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  Uber, Grab set to be legalised by year-end – ‘e-hailing’ model to create level playing field with taxis

  3 May 2016 / 19 comments

  Taxi and app-based ride hailing services are set for a revamp in Malaysia by the end of this year. Reported by The Sun, Malaysia’s “e-hailing” model is dubbed as the first of its kind in […]

   

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  Malaysian drivers Nabil Jeffri and Akash Neil Nandy to race in 2016 GP2 and GP3 championships

  3 May 2016 / 3 comments

  Following the inking of an agreement between Sepang International Circuit (SIC) and Formula One Management (FOM) to have a Formula 1 race at Sepang for the next three years, SIC announced that Nabil Jeffri, 22, […]

   

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  Honda Civic 1.5 Turbo teased by Honda Malaysia

  1 May 2016 / 141 comments

  Honda Malaysia has launched a new Ride The Dream teaser website for the new Honda Civic 1.5 Turbo, which gives us a glimpse at what the upcoming C-segment sedan will offer in terms of specifications. […]

   

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  May 2016 fuel prices – RON 95, 97, diesel unchanged

  30 April 2016 / 59 comments

  Fuel prices for the month of May 2016 have been announced. Surprise, surprise, there’s no change compared to April, as both petrol and diesel prices stay the same as before. As such, for May 2016, […]

   

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  Mazda recalls CX-3 – three Malaysian units affected

  29 April 2016 / 28 comments

  Mazda Motor Corporation recently announced a recall for the DE Demio (Mazda 2) and CX-3 produced in Japan, due to an issue relating to the vehicles’ steering. No Mazda 2s in Malaysia are affected by […]

   

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  2016 Proton Saga gets sketched with modern details

  29 April 2016 / 51 comments

  Suffice to say, we haven’t had any shortage of spyshots of the new 2016 Proton Saga. However, we’ve yet to see a prototype that sheds a bit of its camo, be it the hypnotic or […]

   

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  iTeksi taxi-booking app introduced, challenges Grab

  29 April 2016 / 24 comments

  Public transport users will now have access to a brand-new mobile application called iTeksi. As the name suggests, the app allows users to book taxi services in a similar fashion to Grab. However, the service, […]

   

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  VEP system will address issue of cloned cars – JPJ

  29 April 2016 / 11 comments

  The implementation of the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) later this year is expected to solve the problem of cloned cars in the country, JPJ says. The system will also address the issue of unpaid summonses […]

   

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  Fed Hwy-Section 7 Shah Alam flyover officially opened

  28 April 2016 / 21 comments

  The Section 7 Shah Alam elevated interchange, which is linked from the Federal Highway at the Sungai Rasah Toll Plaza, is now open to traffic. The flyover – which was completed last year but had […]

   

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  Pos Malaysia takes delivery of Tata Xenon truck fleet

  28 April 2016 / 32 comments

  Pos Malaysia has took delivery of 553 units of the Tata Xenon pick-up truck. The postal service provider will use the new fleet in its courier, express and parcel delivery business – Poslaju. The Tata […]

   

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  Free bus service extended to Sepang and Selayang

  28 April 2016 / 12 comments

  Beginning from next month, the free Selangor Smart Bus service will be extended to Sepang and Selayang, The Star reports. The new routes extend the free bus service’s area of coverage, which began last July […]

   

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  Naza Kia Malaysia sends winning futsal team to France

  28 April 2016 / 5 comments

  Kia Champ into the Arena, a futsal tournament by Naza Kia Malaysia (NKM) has ended with the announcement of the winning team after a competitive day of 64 teams battling it out. The six players […]

   

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  Ride-sharing services should be banned, not licenced; SPAD should focus on our welfare – taxi drivers

  28 April 2016 / 71 comments

  While the authorities are seeking to find a peaceful solution to the “ride-sharing vs taxi” saga, a group of taxi drivers are looking to the government to ban Uber and Grab services totally, and not […]

   

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  Taxi? 80% of the public prefer using Uber and Grab

  28 April 2016 / 23 comments

  Although the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) hasn’t submitted its reports on regulating ride-sharing services such as Uber and Grab to the transport ministry, the commission has revealed that the majority of the public prefer […]

   

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  No more toll booth and barriers; zoom through by 2020

  28 April 2016 / 27 comments

  That’s right, there will be no more toll plaza booths and barriers on Malaysian highways by 2020 if all goes to plan. Just zoom through with cashless payment, as we will adopt the multi-lane free […]

   

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