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  Grab in talks to buy foodpanda for RM5 billion

  21 September 2023 / 28 comments

  The company that owns foodpanda is reportedly in talks to sell off the Asian side of its food delivery service business to Grab. German multi-national online food ordering and food delivery company Delivery Hero has […]

   

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  2024 Volkswagen Tiguan – third-gen SUV debuts, up to 100 km electric range and DC fast charging for PHEV

  19 September 2023 / 9 comments

  Leaked last month, the 2024 Volkswagen Tiguan has now made its official debut. Underpinned by the MQB evo platform, the third-generation SUV is three cm longer than the previous iteration, while the height, width and […]

   

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  Next BMW M3 to be an EV based on Neue Klasse platform with quad-motor powertrain – 2027 debut

  19 September 2023 / 0 comments

  According to a report by Autocar, the next-generation BMW M3 will be fully electric when it arrives in 2027. To be based on the German carmaker’s Neue Klasse platform, it will arrive soon after the […]

   

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  Tesla has made its five millionth EV – milestone car is Shanghai-made Model 3; 50,000th Supercharger added

  19 September 2023 / 6 comments

  Tesla announced on September 17, 2023 via its X (formerly Twitter) page that it has produced its five millionth electric vehicle (EV). This milestone comes about 20 years after the company was incorporated in 2003, […]

   

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  BYD Atto 3 – EV crossover production hits 500k-unit mark in just 19 months after initial launch in China

  19 September 2023 / 8 comments

  BYD has reached a new milestone after the 500,000th Atto 3 rolled off the assembly line at its Hefei factory. This comes 19 months after the fully electric crossover made its launch debut in China […]

   

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  Tesla wooed by Saudi Arabia and Turkiye for factory

  18 September 2023 / 10 comments

  Work to build Tesla’s latest confirmed factory in Mexico hasn’t even started yet, but there have been many rumours flying around on where the next Tesla factory site is. Nevermind the constant tug of war […]

   

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  United Auto Workers union members in US go on strike; negotiations with GM, Ford, Stellantis stalled

  15 September 2023 / 7 comments

  Auto manufacturing workers under the United Auto Workers union in Detroit, United States have gone on strike as contract negotiations with the Big Three – General Motors, Ford and Stellantis – have stalled. The union […]

   

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  Indonesia asks Geely to help it research and build a homegrown EV by 2026, marketed as a local brand

  15 September 2023 / 22 comments

  Indonesia has reportedly asked Chinese automaker Geely to help it build a homegrown electric car by 2025 or 2026, with the brand supposedly agreeing to the request. This was revealed by senior Indonesian minister Luhut […]

   

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  Toyota Hilux GR Sport on sale in Australia – widebody, uprated suspension with 224 PS/550 Nm; RM222k

  14 September 2023 / 12 comments

  Following Toyota Australia’s debut of the Hilux GR Sport in January for the Australian market, the flagship double-cab pick-up truck has now gone on sale Down Under, priced from AUD73,990 (RM222k) before on-road costs. The […]

   

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  Peugeot e-3008 EV debuts – single- and dual-motor variants, 98 kWh battery with up to 700 km range

  13 September 2023 / 9 comments

  The Peugeot e-3008 has officially made its debut, bringing a fully electric model with three powertrain configurations across two trim variants – Allure and GT, featuring a standard single-motor, two-wheel-drive version with 157 kW (213 […]

   

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  Volkswagen ID.X Performance – 558 PS dual-motor AWD concept based on ID.7 EV, with sportier styling

  12 September 2023 / 5 comments

  Volkswagen has shown the ID.X performance, a concept car based on the ID.7 fastback flagship of the fully electric ID range. Shown at the enthusiast-organised ID. Treffen in Locarno, Switzerland, the ID.X Performance was presented […]

   

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  GAC Aion to assemble EVs in Thailand fr June 2024; up to 50 sales, service outlets in Thailand by end-2023

  12 September 2023 / 8 comments

  GAC Aion LX Plus Aion, the Chinese EV brand under the Guangzhou Automobile Corporation (GAC) has announced that it plans to assemble its first battery electric vehicles in June 2024, at the carmaker’s new factory […]

   

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  2023 Toyota Vios scores five-star ASEAN NCAP rating

  11 September 2023 / 19 comments

  The fourth-generation Toyota Vios has received a five-star rating from the New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP), with this model subject to the more comphrehensive 2021-2025 assessment protocol. The ASEAN NCAP […]

   

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  BMW iX5 Hydrogen goes hot-weather testing in UAE

  11 September 2023 / 3 comments

  The BMW iX5 Hydrogen has taken on hot-weather testing in the United Arab Emirates where it faces temperatures of up to 45 degrees Celsius, along with other factors such as sand, dust, humidity and gradients […]

   

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  Kia planning to build its first ASEAN production plant in Thailand with annual capacity of 250,000 units

  8 September 2023 / 20 comments

  According to a report by Maeil Business News Korea, Kia is considering building its first ASEAN production facility in Thailand which will have an annual capacity of 250,000 vehicles. Citing multiple sources within the Thailand […]

   

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