Author: Jonathan Lee
You might not know this, but Kia’s Asia Pacific headquarters is situated here in Kuala Lumpur, which is why it’s no surprise the corporate opened its APAC training centre in Glenmarie. The ability is the South Korean carmaker’s fifth global training hub, joining Germany, Russia, the UAE and the US. Kia said the brand new centre will “cleared the path in fostering a culture of innovation and exemplary service throughout the APAC region,” adding that it’ll provide its subsidiaries and distributors’ operational, sales and after-sales staff with all-encompassing skills and knowledge needed within the automotive industry. “Malaysia was chosen out…
Meizu 21 Pro As bizarre because it seems, the practice of carmakers selling phones isn’t entirely unheard of as of late – not less than, in China. The Middle Kingdom has seen quite a few car-branded devices launched prior to now few years, including from Nio and even Polestar. Now, there’s a brand new company appearing to hitch the fray, and that’s Lynk & Co. The firm’s China general manager Lin Jie, who’s also the vp of the Geely Auto group, posted a photograph on Weibo purportedly from a Lynk & Co Phone Pro, showing off its camera’s low-light prowess.…
Remember the entry-level BYD Seal that got pulled on the last minute? Well, distributor Sime Darby Beyond Auto is finally introducing that model – the Dynamic Standard Range – on September 6, lowering the starting price of what’s already Malaysia’s best-selling electric vehicle. As befits its role as the bottom variant, the Dynamic may have the least power and torque within the Seal lineup, in addition to the shortest range. That’s to not say that it’s a poor relation – utilising the identical motor because the Atto 3 Prolonged Range and Dolphin Premium Prolonged Range (albeit mounted on the rear),…
Time has most definitely flown – we’re already into the second half of the yr, and most corporations are actually looking back at their performance in the primary half. Certainly one of those is UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT), which has announced it sold 7,600 vehicles in June 2024. This figure is a decrease of about 9.8% over the preceding month and 12.3% down over what the corporate shifted in June last yr. It’s no surprise, then, that its year-to-date performance in the primary half has slipped barely behind 2023, with the figure of 47,000 units being around 3.4% lower than…
Gentari was one in every of the few holdouts still using per-minute pricing for at the very least a few of its electric vehicle chargers. As of today, nonetheless, Petronas’ sustainable energy subsidiary has finally followed much of the industry in switching its entire network to per-kWh pricing. It’s unclear why the transition took such an extended time, provided that the corporate’s first per-kWh chargers at X Park Sunway Serene began operations as early as November 2022. Nonetheless, it likely has something to do with the incontrovertible fact that per-kWh charging requires an Electric Vehicle Charging System (EVCS) licence to…
The MyJPJ app, introduced last 12 months, offers loads of useful features, most notably the flexibility to display a digital driving licence (in case you forget it) and road tax (e-Lesen Kenderaan Motor, or e-LKM). The latter enables drivers to skip putting the tax sticker in your windscreen for a cleaner look, while still keeping their cars road legal. A few of those features could have gone unnoticed by motorists. Just today, X user Aysha Ridzuan (@ayshardzn) shared that she only recently came upon that the app enabled automotive owners to share their digital road tax with one other driver.…
In the course of the media drive event of the brand new Volkswagen Touareg earlier this week, Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) held a Q&A session through which senior officials fielded questions related to the automotive and the corporate. Specifically, its managing director Denyu Bostandzhiev shared some interesting details regarding the longer term of the brand. Asked by paultan.org whether there will probably be any recent models priced below the RM200,000 mark other than the Tiguan Allspace (which starts at RM164,190), Bostanzhiev said: “There will probably be a automotive [in this price range]. I cannot let you know now when…
Just just a few days to go until the Malaysia Autoshow 2024, and certainly one of the brands set to be present, Nissan, has teased its lineup for its display. Distributor Edaran Tan Chong Motor (ETCM) appears to be rolling out just a few of its current models, including the C27 Serena J Impul (no, not the brand new C28), Almera Kuro Edition (no, not the facelift) and a particularly rugged version of the Navara. But there’s one other automobile that shall be shown on the event, and the not-very-well-disguised teaser indicates that it can be the Kicks e-Power. The…
From out of left field, Kia has announced it would be launching a brand new pick-up truck sometime next yr. It’s called the Tasman, named after the island of Tasmania in Australia, and is claimed to “redefine the concept of a life-style pick-up.” This statement, together with the brand calling it a “C-segment pick-up truck”, initially suggests that this may merely be a rebadge of the passenger car-based Hyundai Santa Cruz. Nevertheless, it’s been reported that Kia is as a substitute going it alone and constructing a correct body-on-frame one-tonne truck, just like the all-conquering Toyota Hilux, Ford Ranger and…
It’s that point again! Hari Raya Aidilfitri is tomorrow, and to commemorate the festivities, we’ve once more teamed up with Honda Malaysia for a humourous yet heartwarming video on the realities of celebrating Raya nowadays. For many of us, the considered spending the festive season with our family members is one among unbridled joy, stuffed with the expectation of blissful balik kampung road trips, catching up with those we hold dear, and gorging on delicious food. But for others, the experience is probably not so pleasurable, be it on account of tragedy, heartbreak or every other reason. This Raya, spare…
