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The Malaysian government has no plans to upgrade the FT2 Federal Highway despite the route recording the heaviest traffic levels based on 2024 traffic data. New Straits Times. The decision was made as the proposal to upgrade the 34.59km route between Kuala Lumpur and Port Klang is no longer economically viable due to the high […]
JSW MG Motor India on Monday launched the 2026 MG Hector facelift in India, with the updated SUV priced starting at Rs 11.99 lakh (ex-showroom). The company also announced prices for the updated MG Hector Plus, which will be offered in six- and seven-seater configurations, starting from Rs 17.29 lakh (ex-showroom).Also read- Mahindra XUV 7XO […]
There is a growing trend among European car manufacturers to reduce waste and protect our fragile environment. Jaguar Land Rover recently announced plans to remove magnesium from the dashboard crossbar, a move expected to save more than 50,000 tonnes of COâ‚‚ annually. BMW, meanwhile, claims that about a third of the weight of the new […]
It was clearly very happy to see us! This is the CAM EV Microvan, a small, zero-emission, single-seat commercial vehicle that we chanced upon last week at CETA & MobilityX Asia 2025. It is scheduled to be launched in Malaysia in the second quarter of 2026 and will be priced at around RM65,000. What it […]
Should there be no further action to postpone this further, the revision of the Open Market Value (OMV) excise duties, or the PU(A) 402/2019-Excise Tax Regulation (Determination of the Value of Locally Produced Goods for Excise Purposes), will finally be implemented in January 2026. As previously reported, its introduction will impact the pricing of locally […]
Xpeng said in a statement that it is negotiating with Melaka-based EP Manufacturing Bhd (EPMB) to produce electric vehicles in Malaysia by 2026, reports The edge. The Chinese carmaker says it wants to make Malaysia a strategic base for right-hand drive ASEAN expansion. In September, EPMB issued shares representing 30% of the issued share capital. […]
Leonard Zhukovsky/Shutterstock When New York City introduced congestion pricing earlier this year, critics almost immediately became enraged. They said the new fee is a full one nine dollars one day, an amount that could bankrupt the billionaires who make up the loudest complainers—hurt low-income New Yorkers, ruin […]
