Author: Mick Chan

A category motion lawsuit in Australia initiated against Tesla in February this 12 months is gaining momentum as around 10,000 Tesla owners within the country have registered interest within the lawsuit for claimed issues including phantom braking, battery issues and misleading Autopilot claims, reported ABC News. The category motion lawsuit alleges that Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles “will be apt to autonomous engage Automatic Emergency Braking [Autonomous Emergency Braking, or AEB] abruptly in inappropriate circumstances, resulting in a risk of collisions,” Drive quoted law firm JGA Sadler as saying. An owner of a Model 3 allegedly experienced sudden…

Senior executives of several Chinese EV makers were summoned to Beijing to “self-regulate”, Bloomberg reported. “A certain automaker has taken the lead in launching significant price cuts and plenty of corporations have followed suit, triggering a brand new round of ‘price competition’ panic,” in line with an announcement issued by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, sighted by CNBC. The associated warned of further pressure on profit margins and consumer safety risks, and called for corporations to abide by fair competition and never monopolise the market or dump stock at prices below production cost, CNBC reported. The association’s comments were…

Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) has received two of 10 Electric Train Service (ETS) train sets as a part of an acquisition exercise value RM400 million, and these are expected to be step by step deployed for operation from next 12 months, Bernama has reported. Each of the brand new ETS train sets are currently undergoing testing and commissioning, and the acquisition of the brand new train sets is aimed toward enhancing the standard and capability of the ETS service, said ETS and Intercity Services general manager Nurul Azha Mokmin. “ETS passenger numbers grew by about 10% annually, indicating high…

The ministry of transport has ordered Prasarana to boost safety measures in place in any respect light rail transit (LRT) stations, including the installation of passenger safety doors, reported Latest Straits Times. That is to forestall a reoccurrence of incidents similar to the one involving a Taiwan national who died after falling on to the LRT track on the Pusat Bandar Puchong LRT station yesterday, said transport minister Anthony Loke. “By way of safety measures, I actually have asked Prasarana to plan to put in passenger safety doors in any respect LRT and MRT stations. Because of this, for brand…

Perodua has filed a trademark application for QV-E name and logo with the Mental Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO), as sighted by local automotive news site CarPlus. The QV-E logo sighted here wears blue accents, partially on the ‘Q’ and on the ‘E’ in its entirety, the color typically used to suggest electrification, or otherwise being “earth-friendly” within the larger automotive sphere. There isn’t official confirmation of the QV-E name at this point, though Perodua has previously also filed “Qve” with MyIPO, as sighted by Funtasticko in July last yr, which lends weight to this iteration of the name. The…

Geely has conducted an illustration of the security of its Golden Brick EV battery in a crush test, where the battery specified for the Galaxy E5 – twin to the Proton eMas 7 – is subjected to the burden of a 36-tonne ZTZ-59D most important battle tank, reported Automobile News China. The test yielded forces which were 1.8 times greater than what’s required by the brand new battery safety standards of China, it wrote. The battery pack survived getting run over by the most important battle tank, maintaining its structural integrity without bulging, leakage, fire, or explosion. The test was…

A brand new, extended-range version of the Geely Galaxy E5 has been unveiled through filings with the Chinese ministry of industry and data technology (MIIT). This may reportedly feature a battery pack with a capability of 68.39 kWh, which is alleged to supply 610 km of range on the CLTC Chinese domestic testing cycle. This bring a 15% increase in CLTC-rated range from the larger, 68.39 kWh battery capability over that of the 60.22 kWh pack, and thus the identical increase when it comes to the more stringent WLTP testing standard would bring that figure to around 470 km. The…

It’s Wednesday, which implies it’s now time again for the weekly fuel price update in Malaysia, and the ministry of finance has announced the retail prices of fuels for the approaching week of May 1 to 7. Once more, there is no such thing as a change in the value of RON 97 petrol, which subsequently continues at its present rate of RM3.18 per litre because it was last week. As before, the value of RON 95 petrol stays at its ceiling price of RM2.05 per litre, as set by the Malaysian government in February 2021. Likewise, diesel Euro 5…

Officially unveiled at the top of last 12 months, the Firefly EV has now been shown at the continued Auto Shanghai 2025 in China. Emerging from Nio sub-brand firefly, the brand had announced earlier this week that the right-hand-drive version of its eponymous compact electric vehicle might be ready by October this 12 months, with the UK and Southeast Asia being the primary markets to receive it. Having gone on sale in China in two variants, priced from RMB119,800 (RM72k) to RMB125,800 (RM75k) including battery, buyers in China will even have the choice of renting batteries through a battery-as-a-service (BaaS)…

Konsortium E-Mutiara bus Kelantan is ready to receive eight electric buses valued at RM11.2 million, and these are expected to start operations within the state in July, reported Latest Straits Times. The brand new electric buses are to serve 4 recent routes within the east coast state, including Kota Baru to Pengkalan Chepa and Kota Baru to Pantai Cahaya Bulan, said Konsortium E-Mutiara Bhd CEO Che Ibrahim Che Ismail. Fares for the electrical buses might be determined by the land public transport agency (APAD), he said. Travel on these upcoming EV buses might be freed from charge for individuals with…