Author: Anthony Lim
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…