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  Chinese automakers switching to hybrids in Europe to counter EV tariffs – exports triple in Q3 from Q1

  9 December 2024 / 3 comments

  At the end of October, in a bid to protect its auto industry, the European Union began the application of new tariffs on Chinese-built electric vehicles, with the levies – which go as high as […]

   

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  2025 Hyundai Palisade revealed – boxy new look hides up to nine seats, 2.5L turbo hybrid rumoured

  9 December 2024 / 7 comments

  Hyundai’s upmarket aspirations continue with the unveiling of the new Palisade in its home market of South Korea. While its six-year-old predecessor was a fairly conventional take on a premium three-row SUV from a mainstream […]

   

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  VW’s German plants need to be more efficient – CFO

  6 December 2024 / 6 comments

  Volkswagen chief financial officer Arno Antlitz has said that the company would need to cut its workforce if its German plants did not become more efficient, Reuters reports. “Today, our German plants are not competitive. […]

   

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  Polestar 3 gains new entry-level variant – RWD with 111-kWh battery; 299 PS, up to 706 km WLTP EV range

  6 December 2024 / 3 comments

  Polestar has announced it has started production of a more affordable variant of the Polestar 3 in the United States. The new ‘Long Range Single motor’ retails for 79,890 euros (about RM373k) in Europe, or […]

   

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  2025 BMW iX facelift teased – new headlights, grille pattern, more performance, 10% better efficiency

  6 December 2024 / 4 comments

  Unveiled in the middle of a pandemic, BMW’s pioneering electric SUV, the iX, is set to get a facelift soon. Select journalists (not us) have been invited to get behind the wheel of camouflaged prototypes […]

   

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  European Union offers one billion euros in grants for EV battery production to reduce dependance on China

  6 December 2024 / 5 comments

  The European Union (EU) has earmarked an additional one billion euros (about RM4.7 billion) in grants for electric vehicle (EV) battery cell manufacturing, Bloomberg reports. The latest move by the EU aims to encourage domestic […]

   

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  2025 Honda Amaze revealed – sub-4m sedan with mini-City styling, 6 airbags, Honda Sensing, from RM42k

  5 December 2024 / 12 comments

  At last, Honda has revealed the new third-generation Amaze in India, almost exactly a month after it first teased the car. The country’s latest sub-four-metre sedan has grown up in terms of features and style, […]

   

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  2025 Peugeot Landtrek updated with minor styling tweaks, new 2.2 litre turbodiesel with 200 PS, 450 Nm

  5 December 2024 / 6 comments

  The Peugeot Landtrek has been given an update which brings with it some mild styling tweaks as well as a new engine. According to the carmaker, this revision will strengthen the pick-up truck’s presence in […]

   

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  Electric Mercedes-Benz G-Class is latest popemobile

  5 December 2024 / 1 comment

  Mercedes-Benz has been supplying cars to the Vatican for 94 years, with the G-Class being the basis for some of the popemobiles used in the past 45 years. With the G580 with EQ Technology making […]

   

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  Recaro Automotive taken over by Italian auto parts maker Proma Group, car seat production to resume

  5 December 2024 / 0 comments

  Automotive seat manufacturer Recaro Automotive has had ownership taken over by Italian automotive manufacturing firm Proma Group, reported Car Expert. Recaro Automotive had filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, which resulted from severe financial difficulties […]

   

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  JY Air launched in Thailand – new EV from Chinese airline, up to 216 PS, 520 km range, from RM98k

  3 December 2024 / 11 comments

  Yet another Chinese carmaker has landed in Thailand, with the JY Air making its debut at the recent Thai Motor Expo. The electric five-door liftback from JuneYao Auto – which boarded the Land of Smiles […]

   

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  Jaguar Type 00 concept revealed – two-seater coupé previews four-door GT to debut in 2025; 770 km WLTP

  3 December 2024 / 19 comments

  After strong public reaction to its rebranding campaign, Jaguar has unveiled the Type 00 – pronounced ‘zero zero’ – concept that brings an all-new design language ahead of its purely electric range vehicles that will […]

   

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  Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s record-breaking USD56 billion pay package gets rejected by Delaware judge again

  3 December 2024 / 6 comments

  Elon Musk’s pay package for serving as Tesla’s CEO has been rejected by a Delaware court despite being approved by the company’s shareholders in June. The pay package is now worth around USD101 billion based […]

   

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  Nissan CFO Stephen Ma to step down as crisis deepens – second top exec departure in 17 months

  3 December 2024 / 18 comments

  As Nissan digs deep to resolve a financial crisis – one that an unnamed senior official said left it with only “12 or 14 months to survive” – it is losing a key person that […]

   

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  2025 Mazda BT-50 facelift launched in Thailand – 2.2L MaxForce engine, new face, digital meters, fr RM98k

  2 December 2024 / 7 comments

  Revealed to the world in October, the facelifted Mazda BT-50 was launched at the recent Thai Motor Expo. This is the second revision for the Isuzu D-Max-based pick-up truck, receiving some of the recent updates […]

   

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