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  Daimler gains road test license for Level 4 self-driving in Beijing, to research China-specific environment

  9 July 2018 / 5 comments

  Daimler has become the first automaker outside of China to receive a road test license for Level 4 autonomous driving in Beijing. With this in place, Mercedes-Benz vehicles will now begin real-world road tests to […]

   

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  Smart Selangor Parking – coupon-less payment system to be implemented across Selangor by 2019

  28 June 2018 / 36 comments

  The Smart Selangor Parking (SSP) system, which allows the public to make payments for parking and vehicle summonses through a smartphone app, is expected to be implemented at all 12 local authorities (PBT) in Selangor […]

   

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  Physical key fobs may be obsolete, to be replaced by digital keys integrated in smartphones – report

  27 June 2018 / 35 comments

  The good old days of the physical car key fob may be coming to an end, as car manufacturers team up with tech companies to work towards developing digital keys that are to be stored […]

   

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  Grab Malaysia launches GrabPay e-wallet – ERL ride payments at KLIA, KLIA2 and KL Sentral from mid-July

  26 June 2018 / 15 comments

  Grab has introduced the GrabPay mobile wallet, which is accessible from within the Grab app itself. With the mobile e-wallet function added, GrabPay users are now able to make payments from within the Grab app […]

   

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  Ford Focus Mk4 gets pothole detection technology

  25 June 2018 / 13 comments

  Ford first announced its pothole mitigation technology in early 2016 with the Mondeo, and to this day remains as the only company so far to remain committed in minimising damages caused by potholes. The technology […]

   

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  Volvo XC90 to get Level 4 autonomous driving by 2021

  25 June 2018 / 2 comments

  Volvo has announced that it plans to introduce an SUV with Level 4 autonomous driving in 2021, and it’ll likely debut with the next-generation XC90. The company will build the new XC90 at its new […]

   

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  Smartphone notch “disturbing” – Porsche Design

  18 June 2018 / 18 comments

  “When I saw the notch for the first time, I nearly couldn’t believe it. It’s disturbing, from a design philosophy.” Those were the words of Porsche Design’s design director, Christian Schwamkrug, on the smartphone notch […]

   

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  Tesla Roadster to get optional SpaceX rocket thrusters

  12 June 2018 / 6 comments

  Tesla is at it again. Last month, its CEO Elon Musk said the Tesla Model 3 will get a high-performance all-wheel drive version that accelerates faster and handles better than the BMW M3. Big, bold […]

   

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  GM and Honda to build advanced batteries for EVs

  11 June 2018 / 4 comments

  GM and Honda have announced a partnership to build next-generation batteries for electric vehicles. Both major automakers will co-develop advanced chemistry battery components, including the cell and module to accelerate their respective plans for all-electric […]

   

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  2019 Mazda 3 – new SkyActiv-Vehicle Architecture; supercharged 2.0 litre SkyActiv-X, 190 hp/230 Nm?

  7 June 2018 / 57 comments

  The third-generation Mazda 3 has been in service for over five years, having debuted in 2013 and subtly refreshed in July 2016. The Hiroshima-based carmaker is currently developing its successor, and according to Autoexpress, the […]

   

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  Apple CarPlay to support Waze, Google Maps in iOS 12

  5 June 2018 / 3 comments

  As useful as Apple’s CarPlay smartphone mirroring function is, it has one glaring flaw – it only enables the use of Apple Maps for navigation, rather than the more popular Waze and Google Maps apps […]

   

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  Electronic vehicle license plate debuts in California

  31 May 2018 / 3 comments

  In the US, the state of California has begun testing a new electronic or digital vehicle license plate that allows changeable messages to be displayed either by the driver or remotely by fleet managers. The […]

   

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  BP announces investment in StoreDot, maker of ultra-fast charging FlashBattery – full charge in 5 minutes!

  24 May 2018 / 4 comments

  BP’s venture capital arm, BP Ventures announced that it plans to invest US$20 million (RM79.6 million) in StoreDot, an Israeli battery startup company that claims its new-generation batteries can offer five-minute charging for electric vehicles. […]

   

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  Is time running out for the dual-clutch transmission?

  16 May 2018 / 40 comments

  The allure of the dual-clutch transmission has pretty much dulled, a far cry from when it first arrived on the scene, when it was lauded as the path ahead and a replacement for the ubiquitous […]

   

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  Nissan wants ProPILOT to be implemented in ASEAN as soon as possible, but currently still in testing phase

  14 May 2018 / 2 comments

  Nissan’s ProPILOT semi-autonomous drive system is being rolled out across markets like Japan, Europe and North America, and the Japanese carmaker hopes to bring the technology to as many regions as possible. This, in case […]

   

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