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EP Manufacturing (EPMB) is targeting to begin vehicle production at its factory in Hicom Pegoh Industrial Park in Melaka in the third quarter of this year. According to EPMB CEO Ahmad Razlan Mohamed, the company […]

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Rapid Rail has announced that all services on the KL Monorail have resumed as of 5pm this evening (Wednesday, May 8), with trains running at up to seven minutes interval during peak hours. The rail […]

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With Wednesday comes the usual weekly fuel price update, as the finance ministry announces the retail prices of fuel for the coming week of May 9 to 15, 2024. There’s no change in the price […]

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Floods aren’t the only thing one has to worry about during a thunderstorm, because strong winds can also result in all sorts of other hazards coming about, like trees being uprooted and causing more than […]

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Chinese car brands accounted for 33% of the global sales of passenger vehicles in March 2024, in which 8.15 million units were shifted during the month. This was revealed in statistics released by the China […]

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Ahead of Auto China 2024, Great Wall Motor (GWM) held its GWM Global Conference, and it was during the event that the automaker provided Malaysian journalists the opportunity to briefly sample the Tank 300, which […]

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Great Wall Motor Malaysia has revealed a new timeline for the introduction of the Haval H6 Hybrid, which was announced as one of the models due in when the brand made its debut in Malaysia […]

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In March, Xpeng stated its intention to enter Hong Kong as part of its expansion into right-hand drive markets, and the Chinese EV maker has now announced its partner for that market, with Malaysian automotive […]

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If it isn’t driving against traffic, it’s reversing into it. We’re sure you’ve seen it before on highways, that car stopped on the road, usually on the emergency lane, slowly making a crawl rearwards in […]

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With the Pangkalan Data Utama (PADU) socio-economic database on the way to being done and dusted, for the most anyway, the focus and attention is back on the topic that is intertwined with it, that […]

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