Author: Anthony Lim

Yesterday, Proton indicated that the much-anticipated Apple CarPlay update for its Proton X70 facelift had come about, announcing the provision via a video on Facebook, which showed the way to install feature the over-the-air (OTA) update. While all X70 FL owners will get the update, it won’t occur immediately for everybody. In a press release issued earlier today, the national automaker said the OTA update can be introduced in batches following its rollout yesterday. It said that owners will receive the OTA notifications in batches, and once they do, will only have to follow a couple of steps to download…

The paultan.org Auto Automotive Expo (ACE) 2024 – co-sponsored by Carro – takes place this October 26-27 on the Setia City Convention Centre (SCCC), and as usual, guarantees plenty of outstanding year-end promotions and offers on a wide selection of cars. Mercedes-Benz is one in all the various brands participating within the sales event, represented through Hap Seng Star. The brand new W214 Mercedes-Benz E-Class shall be on show in its E 200 and E 350e variant forms, and buyers can look ahead to Agility perks similar to motor insurance support of as much as RM5,200 and 5x Compact Service…

Northern states have had it rough by way of the weather this week, with Penang the newest to be affected. A severe storm that hit the island state yesterday resulted in flash floods and fallen trees, a few of which toppled on parked vehicles, with not less than two people killed by a tree that fell on the automobile they were in, in line with a report by The Star. The turbulence also wreaked havoc on parked vehicles as metal awnings and frames collapsed from the force of the strong winds and have become free-flying debris, as may very well…

Hycan Z03 SUV. No shortage of Chinese carmakers entering our market, it seems, with one other one on its way in. Hycan is the name of the entry, and its first products – all electric vehicles – are slated to reach sometime in the primary quarter of next yr. The Guangzhou-based latest energy vehicle brand could also be an unfamiliar name to most, but the businesses behind it should be. It was established by GAC Group (GAC) and Nio in 2018 as GAC-Nio Recent Energy Technology, but a big take up in the corporate by Pearl River Investment saw Nio…

The transport ministry has introduced the brand new special licence plate (RPK, or rekaan plat khas) specifically for electric vehicles, with transport minister Anthony Loke officially introducing the JPJePlate in Cyberjaya earlier this morning. The brand new JPJePlate just isn’t an EV number plate series (as in ‘EV 1’ to ‘EV 9999’) but fairly a selected licence plate design, different to the usual easy white lettering (alphabets and numbers) mounted on a black background in use at present. Coincidentally, the ministry also announced the introduction of the “EV” series number plates, specifically for fully-electric vehicles. Bidding opened today and ends…

Introduced here in April, the all-electric GWM Ora 07 is accessible in Malaysia in two variant guises, a Long Range (which we’ve featured before in a gallery post) and the Performance, seen here on this photo set. Priced at RM189,800 excluding on-road costs, the Ora 07 Performance is the pricier of the duo, by RM20,000. For the cash, you get an additional motor on the rear, up from the one front motor setup within the Long Range. The twin-motor electric powertrain brings about all-wheel-drive and naturally a bump in output, doubling that on the Long Range to 408 PS and…

Puspakom has announced that from July 25, 2024, all customers wanting to perform any vehicle inspection or checks at its branches or make payment transactions online via MyPuspakom might want to furnish their tax identification number (TIN) as a part of the method. The vehicle inspection agency said that that is according to the enforcement of the electronic invoicing (e-Invoice) system by the inland revenue board (LHDN), which is aimed toward promoting transparency in financial and taxation matter and improving the country’s taxation system. The primary stage of the system’s implementation is ready to start on August 1. The TIN…

In the event you’re wondering how much it has cost to develop the Pangkalan Data Utama (PADU) socio-economic database, here’s the reply. From 2023 till now, the federal government has spent RM85.27 million to get the much-vaunted integrated national socio-economic database in place, The Star reports. In response to economy minister Rafizi Ramli, the fee includes that for equipment and ICT software, checking and verification services, publicity services and strategic communications for the platform. The sum spent also covers the registration of users, each online and offline, he said in a written reply in parliament, made in response to a…

Visitors to the Mercedes-Benz World happening at KL Base at once until Sunday, July 7, could have no shortage of latest metal to view, what with Mercedes-Benz Malaysia showcasing a big choice of Mercedes-Benz and AMG vehicles on the event, including the just-launched trio of AMG models, the C 63 S E Performance and the facelifted GLA 45 S 4Matic+ and GLB 35 4Matic. With all of the swanky models on display, it’s easy to miss the vehicle at the doorway, a glaring oddity in today’s world, just because it looks like nothing you’d associate with a automotive, not in…

The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) says it doesn’t expect the sales of diesel vehicles to be severely impacted by the federal government’s targeted diesel subsidy programme, which began earlier this week and has seen the retail price of Euro 5 B10 and B20 diesel within the peninsula being increased from RM2.15 to RM3.35 per litre. In an announcement, the association said it anticipates that the full industry sales (TIV) volume for the yr will proceed at planned levels, with any change in volume not reflecting much within the TIV, provided that diesel vehicles only account for lower than 12% of…