla to build a research and development centre, Berita Harian reported. This would be a continuation of the investment the pre-eminent electric vehicle maker has already […]

   

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  2025 Zeekr 007 – 75 kWh Golden Brick battery, claimed world’s fastest-charging EV; 10-80% in 10.5 minutes

  14 August 2024 / 3 comments

  Image by Autohome First officially unveiled in November last year, the Zeekr 007 gets its market launch in China as a 2025-year model where it features the new 75 kWh ‘Golden Brick’ lithium iron phosphate […]

   

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