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  Baidu’s Apollo Go robotaxi service to launch in Singapore, Malaysia end-2025 – driverless taxis soon?

  7 July 2025 / 10 comments

  Baidu is working on launching its Apollo Go robotaxi service in Singapore and Malaysia by end-2025, with sources close to the matter telling Singapore’s The Independent that the Chinese tech giant is in talks with […]

   

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  2025 Proton X50 1.5TD Executive facelift – new base model with full power and tech, 6 airbags, no ADAS

  7 July 2025 / 17 comments

  A week after Proton released the first details of the facelifted X50, we finally get our first look at the car in 1.5TD Executive trim. This is the new base model of the revised B-segment […]

   

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  Proton Saga MC3 – new boot line for upcoming sedan?

  7 July 2025 / 17 comments

  A spy image of the Proton Saga MC3 has surfaced once again, this time by Muhammad Shamim as posted to the paultan.org Automotive/Car discussion Facebook group. This image of the national carmaker’s upcoming model appears […]

   

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  PDRM offering 50% saman discount at Minggu Perpaduan 2025 Peringkat Kebangsaan in Penang

  7 July 2025 / 5 comments

  PDRM is offering 50% discounts on saman at the Minggu Perpaduan 2025 Peringkat Kebangsaan event, which will be held at the grounds of Stadium Negeri Pulau Pinang, Batu Kawan from July 17-20. That’s next Thursday […]

   

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  JPJ clears leftover MADANI special plates on MySikap

  7 July 2025 / 2 comments

  Click to enlarge Not every number has takers in the JPJ eBid auction – that’s how the rest of us get random ‘running numbers’ if we don’t pay for our pick. This applies to special […]

   

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  Licences of commercial vehicle drivers involved in crashes will be suspended pending investigations

  7 July 2025 / 6 comments

  The licences of commercial vehicle drivers involved in crashes will be suspended until investigations are completed, according to road transport department (JPJ) director-general Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli. As reported by The Star, chould the holder […]

   

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  RM57,000 in VEP-related saman issued in five days

  7 July 2025 / 2 comments

  If you want to drive your Singaporean-plate vehicle into Malaysia, you need a valid and activated Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP). Otherwise you will be fined RM300 on the spot and will not be allowed to […]

   

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  2025 Proton X50 facelift open for booking – early birds get RM1,000 cash rebate; prices only at launch

  5 July 2025 / 11 comments

  The 2025 Proton X50 facelift (or all-new, according to Proton) is now open for booking. First 10,000 customers will also receive a RM1,000 cash rebate, exclusive “Gempak Deal” that will be revealed at the official […]

   

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  BYD Cars Malaysia teases something new – Atto 2?

  5 July 2025 / 9 comments

  BYD Sime Motors looks like it could be introducing a new BYD model in Malaysia in the near future, with the company putting out a “coming soon” teaser post on its BYD Cars Malaysia Instagram […]

   

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  Road diversions to be carried out July 8-11 for ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting – list of affected roads in KL

  4 July 2025 / 8 comments

  Road diversions in Kuala Lumpur will be carried out in stages from July 8 to 11, in conjunction with the 58th ASEAN foreign ministers meeting and related meetings, Bukit Aman traffic enforcement and investigation department […]

   

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  KLIA aerotrain halted for an hour: drainage pump fault, water build-up in tunnel amidst heavy rain – MAHB

  4 July 2025 / 14 comments

  We’re sure your social media feeds are full of KLIA aerotrain breakdown stuff, but here comes official word. Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has confirmed that the aerotrain was suspended for an hour due to […]

   

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  JB’s Jalan Ismail Sultan closed nightly for RTS works

  4 July 2025 / 0 comments

  Click to enlarge Johor Bahru’s Jalan Ismail Sultan will be fully closed to all vehicles nightly till July 16 to facilitate construction works for the JB-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link project. RTS Operations said […]

   

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  2025 Chery Tiggo Cross launching in Malaysia soon

  4 July 2025 / 5 comments

  Five days to go, says the teaser above, which was posted today on Chery Malaysia’s Facebook page. You have of course seen the Tiggo Cross inside and out thanks to our preview story; all we […]

   

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  Gov’t working to ensure RON95 subsidy rationalisation programme won’t result in long queues at the pump

  4 July 2025 / 14 comments

  Preparations for the RON 95 petrol subsidy rationalisation programme continue, with the government saying that it is currently working on getting petrol station operators to upgrade their systems to ensure there will be no queues […]

   

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  GWM Malaysia records 20.2% sales increase in 1H 2025, surpassing full-year sales volume in 2024

  4 July 2025 / 11 comments

  GWM Malaysia has announced that it has recorded its best-ever first-half performance in 1H 2025, and in doing so the carmaker has surpassed its full-year sales performance in 2024 in six months, it said. The […]

   

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