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  High Value Goods Tax to start in May 2024: cars above RM200k to get another 5% to 10% tax in Malaysia?

  3 November 2023 / 62 comments

  First announced as luxury tax, Malaysians will soon face the newly-named High Value Goods Tax (HVGT) starting from May 1, 2024 according to prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The new tax, set to be […]

   

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  2023 BMW 750e xDrive M Sport priced from RM663k in Malaysia – PHEV; 87 km EV range; Theatre Screen

  2 November 2023 / 6 comments

  BMW Malaysia today announced the official price of the BMW 750e xDrive M Sport, which is one of two variants of the seventh-generation (G70) 7 Series introduced in May this year, the other being the […]

   

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  PM: No plans for GST return in short and medium term

  2 November 2023 / 7 comments

  Parliament is in session and although prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is not in the Dewan Rakyat, he has been giving written replies to questions by MPs. On the reintroduction of the Goods and […]

   

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  EV chargers in Malaysia – now at 1,430 total, 303 DCFC

  2 November 2023 / 7 comments

  Click to enlarge. An update on PlanMalaysia’s national electric vehicle charging network dashboard, which was first sighted at the EVM Asia Expo in September. Known as MEVnet, the dashboard is now officially online, having been […]

   

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  Honda Malaysia Nov 2023 promo, up to RM20k off plus goodies – WR-V, HR-V and Civic now with discounts!

  2 November 2023 / 9 comments

  The year end is the best time to get the best deals, and here’s something big from Honda Malaysia. The company’s “Last Hoo-Ray Bonanza” monthly promo for November 2023 seriously ups the ante in terms […]

   

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  Tesla Malaysia allowed 100% foreign ownership as Elon Musk’s companies bring benefits to nation – PM

  2 November 2023 / 30 comments

  Level playing ground? Not really, but the government has its reasons to allow Tesla and Starlink to exist in Malaysia as 100% foreign-owned entities, skipping local equity ownership rules. According to prime minister Datuk Seri […]

   

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  Tesla Supercharger at Sunway Pyramid – RM1.25 per kWh; RM5/hour parking fee; RM4/minute idle fee

  2 November 2023 / 8 comments

  Tesla Malaysia has announced it has launched the first Supercharger station in Selangor at Sunway Pyramid. According to the company, the Sunway Pyramid station is the third to be added to the Supercharger network here […]

   

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  Malaysia seeking Netherlands help on flood mitigation

  2 November 2023 / 29 comments

  Malaysia will be seeking expertise from the Netherlands to improve the country’s flood mitigation systems as well as to reduce flood management expenditure, prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has said. The assistance from the […]

   

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  Chery Malaysia now has 22 service centres nationwide

  2 November 2023 / 4 comments

  Chery Malaysia has revealed via a Facebook post that there are currently 22 Chery service centres in the country, with 21 being located in Peninsular Malaysia and one in Kuching, Sarawak. The company says more […]

   

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  JPJ eBid: ANG and RAT number plates up for bidding

  2 November 2023 / 1 comment

  JPJ has announced that ANG and RAT are the next number plate series to go up for bidding on its online auction platform, JPJ eBid. Perak’s latest running number series is ‘ANG’, and it’s open […]

   

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  BYD launches new showrooms in Putrajaya and Ipoh

  2 November 2023 / 7 comments

  Sime Darby Motors and its partners have launched two new BYD showrooms in Malaysia, with one being located in Putrajaya while the other is in Ipoh, bringing the total number of outlets to 14. The […]

   

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  30 minute thunderstorm floods I-City, Shah Alam

  1 November 2023 / 14 comments

  A sudden thunderstorm caused flooding at I-City, Shah Alam at 4.00 p.m. Photos sent in by a paultan.org reader show vehicles at the I-City flyover stuck and having to make u-turns against the flow of […]

   

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  RON97 petrol price November 2023 week one update – price of premium fuel unchanged, at RM3.47 per litre

  1 November 2023 / 0 comments

  It is once again Wednesday, which means it is time once again for the weekly fuel price update in Malaysia, and the ministry of finance has announced the retail prices of fuels for the coming […]

   

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  More AWAS speed cameras at new locations, e-plate compatibility being studied – dep transport minister

  1 November 2023 / 22 comments

  Frequent travellers, do you know of any other country where vehicle number plates are not standardised and can be made at random shops, like in Malaysia? I can’t think of any at the moment, and […]

   

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