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  Toyota unveils 16 EVs to accelerate carbon neutrality – RM298 billion investment, 3.5 million EV sales by 2030

  14 December 2021 / 12 comments

  It seems like a past not too distant – just two months ago, in fact – when Toyota was accused of slowing the industry’s transition to fully electric vehicles by an EV advocacy group in […]

   

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  Toyota reveals four new bZ concepts – EV compact, mid-size and large SUVs, four-door sedan previewed

  14 December 2021 / 3 comments

  Toyota president Akio Toyoda dropped a bombshell today by announcing the carmaker’s strategy for achieving carbon neutrality, with a specific focus on battery electric vehicles (BEVs). At a media briefing held at the soon-to-be-closed Mega […]

   

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  Toyota reportedly developing new mid-engine sports car with Suzuki, Daihatsu – MR2 successor coming?

  14 December 2021 / 5 comments

  According to a report by Japan’s Best Car Web, Toyota is rumoured to be working with Suzuki and Daihatsu to jointly develop a new mid-engine sports car, which will make its debut by 2025. The […]

   

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  2022 Subaru Solterra full comprehensive walk-around

  14 December 2021 / 2 comments

  The Boxer engine and symmetrical all-wheel drive system have long been cruxes of the Subaru brand. It’s the maverick in an industry that largely favours the straight engine and front-wheel drive setup. But as progress […]

   

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  2022 Genesis G90 interior and specs revealed – long and standard wheelbase; 3.5L turbo V6 mild hybrid

  14 December 2021 / 7 comments

  Last month, Genesis showed off the exterior of the second-generation G90, which is its flagship luxury sedan that looks to take on big names like the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and BMW 7 Series. Now, the luxury […]

   

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  2023 Honda Civic Type R undergoes development testing at Suzuka Circuit – hot hatch debuts next year

  14 December 2021 / 2 comments

  After giving us our first look at the next-generation Honda Civic Type R in October, the Japanese carmaker has now published more photos of the upcoming hot hatch as it undergoes development testing at the […]

   

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  Max Verstappen wins 2021 Formula 1 world drivers’ title – first to win in a Honda-powered car since Senna

  13 December 2021 / 12 comments

  Red Bull Racing Honda’s Max Verstappen has won his first Formula 1 world drivers’ championship after finishing first at the very dramatic and eventful Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. With 26 points (including one for setting […]

   

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  Vingroup begins construction of RM735 million battery plant in Vietnam, to supply packs for its VinFast EVs

  13 December 2021 / 2 comments

  Vingroup, which recently announced plans to list its VinFast car business unit on the US stock market next year, says it has begun work on a US$174 million (RM735 million) battery cell manufacturing plant in […]

   

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  Nissan Note e-Power is 2021-22 Japan Car of the Year

  13 December 2021 / 4 comments

  The Nissan Note e-Power has been named as the 2021-2022 Japan Car of the Year. The win by the third-generation Note, which is also sold domestically as the Note Aura, Note Aura Nismo and Note […]

   

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  Porsche Paint to Sample – hundreds of new, classic & custom paint colours now available; 3-month lead time

  13 December 2021 / 1 comment

  Porsche’s personalisation division, Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur, has officially revived its cult-classic colours and made them available for modern Porsche cars. This, the automaker said, is on the back of increasing demand for custom-painted models. Now […]

   

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  Volvo to open EV battery R&D centre with Northvolt

  13 December 2021 / 1 comment

  Volvo Cars will be opening a joint research and development centre with Swedish battery developer and manufacturer Northvolt in Gothenburg, Sweden as part of a SEK 30 billion (RM 13.9 billion) investment into battery development […]

   

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  BMW X5 xDrive40Li – LWB SUV for China documented

  13 December 2021 / 0 comments

  The passenger vehicle market in China has a penchant for long-wheelbase versions of cars available elsewhere in the world, and now it’s the turn of the G05-generation BMW X5 to be sighted in stretched form […]

   

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  Formula 1 going electric “is simply not possible” – FIA

  10 December 2021 / 1 comment

  Formula 1 will not go fully electric for quite some time, despite the automotive industry heading in that direction. This is according to International Automobile Federation (FIA) president Jean Todt, who said “it’s simply not […]

   

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  Mercedes-Benz Drive Pilot cleared for use in Germany

  10 December 2021 / 0 comments

  The Drive Pilot semi-autonomous driving system by Mercedes-Benz has been cleared by German federal motor transport authority (KBA) to be offered for public sale, the automaker has said in a statement. This makes Mercedes-Benz the […]

   

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  2022 Toyota Noah, Voxy teased before January debut

  10 December 2021 / 6 comments

  Toyota has begun teasing the fourth-generation Noah and Voxy, with both minivans set to make debut in January 2022. The sibling models sit below the larger Alphard and Vellfire duo, but unlike the previous generation, […]

   

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