Author: Anthony Lim

The just concluded International Electric Mobility Showcase held in KLCC had no shortage of displays centred around electrification, but none stood out quite like this one did, just because it looked quite misplaced amidst all the fashionable elements on call. Your eyes don’t deceive you. That’s a 1994 Mitsubishi LO49 Pajero, and a public works department (JKR) unit at that. Decked out in a yellow and gray exterior scheme up to now, the vehicle was once a typical sight within the 90s. After all, greater than three many years on, it’s now nothing greater than a legacy, of a time…

Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) has expanded the Hyundai Ioniq 6 range in Malaysia with the introduction of two latest variants of the fully-electric model. The Ioniq 6 Lite RWD and the Ioniq 6 Plus RWD join the Ioniq 6 Max RWD and the Ioniq 6 Max AWD, which were launched in July, to make it a 4 variant range within the country. The brand new Ioniq 6 Lite RWD and Plus RWD variants are equipped with a single-motor, with the rear-axle-mounted unit offering 149 hp (151 PS, or 111 kW) and 350 Nm of torque. The allows each Lite and…

Economy minister Rafizi Ramli says the federal government isn’t ruling out the reintroduction of the products and services tax (GST). Although the country’s priority was to roll out the capital gains tax next yr, he said that other types of taxes, including GST, shall be considered in the hassle to widen the nation’s revenue base, The Star reports. “We shall be open and undergo whatever way we will to realize fiscal sustainability through a wider revenue base – whether goes to be capital gains tax, GST or some other types of direct and indirect taxes,” he told reporters following the…

Proponents of road safety have called on the transport ministry to check the proposal to robotically upgrade the Malaysian B2 class motorcycle licence to a full B licence. This was since it involves the protection of motorcyclists in addition to that of society, the Recent Straits Times reports. In line with Alliance for Protected Community chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye, introducing an automatic upgrade could end in serious implications, given the high variety of fatalities in road mishaps involving motorcyclists. “As of late, we’re about 6,000 to 7,000 cases of road fatalities per 12 months, where greater than 68%…