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Prospective electric vehicle owners, this is the moment you’ve been waiting for. Finance minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz announced during his Budget 2022 speech that the government is proposing to eliminate all taxes on EVs in […]
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Hyundai Kona Electric – first Malaysian official teaser
Just as it was announced in Budget 2022 that EVs will soon attract zero taxes and duties, Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) releases the first official teaser for the upcoming Hyundai Kona Electric, its first fully-electric […]
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Budget 2022: EVs in Malaysia to be completely tax free soon – zero import and excise duties, free road tax!
We’ve been waiting for the government to announce initiatives relating to electric vehicles for some time now, and during the tabling of Budget 2022 (Bajet 2022), we finally have a better idea of what they […]
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Budget 2022: SST exemption extended again to June 30, 2022 – 100% on new CKD cars, 50% for CBU
The government has announced that the current sales tax (SST) exemption for new vehicles has again been extended through to June 30, 2022. The sales tax exemption currently in place for Malaysian consumers was first […]
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Toyota bZ4X EV – up to 500 km range, co-developed with Subaru, with X-Mode AWD; to debut mid-2022
The approach taken by Toyota towards sustainable motoring has historically been one centred upon hybrid vehicles, with relatively modest headway made in terms of battery-electric vehicles – until the advent of the bZ4X, that is. […]
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2022 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV debuts – now with 20 kWh battery, 87 km EV range, more powerful e-motors
At long last, Mitsubishi has finally unveiled the new Outlander PHEV, which will go on sale in Japan from December 16 this year. Australia and New Zealand will follow after in the first half of […]
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Budget 2022 – all auto and transport-related points
Malaysia’s Budget 2022 (Bajet 2022) will be tabled by finance minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz in parliament at 4pm today. As with previous editions, we will be monitoring the finance minister’s speech […]
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2022 BMW Motorrad K-series tourers – four models, K1600GT, K1600GTL, K1600B and Grand America
Big news from BMW Motorrad, literally, as it releases four new K-series touring motorcycles – the 2022 BMW Motorrad K1600GT, K1600GTL and the K1600B. As the suffixes denote, the K1600GT is BMW Motorrad’s take on […]
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Mercedes-Benz A-Class Hatchback now indent order only in Malaysia; AMG A35 and A45S to continue
We knew this was coming the moment we found out that the Mercedes-Benz A-Class would only be assembled locally in sedan form. It has been confirmed that with the launch of the CKD V177 four-door, […]
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2022 Toyota Camry facelift to be launched in Thailand November 3 – 2.5L petrol and Hybrid, no more 2.0L
With the facelifted Toyota Camry now offered in most global markets, the refreshed D-segment sedan is finally headed to Southeast Asia next. After being launched in Singapore earlier this year as a Japanese import, the […]
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2022 Honda Civic gets five-star ASEAN NCAP rating
The New Car Assessment Programme for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) has given the latest Honda Civic a five-star rating following its latest round of testing. The Civic is Honda’s first model to undergo the […]
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2022 Range Rover debuts – fifth-generation flagship brings seven-seat layout; pure EV version in 2024
The Range Rover nameplate has evolved over recent years to spawn a whole slew of models under its own brand, but this is the big one – meet the latest iteration of the Range Rover, […]
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Yinson partners with GreenTech to develop EV charging infra in Malaysia – ChargEV to be part of JV
Yinson Green Technologies has announced that it has signed a term sheet with GreenTech Malaysia Alliances (GTMA) to cooperate on the development of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in Malaysia. Yinson said it will have […]
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W206 Mercedes-Benz C-Class coming to Malaysia soon: W205 sold out, A-Class to meet demand for now
During the launch of the CKD locally-assembled Mercedes-Benz A-Class Sedan and GLA yesterday, Mercedes-Benz Malaysia’s (MBM) head of sales and marketing Michael Jopp shed some light regarding the timeline of the larger C-Class, now that […]
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2022 Honda Civic launched in Indonesia – sole RS variant only; 178 PS and 240 Nm; priced from RM166k
While we continue to wait for the arrival of the 11th-generation Honda Civic in Malaysia, Indonesia recently joined Thailand and Singapore in launching the C-segment sedan. Just like in Singapore, only one variant of the […]