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A proportion of individuals who lost ability to operate a motor vehicle due to stroke, paralysis or loss of limb returned to driving safely through the ‘Return to Drive’ rehabilitation programme for driving and riding […]

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The third-generation Nissan Note has been updated for the Japanese market, where it will go on sale in late January next year, the carmaker has announced. The hatchback continues to feature the e-Power 1.2 litre […]

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More time is needed to refine the draft for the electric vehicle road tax structure due to a number of elements in the draft which still need refining, transport minister Anthony Loke has said. There […]

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Nissan will be buying back a 5% stake from Renault in a first stage of planned shareholding reduction, both companies have announced. This is comprised of 211,000,000 shares in total, at a share price of […]

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While the sixth-generation Honda CR-V is available with the choice of a seven-seat cabin such as in Thailand, Malaysia does without the option of added seats. The seven-seater layout’s absence from the Malaysia market is […]

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Zeekr has unveiled a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery called the Golden Brick, which the brand launched during the Zeekr Power Day event. This battery has a claimed peak charging power of 500 kW, which enables a 10-80% state of charge to be achieved in a claimed 15 minutes. The […]

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Honda Malaysia is offering savings of up to RM8,000 on the 2023 Honda City facelift, or nearly 10% of the car’s full price given that the B-segment sedan’s line-up starts from RM84,900 for the 1.5L […]

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Singaporean firm Power Up Tech (P.Up) has partnered with Malaysian company Nazamax to bring mobile electric vehicle charging vans to Malaysia, and the outfit will commence operations from the first quarter of next year, it announced today. When P.Up commences operations in Malaysia in Q1 2024, this will initially cover […]

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The road transport department (JPJ) has issued a list of vehicle makes and models which have been recalled by their respective brands, according to a Facebook post by the department. The vehicle brands and models listed by the JPJ for their respective recalls are as follows – click on the […]

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It’s Wednesday, which means it is once again time for the weekly fuel price update here in Malaysia. The ministry of finance has announced the retail prices of fuels for the coming week of December […]

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